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Dairy Ration Modifications During Heat Stress
https://wayne.osu.edu/news/dairy-ration-modifications-during-heat-stress
The forecast is calling for hot weather. Dairy cows begin to experience heat stress when the temperature-humidity index exceeds 68 so this current spell of hot weather can definitely have a negative impact on milk production, reproductive perfo ...
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Scout Soybeans for Spider Mites
https://wayne.osu.edu/news/scout-soybeans-spider-mites
On a recent Extension ag crop team conference call, OSU Extension crop entomologists Kelley Tilmon and Andy Michael talked about some potential insect pests that growers should be scouting for in their fields, especially during dry, hot periods. ...
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Be Alert for Palmer Amaranth
https://wayne.osu.edu/news/be-alert-palmer-amaranth
Last year new infestations of palmer amaranth were found in Wayne and Mahoning counties. This is not a problem that goes away when it is ignored. There is potential for this weed to explode across the county and greatly increase the cost of so ...
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Crop Biostimulants and Biofertilizers
https://wayne.osu.edu/news/crop-biostimulants-and-biofertilizers
There is a growing interest in the use of biostimulants and biofertilizers in crop production including agronomic, vegetable, fruit and ornamental horticulture crops. Matt Kleinhenz, OSU Extension Vegetable Production specialist, and some of hi ...
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Scout for Potato Leaf Hopper in Alfalfa
https://wayne.osu.edu/news/scout-potato-leaf-hopper-alfalfa
If potato leaf hoppers (PLH) are going to be a problem in alfalfa, July and August are generally the months when high numbers can build up and cause damage to alfalfa stands. Young regrowth and stands more than 7 days away from harvest are th ...
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2016 Dairy Twilight Tour
https://wayne.osu.edu/news/2016-dairy-twilight-tour
The annual Wayne/Ashland County dairy twilight tour is scheduled for Tuesday evening July 12 beginning at 6:00 pm. This year's host farm is Stollers Organic Dairy located at 10451 Eby Rd., Sterling OH 44276. The Stoller farm is a multi-g ...
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2016 Ohio Farm Custom Rates
https://wayne.osu.edu/node/1511
Custom rates are the agreed upon cost paid to someone for doing a piece of farm related work. That work could be related to tillage, planting, forage harvesting, combining field crops, spreading fertilizer, hauling manure etc. In this publicat ...
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2016 4-H Camp Detour Information
https://wayne.osu.edu/news/2016-4-h-camp-detour-information
Dear 4-H members and parents, We hope you're excited about 4-H Camp this week and we look forward to seeing you at camp tomorrow Wednesday June 29th. We recently became aware of a road closure on State Route 514 south of Nashville, which is on the w ...
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Identifying and Managing Feed Shrink
https://wayne.osu.edu/news/identifying-and-managing-feed-shrink
In this week’s column, Jason Hartschuh, Crawford County Extension Educator provides us with some reminders of ways in which feed shrink occurs on the farm and some management options to reduce that loss. Shrink comes in many forms; field losses, storage, ...
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Are You Prepared for the VFD?
https://wayne.osu.edu/news/are-you-prepared-vfd
Most livestock owners are probably somewhat acquainted with the Veterinary Feed Directive (VFD) that is scheduled to go into effect on January 1 of 2017. The purpose of the VFD is help insure the judicious use of antimicrobials (think antibioti ...