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  1. Corn Silage Deoxynivalenol Management Starts Now and Continues Through the Season

    are still wet. During corn pollination, the risk of weather conditions favoring Gibberella Ear Rot can ... harvested. The 2025 trial experienced drought conditions from tasseling through harvest. Plots were ... inoculated with Fusarium graminearum spores on wet silk to provide inoculum for ear rot. Both years' ...

  2. A Cold and Snowy Winter So Far

    early February check in. Last time, we discuss the main climate signals we were watching heading into ... States and Canada, with colder and stormier than average conditions across the nothern U.S. and warmer ... and less stormy conditions across the south. While this scenario usually brings wetter than average ...

  3. Purchasing Hay Equipment: Tedders and Rakes

    value (Krieger, et al., 2021). If baleage or silage is the intended product, the moisture can be much ... higher, but usually not over 60%. Fast dry-down of hay after mowing is important for several reasons. The ... primary concern with hay drying is to avoid rain in the forecast. Figure 1 shows the probability of rain ...

  4. Ohio Urban Agriculture Practice 101: Navigating the Regulations

    on extended supply chains vulnerable to disruptions. A point of concern, however, is the regulatory ... environment urban Ohio farms need to navigate. This article summarizes the essential licenses and certificates ... urban farmers or aspiring entrepreneurs need to comply with regulations to avoid fines, approval delays, ...

  5. Panel Discussion 2: Leafy Greens Root Health Management

    support to Jiffy's global CEA customers and helping to drive market expansion. Kyle holds a BA in ... Precise Indoor Vine Conditioning (PIVC) in which young grapevines are conditioned with supplemental light ... a part of their global food security and agriculture team managing over $150 million in USAID and USDA ...

  6. 2026 Wednesday Women in Ag Webinar Series

    September 2- Dehydration and Freeze Drying the Harvest October 7-  Livestock Mortality Composting November ...

  7. Fundamental Concepts of Feed Intake

    because we suspect that the primary controllers of feed intake change as a cow advances through her ... Physical Constraints The rumen can hold a large amount and volume of feed – but it is not unlimited. Rumen ... Holstein cow’s rumen holds 125-250 lb of feed contents. At some point, the volume and weight in the rumen ...

  8. Nature plays big role in shaping regional carbon storage, study shows

    the  Congo Basin  are known as “passive” carbon sinks because they absorb more carbon than they release ... the last century, an increase attributable to a mix of natural factors and human activity, finds a new ... without the need for human intervention.  In temperate regions, forests like Ohio’s  Wayne National Forest ...

  9. Benefits of Using Seed-Propagated Strawberries as Planting Materials

    plants in 7–9 weeks under indoor conditions. Seed-propagated strawberries also produce a more uniform ... variations in growth rate, flowering time, and harvest time. Seed-propagated strawberry planting materials ... hybrid breeding are limited because existing strawberry cultivars are highly heterozygous. Nevertheless, ...

  10. Panel Discussion 3: Light & Climate Management- Glazing, Lighting, Shading for Leafy Greens

    production. He began working in the horticulture industry in 2018 and holds both a Bachelor’s and a Master’s ... Controlled Environment Agriculture to create sustainable and efficient growing conditions. Before Svensson, ...

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