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Dairy Sustainability – The Jargon, the Dairy Story, and the Opportunity (Part I)
prove to be more difficult and will most certainly require soil carbon sequestration or alternative ... digestion reduces the greenhouse gas emissions from manure by 50%. Solid separation technologies can also ... on dairy cow manure! Reduced and no-till cropping practices have improved soil carbon sequestration. ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Western Ohio Cropland Values and Cash Rents 2016-17
https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/aede-16-17
land with highly productive soils. Average land will typically be the majority of land in a given ... Higher quality soils translate into higher rents. Fertility Levels: Higher fertility levels often result ... variability of those crop returns. Soils and drainage capabilities are the two factors that most influence ...
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Controlling Non-Native Invasive Plants in Ohio Forests: Privet (Ligustrum spp.)
https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/F-103
infestation and a landowner's comfort level with the control method. For a more detailed description of ... roots are not removed. These treatments are most effective when the soil is moist. Cutting is most ... a completely effective method of controlling medium to large privet shrubs. Simply cutting the shrub off at the ...
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Disease Prevention: Making the Most of Your Spring (and every day) Cleaning Practices
heavily soiled areas; however, these should be used with caution. Some pathogens, like Salmonella, can be ... form biofilms within 48 hours. Currently, very few disinfectants have been tested to determine their ... a disinfectant has been tested against in the lab and found effective. Double check to make sure the ...
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Milk Prices, Costs of Nutrients, Margins, and Comparison of Feedstuffs Prices
50%. The cost of NE L is about 55% lower than the 5-year average ($0.09/MCal). However, the cost of ... primarily energy to the ration. To estimate profitability at these nutrient prices, the Cow-Jones Index was ...
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Midwest Economics Association Meeting, March 2024
https://aede.osu.edu/news/midwest-economics-association-meeting-march-2024
stress-tolerant seeds and access to index insurance bundled with a production loan affect their investments in ...
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Meet Timothy Sullivan: 2024 CFAES Distinguished Senior
https://fabe.osu.edu/news/meet-timothy-sullivan-2024-cfaes-distinguished-senior
involved in the ASM Club, Crops and Soils Club, Weeds Judging Team, and am a Farm Science Review Student ...
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Using Dairy Manure with Newly Planted Corn and Soybeans
adding moisture to the soil that can enhance crop germination and emergence, especially if the weather ... soybeans. The seed is protected by an inch or more of soil. In university research, the application of ... scouring the soil surface and burying small corn plants or further burying seeds. Fields that are spring ...