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  1. EPN Breakfast Event- Tuesday, November 12, 2024: Inaugural Ohio Soil Health Week: Celebrating healthy soils for environmental and human health

    https://epn.osu.edu/events/epn-breakfast-event-tuesday-november-12-2024-inaugural-ohio-soil-health-week-celebrating

    Register Here Program Overview Ready to dig in? It’s the first ever Ohio Soil Health Week, and the ... the Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association (OEFFA) as we come together to celebrate healthy soils ... for environmental and human health!   Soil health is a growing topic of concern because it is ...

  2. Manure Application to Parched Soil

    https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2024-32/manure-application-parched-soil

    producers applying manure to farm fields need to take extra caution to prevent liquid manure following soil ... cracks to field tile Preferential flow is when liquid manure follows soil cracks, worm holes, and ... notorious for soil cracks. In these instances, tillage is considered the best management practice before ...

  3. Farm Safety and Health Week is very real for Ohio farmers in 2024!

    https://agsafety.osu.edu/farm-safety-and-health-week-very-real-ohio-farmers-2024

    can be a risk for field fires.  During a drought, we all need to be aware of fire potential.  This is ... farm vehicles driving in the field can pose a risk to the dry field fodder. Smoldering materials may go ... Stress may be a Concern During Harvest Season This year is particularly hot! Outdoor workers are at risk ...

  4. Lewis receives 2024 Rising Collegiate Star Award from SWE

    https://fabe.osu.edu/news/lewis-receives-2024-rising-collegiate-star-award-swe

    awards on a National level- I remember feeling so proud and so impressed by those female engineers, and ...

  5. Battle for the Belt: Season 2, Episode 25 – Use of Audio Recorders to Monitor Insect Activity

    https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2024-32/battle-belt-season-2-episode-25-%E2%80%93-use-audio-recorders-monitor

    relationship between honey bees and soybean plants. During flowering, soybean plants provide an abundant nectar ...  activities in the field. They have tested many different methods such as observation, netting, and pin  ...  traps. Currently, they are testing an audio recorder to document bee activities in the soybean fields  ...

  6. Lep Monitoring Network – Fall Armyworm Update and Last Week of Corn Earworm Reports # 19

    https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/corn-newsletter-2024-30/lep-monitoring-network-%E2%80%93-fall-armyworm-update-and

    our 4 th week reporting on the fall armyworm (FAW), with numbers remaining high in certain counties. ... with the highest averages are Sandusky (125), Van Wert (36.1) and Wayne (15.0) (Figure 1). The fall ... a tropical pest that overwinters in warm soil in the southern US. Since this is a sporadic pest, infestations ...

  7. Lep Monitoring Network – Spike in Numbers: Fall Armyworm Update # 23

    https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2024-33/lep-monitoring-network-%E2%80%93-spike-numbers-fall-armyworm-update-23

    feed, it only feeds in the larval stage. This time of the year, egg masses will be few and far between ...

  8. Cover Crop ‘Til You Drop Field Day Wrap-Up

    https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2024-29/cover-crop-%E2%80%98til-you-drop-field-day-wrap

    results, and the interaction between cover crops and water quality and soil health. The event keynote ... speaker was Dr. Manbir Rakkar, new Extension State Specialist and Associate Professor for soil health and ... soil fertility. The team could not have put on this event without assistance from Cargill, The Nature ...

  9. Dry Conditions in Corn – Implications and Recommendations

    https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2024-29/dry-conditions-corn-%E2%80%93-implications-and-recommendations

    western and northern Ohio, are still okay given good soil moisture levels below the surface from past ... as of August 20, 2024. Source: droughtmonitor.unl.edu. Drought and High Temperature Effects Corn ... day. The corn water use rate between dough and dent stage is estimated at about 0.20-0.24 inches per ...

  10. EPN Breakfast Event- Tuesday, October 8, 2024: Our Minds Matter: Enhancing climate resilience skills and well-being for environmental students and professionals

    https://epn.osu.edu/events/epn-breakfast-event-tuesday-october-8-2024-our-minds-matter-enhancing-climate-resilience

    encompasses social vulnerability in the context of disasters and disaster risk reduction to develop knowledge ... feasible, cost-effective ways to reduce the risk of stress-related chronic illness for both adults and ... graduated high school in 1991 and spent the next 21 years on active duty with the United States Navy. After ...

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