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Did you know Ohio ranks 4th in the U.S. for combine fires?
Dee Jepsen, Associate Professor, Agricultural Safety and Health While many combines are parked and inactive over the spring months, a team of Ohio State University students are thinking about fire hazards that occur to these machines while they are harves ...
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CFAES Ag Weather System 2021 Near-Surface Air and Soil Temperatures/Moisture
We are once again providing a soil temperature overview in the C.O.R.N. Newsletter through April-May 2021. The College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences (CFAES) Agricultural Research Stations located throughout the state have two- and four ...
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Weather Update from NOAA/NWS/Ohio River Forecast Center
The climate pattern is in a state of a flux. The La Nina pattern is weakening rapidly and will cause changes in weather patterns in the coming weeks and will result in lower confidence forecasting for a while during this change. For April i ...
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Control of dandelion with spring/summer herbicide treatments
Dandelion seems to be on the increase in some fields, as we noted in a video last summer and CORN article last fall. Fall is the optimum time of year to reduce dandelion populations with herbicides, so we expect them to become more of a problem in fiel ...
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Make an Appointment for Pressure Canner Testing
https://morrow.osu.edu/news/make-appointment-pressure-canner-testing
Home canning of vegetables, meat and poultry all require processing in a pressure canner to destroy the bacterium Clostridium botulinum. Following USDA recommendations, pressure canners with dial gauges should be tested for accuracy each year to ensure sa ...
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Spring Pond Management
https://wayne.osu.edu/news/spring-pond-management
Holmes County OSU Extension Educator, Dr. Gary Graham, recently put together this very informative and timely article on considerations for pond management as we make our way out of winter and into the warmer spring days. This past February has brought us ...
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4-H’ers Getting Ready for Fair Starts Now
https://wayne.osu.edu/news/4-h%E2%80%99ers-getting-ready-fair-starts-now
In barns and homes all across the United States, young people that are members of 4-H and FFA are starting to work on their Junior Fair projects. During our Wayne County Fair in September, we see the culmination of months of hard work and preparation as ...
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08-2021
https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/08-2021
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Calibration for Rate Controlled Sprayers
https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/08-2021/calibration-rate-controlled-sprayers
I had an article in last week’s CORN newsletter encouraging growers to fine tune and calibrate their sprayers. I had mentioned that the next couple of weeks may be the last best time period to do this since planting season is just about to start. There wo ...
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Poison Hemlock and Alfalfa Stands
https://wayne.osu.edu/news/poison-hemlock-and-alfalfa-stands
Control Poison Hemlock Now Every spring I notice pasture and hayfields that have been invaded by poison hemlock. All parts of this plant are poisonous, and those toxic properties are not reduced when the plant gets incorporated into a hay bale or silage. ...