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  1. Join a Farmer Forum on Drones and Weed Management

    weeds do in your fields? With the rapid pace of innovation in this area, it can be hard to stay informed ... of weed scientists, extension educators, and outreach specialists working together to develop best ... practices and digital tools to support the use of integrated weed management to combat the herbicide ...

  2. Key To Alfalfa Growth Is Weed Control; Start Sooner Rather Than Later

    return potential is of making an herbicide application.  A thin stand will not fill in once the weeds are ... control of emerged weeds Velpar can be applied to dormant alfalfa or before new growth exceeds 2 inches ... can reduce the quality of the harvested forage.  While some weeds can actually contribute high protein ...

  3. Forage Weeds: Fall Forgotten and Spring Startups

    Spring means rapid forage growth, but it also means rapid weed growth. Due to the variability of ... goal of producing dairy-quality hay, the weed control treatment may be worth the associated cost. In ... will likely have to be discarded instead of sold or fed. There are limited herbicide options for ...

  4. Wheat Management for Spring 2024

     Herbicide options become increasingly limited as wheat enters Feekes 6 and progresses to the boot stage. Do ... Weed Control Guide provides growth stage cutoffs for the different herbicide options. Refer to the ... knowledge of factors that affect grain yield can enhance management decisions, avoiding damage to the crop ...

  5. Controlling Non-Native Invasive Plants in Ohio Forests: Japanese Stiltgrass

    Forestry; College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences; Ohio State University Extension ... help to limit the spread of seed into non-infested areas. Place high priority in controlling stiltgrass ... growing season can also reduce exposure of native spring ephemeral plants to herbicide treatments. When ...

  6. Controlling Non-Native Invasive Plants in Ohio’s Forests: Garlic Mustard (Alliaria petiolata)

    site. Ohio State University Extension and the Ohio Division of Forestry do not endorse any of the ... Forestry; College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences; Ohio State University Extension Garlic ... nearby. This suppression of native competitors contributes to the fast rate of spread of garlic mustard. ...

  7. Betsy Wins 1st Place at the GRS in the MS Proposal Category

    greenhouse project about waterhemp resistance to post-emergence herbicides. I will be starting my field ... advisement of Dr. Alyssa Essman. In her words "my research will be focused on weed control. I will be ... looking at using cover crops as a weed suppression tactic before corn." We're thrilled to have ...

  8. Wang appointed to Professorship in Plant Protection

    CFAES News Team Columbus, Ohio — April 10, 2024 — Guo-Liang Wang has been appointed to a five-year ... term as the holder of the Endowed Professorship in Plant Protection at The Ohio State University ... productive professor in the Department of Plant Pathology at Ohio State since 2008 and an associate chair ...

  9. Vegetable Gardening "How To"

    Are you ready for the vegetable garden season? We have tips from Winter Sowing to early spring and ... summer and fall vegetables gardens. Need information on common weeds? Soil Testing? Insects? Check out ... our list of garden handouts here:  https://lucas.osu.edu/vegetable-gardening   If you have specific ...

  10. Spring Forage Establishment

    Jason Hartschuh, Extension Field Specialist, Dairy Management and Precision Livestock, Ohio State ... spring-establish forages is open. In the spring, the combination of weather and plenty to do make planting ... establishment, weed control is important to lower potential competition throughout the lifespan of a stand. Weeds ...

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