Site

Search results

  1. Understanding Soil Microbes and Nutrient Recycling

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/SAG-16

    and the microbes and soil organisms habitat are destroyed. In a no-till field, high levels of SOM are ... Bacteria 10 8 –10 9 40–500 Actinomycetes 10 7 –10 8 40–500 Fungi 10 5 –10 6 100–1500 Algae 10 4 –10 5 1–50 ... nutrients. Consider the following three scenarios. Soils typically turnover 1 to 3 percent of their nitrogen ...

  2. Estimated Return-to-Seed of Variable vs. Uniform Corn Seeding Rates

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/agf-520

    to predict or identify areas of consistent yield levels (high, medium, low) and stability (stable vs. ... profitability—can vary within and among fields with small differences in soils and weather. Given the advances in ... are still questions related to how variable rate seeding changes seeding rate, yield level, and ...

  3. Is a Prenuptial Agreement Right for Your Farm Business?

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/anr-51

    Environmental Sciences, Ohio State University Extension Farm and agricultural businesses often have high capital ... may be at risk if they pre-decease their new spouse.   As farms increase in size and new family ... and his parents sold 50 acres of their prime farmland and took out a second mortgage. This hampered ...

  4. Western Ohio Cropland Values and Cash Rents 2013-14

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/AEDE-15-14

    Top land will typically be large tracts of land with highly productive soils. "Average" land ... will tend to be land with lower productivity soils, poor drainage or come in smaller tracts (or ... the rent will tend to be. Variability of Crop Return: Land that exhibits highly variable returns may ...

  5. Algae for Biofuels

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/AEX-651-11

    of the current research and development efforts have focused on microalgae due to their high growth ... oil yield than land oil crops (Table 1). For example, algae with 50% lipid content and a dry biomass ... productivity of 50 g/m²/day can potentially produce 10,000 gallons oil/acre/year (Pienkos, 2007). By ...

  6. The Value of Community Strategic Plans in Corporate Location Decision-Making

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/cdfs-1578

    sewage, and water. These systems have a propensity to be capital intensive and high-cost investments, yet ... argues that workforce development can be approached at an individual level, where the focus is on ... person for success in the workforce and in society. At the society level, it is thought of as an ...

  7. Modified Relay Intercropping

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/agf-504

    application should be based on a soil test. Soil pH should be between 6 and 7. Calculate the row spacing ... yield at high levels at wider row spacings.   It should be noted that the wheat plant is very ... wheat varieties have been tested with most high-performing wheat able to be interseeded. Wheat variety ...

  8. Effect of Major Variables on Drift Distances of Spray Droplets

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/fabe-525

    F; Relative Humidity = 60%). Water droplets with 50 micron diameter and smaller are highly ... wind velocity. At low temperature (55 degrees F) and high relative humidity (80%), 50 micron diameter ... 65 4.58 4.57 4.56 4.54 4.50 150 75 4.78 4.78 4.72 4.72 4.66 150 85 4.76 4.73 4.70 4.64 4.58 200 55 ...

  9. Food Safety in Gardens

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/hyg-1153

    water is recommended. Have your soil tested for nutrients (macro and micro), pH and heavy metals such as ... and for determining the use of soil amendments. The fact sheet “Soil Testing for Ohio Lawns, ... Landscapes, Fruit Crops, and Vegetable Gardens” (HYG-1132) provides detailed information on soil tests ...

  10. Narrow Row Spacing in Corn: Management Considerations for Ohio

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/anr-0152

    date, hybrid maturity, row spacing, plant population, and input levels (Ahmad et al., 2010). Growers, ... farm level. In recent years, these dynamics have led to some interest in producing corn (Zea mays L.) ... As expected, greater yields were produced at the high-yield-potential site in South Charleston ...

Pages