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Fusarium Head Blight Forecasting System
https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/plpath-cer-03
Red indicates high risk for scab exceeding 10% severity, yellow indicates moderate risk, while green ... indicates low risk. High scab risk is associated with high risk for grain contamination with vomitoxin, but ... reducing grain yield, test weight and grain quality. More importantly, F. graminearum produces mycotoxins, ...
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Milk Prices, Costs of Nutrients, Margins, and Comparison of Feedstuffs Prices
these nutrient prices, the Cow-Jones Index was used for average US cows weighing 1500 lb and producing ... cows milking 70 and 85 lb/day is about $13.50 and $13.97/cwt, respectively. Both estimates are higher ...
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Corn Silage Harvest Safety Should Be Priority One
filled. Tower silos and areas around stored silage should be treated as confined spaces. Due to this risk ... very difficult to control or stop. Safety Around Machinery During silage harvest, there are risks of ... with a highly reflective SMV sign. During harvest, be sure to wash SMV signs and lights so that they ...
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Interpreting Manure Sample Test Results
https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/anr-55
per acre or 10 ppm, and a potassium soil test level of 50 pounds per acre or 25 ppm with a CEC of 20 ... determine the crop’s needs. The soil test will contain the current levels of nitrogen, phosphorus and ... with a yield goal of 180 bushels per acre and the field has a phosphorus soil test level of 20 pounds ...
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Opportunities for Subsurface Nutrient Placement in Ohio
https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/fabe-56401
horsepower requirements, the level of tillage and soil disruption, depth of fertilizer placement, and ... inches wide) while leaving the soil between these strips undisturbed. When the strip-till unit is ... to conventional tillage by leaving residue on the soil surface between the strips. Quicker spring ...
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HPAI: Avian Influenza in Dairy Cattle
https://dairy.osu.edu/resources/hpai-avian-influenza-dairy-cattle
industry, causing high levels of mortality. However, this does not seem to be the case in dairy cattle where ... identification of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in dairy cattle located in Texas and Kansas. They ... birds. The highly pathogenic classification is based on the severity of the disease in poultry, but it is ...
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Hot Water and Chlorine Treatments to Eradicate Bacterial Plant Pathogens from Vegetable Seeds
https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/hyg-5818
F (50 C), or the temperature indicated for the seed type being tested (see Table 1). Place container in ... may be damaged by hot water. It is highly recommended that a small sample of each seed lot be treated ... and tested for germination (see below) prior to treating the entire lot. Chlorine treatment is easier ...
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Interpreting a Soil Test Report
https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/agf-0514
suitability to grow a chosen crop. Phosphorous and potassium soil test levels help us know if fertilizer is ... values is needed if they are not reported as ppm using a Mehlich 3 soil test. Soil test values reported ... in pounds per acre are converted to ppm by dividing pounds per acre by 2. If phosphorus soil test ...
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The Case for an Outside Board of Directors for Closely Held Farm and Agricultural Businesses
https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/aede-0019
That Can Sink a Startup, Wasserman states that entrepreneurs "face a choice between making money ... almost all firms operate somewhere between these two extremes. However, if your closely held business has ... helpful in creating that separation. A healthy separation between closely held companies and their owners ...
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Spring Forage Establishment
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-26-issue-2/spring-forage-establishment
Recommendations (https://forages.osu.edu/forage-management/soil-fertility-forages). Phosphorus levels for grass ... are optimal in the 20-40 ppm range, while the range for legumes is 30-50 ppm. When it comes to ... potassium, the optimal range is 100-130 ppm for sandy soils with a cation exchange capacity (CEC) less than ...