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  1. Alfalfa Weevil Activity is Beginning to Peak

    575 (accumulation from a base of 48°F starting January 1 st). The warm temperatures over the past week ... Once fields are scouted and you have a count of the alfalfa weevil larvae, the following table can be ... 1 Recheck in a week 9 50 >1 Spray 12 75 >2 Spray 16 100 >4 Harvest early   If alfalfa weevil ...

  2. Spring 2024 Weather & Soil Conditions: Update 3

    57°F at Western in Clark County (Figure 1). Another active weather week brought widespread 1.5-3” of ... jumped 5-10°F this week due to warmer conditions, randing from the low 50s in Ashtabula to as warm as ... hampering river barge traffic. Soils are saturate, especially across northern counties (Figure 2). ...

  3. Meet Cameron McCurdy: 2024 CFAES Distinguished Senior

    students new to ANSCI, meeting weekly to offer advice. He found many of the students asked the same ... questions he had when he first started. He also planned events such as the Back 2 School Bash and Winter ... where they most need it, implementing monthly events to raise awareness of mental health resources on ...

  4. Dining with Diabetes Class- April 30

    manage your diabetes or improve your risk while enjoying the food that you are eating!  The 4-week course ...

  5. Cloverbud Show and Tell

    Calling all Cloverbuds! Bring an item to the Ashton Event Center at the Carroll County Fairgrounds ... and talk with them about your item. This activity is designed to help Cloverbuds become comfortable ...

  6. Look Out for Nitrogen Loss Due to Heavy Rains

    most of this week (4/8/2024- 4/14/2024). Based on Table 1, if your field is still saturated from last ... The recent heavy rainfall events have implications on the fate of applied nitrogen (N). In the ... past two weeks, Ohio has received rainfall ranging from about 1.5 inches in the northwest to 6 inches ...

  7. Big Swings Ahead for Planting, Growing and Harvest Season

    a lesser extent. The years where strong  El Niño  events came to an end in spring include 2016, 1998, 1982, 1973 ... the rest of this year. We are in a normally wet time of the year currently averaging 0.8-1.0 inch per week ... coming weeks. Even though it is typical to still see some light freezes/frosts in April, most data ...

  8. Key To Corn Success Is Getting It In The Ground Properly

    Although time has erased much of the event from my mind, there were two discussions that had been imprinted ... If we want to do our part in helping everyday be a great day for your corn plants, we need to make ... plants.  If the delay in emergence is less than two weeks, replanting increases yields less than 5 percent, ...

  9. ODA and Extension Team up to Distribute Free Garden Seeds Through Ohio Victory Gardens Program

    Victory Gardens program earlier this week. This year, the program expanded to include 64 counties. “We ... “Planting those seeds, watching that produce grow, and being able to provide those nutritious foods for your ...

  10. Ohio Birds

    sideways? If hummingbirds live in your area, you can. In summer, seed-eating birds may not be as plentiful ... directions for building a hummingbird feeder. Then fill your feeder with homemade nectar and hang it ... over and flatten the rough edges by tapping lightly with your hammer. Using waterproof paint, paint ...

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