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This autumn, take time to appreciate the web of life
This autumn, take time to notice the life around you.
Rotate your crops; it increases yields and lowers cost per acre
Having no rotation on your crops will absolutely exhaust your soils and limits its natural abilities to help your crops grow.
Tips to keep in mind for small ruminant pasture management
How many goats can I stock per acre of pasture? I’ve increased my pasture rotation to 30 days, how much will this reduce the parasite problem with my sheep? These are a couple of questions that I have been asked recently and each can be used to illustrate some basic differences in pasture management with
It takes nutrients to grow forage
Proper soil nutrients are required for forage plants to maximize growth. Data indicates our forage plants use 20+ elements to live and grow. All are equally important for growth, but vary greatly in amounts needed. Of these, nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium are usually required in the largest amounts followed by calcium, magnesium, and sulfur. These
Ohio wine production climbing, now at No. 6
Ohio recently surpassed Michigan, inching up in its ranking for wine production to the sixth highest state in the nation.
Wheat pest, cereal leaf beetle, making a comeback in Ohio
ABOVE: CEREAL LEAF BEETLE LARVA WOOSTER, Ohio — This could be the year cereal leaf beetle makes a comeback in Ohio, causing widespread problems. Ohio State University Extension entomologist Ron Hammond said there are populations of cereal leaf beetle in the southern and central parts of the state, but there is also potential for outbreaks
Roundup of 4-H news for March 21, 2019
Catch up on local 4-H news from Pinelakers 4-H Club, Buckeye Brigade 4-H Club, Mahoning County Goat Herders and Western Reserve Rangers 4-H Club.
Delayed planting increases need to scout for pests
In addition to cereal leaf beetle, alfalfa weevil and black cutworm, crop growers need to be on the lookout for slugs, especially in fields with a history of slug damage
Watch for molds, corn earworm
Recent reports show high corn earworm populations in certain grain corn fields in Ohio.
Should we worry about pollinators? 19th century research sheds light on climate change
Are plant-pollinator networks holding together as the insects and plants in the network are jostled by climate change and habitat loss?
