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  1. The Muck Crops School

    https://agnr.osu.edu/events/muck-crops-school

    hybrids opens key opportunities in production, research, and education. ...

  2. Moving Pigs into Group Housing: Conference to Troubleshoot Hurdles

    https://agnr.osu.edu/news/moving-pigs-group-housing-conference-troubleshoot-hurdles

    on housing pregnant swine, also called sows. Ohio State, Michigan State University and Purdue ... advice on managing group housing for sows. Across Ohio, there are nearly 3,500 swine producers, and the ... pens after they are 10 weeks old. Some research has shown that animals that lay eggs or whose meat will ...

  3. Higher Carbon Dioxide Levels Prompt More Plant Growth, But Fewer Nutrients

    https://agnr.osu.edu/news/higher-carbon-dioxide-levels-prompt-more-plant-growth-fewer-nutrients

    growing faster, but they have on average more starch, less protein and fewer key vitamins in them, said ... photorespiration and therefore less stress on plants. And the reduced stress means increased growth, but at a cost, ... differs from that of most other plants. Temperature is a factor as well. Depending on the temperature, ...

  4. Revised Phosphorus Index Can Help Curb Agricultural Runoff

    https://agnr.osu.edu/news/revised-phosphorus-index-can-help-curb-agricultural-runoff

    of the multiyear On-Field Ohio project led by Elizabeth (Libby) Dayton, a researcher in the College ... estimate of field-scale phosphorus loss based on farmer specific inputs,” Dayton said. “It gives farmers ... a severe bloom in western Lake Erie shut down Toledo’s drinking water supply for two days. The On ...

  5. Raindrops Kept Falling on Our Heads

    https://agnr.osu.edu/news/raindrops-kept-falling-our-heads

    Ohio, the state is on track to have its third wettest year ever, said Aaron Wilson, climate specialist ... with Ohio State University Extension and the Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center. OSU Extension is ... below average rain, total rainfall for 2018 likely will be the third highest on record, Wilson said. ...

  6. From Deer to Bats to Cats, Conference to Focus on Managing Wildlife Conflicts

    https://agnr.osu.edu/events/deer-bats-cats-conference-focus-managing-wildlife-conflicts

    Community Wildlife Cooperative’s annual conference, set for Nov. 8 on The Ohio State University’s Columbus ... people and wildlife, will have nine sessions on topics including the status of white-tailed deer in Ohio, ... Devastating Consequences of a Cuddly Killer  (2016, Princeton University Press), who will speak on feral cats ...

  7. Ohio's Bats Do Scary-Good Work, Face a Real Horror Story

    https://agnr.osu.edu/news/ohios-bats-do-scary-good-work-face-real-horror-story

    works in CFAES’s  School of Environment and Natural Resources, will give an update on the disease during ... the Ohio Community Wildlife Cooperative’s annual conference on Nov. 8 at Ohio State. The event is for ... echolocation. It lets them detect something as small as a human hair — or, say, a mosquito — on the darkest ...

  8. New Farm Bill Likely Won't Surprise Corn and Soybean Farmers

    https://agnr.osu.edu/news/new-farm-bill-likely-wont-surprise-corn-and-soybean-farmers

    CFAES. Among those issues are funding to support cotton and dairy farmers, research, and water quality. ... The current farm bill is scheduled to expire on Sept. 30, 2018. This legislation affects the ... divided on what type of program it wants, Zulauf said. Currently dairy farmers can participate in ...

  9. A Day in the Woods "Identifying Trees in Winter"

    https://agnr.osu.edu/events/day-woods-identifying-trees-winter

    Participants will learn tips on identifying trees based on their bark, buds, twigs, nuts, and ...

  10. Coffee with the Master Gardeners: Creating Holiday Centerpieces

    https://agnr.osu.edu/events/coffee-master-gardeners-creating-holiday-centerpieces

    session in the Coffee with the Master Gardeners series on December 6 at 10 a.m. The session will be taught ... by a group of Miami County Master Gardeners and will include instructions on how to make a holiday ...

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