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  1. Big Swings Ahead for Planting, Growing and Harvest Season

    https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2024-10/big-swings-ahead-planting-growing-and-harvest-season

    leads to a wetting up as we discussed last time for a part of spring. This wetting up has occurred ... a lesser extent. The years where strong  El Niño  events came to an end in spring include 2016, 1998, 1982, 1973 ... coming weeks. Even though it is typical to still see some light freezes/frosts in April, most data ...

  2. Assessing Forage Stands and Winter Damage

    https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2024-08/assessing-forage-stands-and-winter-damage

    temperature variability and freeze-thaw cycles, heaving is a common form of winter damage seen in the field. ... Spring is here and now is a great time to walk fields and note how the forages faired. Winter ... damage is difficult to predict and the variability of temperatures this past winter across the state can ...

  3. Alfalfa Weevil Activity is Beginning to Peak

    https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2024-10/alfalfa-weevil-activity-beginning-peak

    days (GDD) and reaches their peak feeding and damage when heat units for the area are between 325 and ... yet reaching the 325 heat unit threshold, and if spring continues to be wet, the window to get into ... damage, green alfalfa weevil larvae in different development stages (instars), and brown adults. Photo ...

  4. Wheat Management for Spring 2024

    https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2024-10/wheat-management-spring-2024

    Spring is an important time to make key management decisions for winter wheat. Decisions should be ... knowledge of factors that affect grain yield can enhance management decisions, avoiding damage to the crop ... stages, including the Feekes and Zadoks scale. Here we focus on the Feekes Growth Scale and key spring ...

  5. Assessing Forage Stands and Winter Damage

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-26-issue-2/assessing-forage-stands-and-winter-damage

    University Extension Spring is here and now is a great time to walk fields and note how the forages faired. ... Winter damage is difficult to predict and the variability of temperatures this past winter across the ... forage field, winter damage may be a major concern, particularly for forages with taproots like alfalfa. ...

  6. Freeze-Drying Fundamentals

    https://fcs.osu.edu/events/freeze-drying-fundamentals

    Freeze-Drying Fundamentals Are you curious about the process of freeze-drying?  Do you want to ... know more about freeze-drying as a food preservation method?  Would you like to taste a freeze ... -dried food? Join us for a 90-minute exploration with the freeze-dryer! There is no need to have freeze ...

  7. Key To Alfalfa Growth Is Weed Control; Start Sooner Rather Than Later

    https://wayne.osu.edu/news/key-alfalfa-growth-weed-control-start-sooner-rather-later

    soil nutrient resources, especially in the summer months.  Not only will they thin the stand, but they ... lambsquarter can pose issues when they are stressed. Spring into weed control action Weeds germinate throughout ... the growing season, but spring is the time to initiate control.  You do need to determine what the ...

  8. Battle for the Belt: Season 2 Episode 3- April Weather Update

    https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2024-10/battle-belt-season-2-episode-3-april-weather-update

    episode 3, Dr. Aaron Wilson, State Climatologist of Ohio, gives us a spring weather update! Tune in and ... check out Dr. Wilson’s article in this issue of the CORN newsletter titled "Spring 2024 Weather ... CORN News Article,  “Growing Degree Days vs. Calendar Days – How Long Will Emergence Take?”. Table 1. ...

  9. CFAES News | 4.24.2024

    https://vp.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/email/cfaes-news-4242024

    Natural Resources! Congratulations to Jonathan Jacobs, Department of Plant Pathology, who recently ... Copy:  Stretching can help you spring into wellness safely Learn the benefits and types of stretches, and ... Student Resource Center on the CFAES Wooster campus has seen positive impacts while implementing the  ...

  10. Forage Weeds: Fall Forgotten and Spring Startups

    https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2024-09/forage-weeds-fall-forgotten-and-spring-startups

    Spring means rapid forage growth, but it also means rapid weed growth. Due to the variability of ... spring weather, there are often only a few opportunities to control emerging summer annual weeds, winter ... category, and the spring weed control plan can look very different between species and operations. The ...

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