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Rains May Hold Up Corn Crop
https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/rains-may-hold-corn-crop
and air/soil temperatures. When you have warm temperatures (above 77 degrees Fahrenheit), corn may not ... âOne exception is when you get hail damage on top of saturated soils. The water splashes into the ... to the Ohio Agricultural Statistics Service. But itâs the saturated soils and ponding of some ...
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Facing Compacted Soils? Practice Continuous No-Till for Better Yields
soils are firm, with natural channels for root growth and movement of water and air. Tillage tends to ... it. Compaction destroys the soil structure and causes erosion by keeping water out. It prevents plant ... than soil that was deep tilled (subsoiled) each fall. Researchers compacted corn/soybean rotation plots ...
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Moisture Stress Biggest Limiting Factor in Crop Production
leaves of the plant)." Soil is intricately structured and the amount of water that is available for ... a plant's use is dependent partly upon the characteristics of the soil and how much water it can hold at any ... given time. Slater equates soil to a bucket with defined layers of water availability: oven dried, ...
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Plant Pathology’s Kanyagha Fight against Bacterial Wilt a Final Milestone in Long-Term CFAES Program in East Africa
Dr. Kanyagha’s research demonstrates the efficacy of anaerobic soil disinfection (ASD) treatment (an ...
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Plant Pathology’s Kanyagha Fight against Bacterial Wilt a Final Milestone in Long-Term CFAES Program in East Africa
vegetables. Dr. Kanyagha's research demonstrates the efficacy of anaerobic soil disinfection (ASD) ...
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Specialist hopes to demystify algal blooms during Farm Science Review session
prevalent throughout Ohio in recent years. These blooms on public waters have drawn much attention in the ... nutrients in the water,” Braig said. “Factors contributing to HABs are complex, but will always involve ... nutrients to fuel them.“ Warm temperatures, prolonged still water, low water levels and a lack of ...
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Want to Save on Fertilizer? Run a Soil Test
https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/want-save-fertilizer-run-soil-test
start by putting yourself in their shoes. I'm a producer. I get the soil analysis and I have this ... Research and Development Center, Northwest Ohio Soil and Water Conservation Districts, USDA Natural ... January 30, 2008 ADA, Ohio-- With fertilizer prices continuing their upward trend, a soil test is ...
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Undaunted by Pandemic, Honduras-focused Sustainable Community Development Course Continues
Lomas del Águila and Las Lomitas. These are focused above all on the harvesting and management of water ...
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Dr. Lal Honored with Dual Titles from IICA
https://ipa.osu.edu/news/dr-lal-honored-dual-titles-iica
IICA Chair in Soil Science and IICA Goodwill Ambassador for Sustainable Development Issues on Dr. ...
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Common Sense Management Necessary to Minimize Heat Stress on Livestock
thing is that animals have plenty of water and that producers don't move them in the hot part of ... healthy for the sheep than being out in the open air." While the recommendation may sound ... a summer breeze to cool off. Grimes also pointed out the importance of shade, and air circulation, to beef ...