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  1. Preserving Forage as Hay and Silage

    a higher moisture content, it is faster to get to a proper dry matter content for safe preservation than it ... is to make dry hay. Proper dry matter content for chopping haylage can often be achieved within 24 ... faster final drying and to move the swath from wet to dry ground. STORE AT PROPER DRY MATTER CONTENT. ...

  2. Hay Matters: Smart Storage and Testing Tips, Plus Some Events

    harvested, it is important to get it stored properly so that you can get the most pounds of dry matter into ... a barn can lose 6% of its original dry matter content.  Losses can climb to greater than 35% when stored ... harvest the field was in.  You may not have been able to get it made at the optimum time, but any hay in ...

  3. Italian Ryegrass

    forage yields ranging from 3.5 to 6.7 tons of dry matter from a harvest in early November to the last ... prudent to test the forage for nitrate content before harvesting or grazing it. ... mid-September. The late-summer to earlyautumn seedings can be made after wheat or corn silage and may produce ...

  4. US vacation renters waste $2 billion worth of food annually

    https://news.osu.edu/us-vacation-renters-waste-2-billion-worth-of-food-annually/_blank Marquee ...

  5. 4-H Program Advisory Committee Fundraiser Fall Mum Forms Due

    activities. Don’t miss your chance to purchase beautiful fall mums while supporting youth development in our ... https://columbiana.osu.edu/news/4-h-5th-annual-mum-sale-underway    ORDER FORM ...

  6. Fall Farmer Exchanges

    The Organic Farmer Researcher Network is excited to offer a series of tours this fall. This is ... your chance to see on-farm research in action and be part of the discovery. Please remember that these ... are farm tours. Dress for the weather and be prepared to walk! And please register to help us plan for ...

  7. Soybean Yield Response to Long-term No-tillage Across Contrasting Ohio Soils

    the start of this research in the 1960s, in most modern farming systems it is now rarely used due to ... under no-till. For example, soil aggregation increases, making it easier for roots to grow. More pore ... which has poorly drained clay-loam soil (Figure 1). Research at these two locations helped to ...

  8. OSU Extension Offering Hay Testing Program

    accurately predict forage intake as it relates to bulk; or we could say, how much an animal will eat before ... could consume up to 15.6 lbs. of NDF/day on a dry matter (DM) basis. If our hay is 65% NDF a 1300 lb. ... the producer realized it was too wet to get through without excessively tearing up the field. Running ...

  9. Battle for the Belt: Season 3, Episode 16 – Tar Spot in Corn

    a scouting survey called the “Tar Spot Surveillance Survey” to further explore optimal environments for tar ... think you have come across tar spot, wet your finger and try to rub off the black spot, and if it comes ... protect, so when scouting, it is imperative to note what leaf the disease is on. The first planting date of ...

  10. The Hidden Risks of Wet Fieldwork: Insights from Dr. Manbir Rakkar from OSU’s Soil Fertility and Soil Health lab 

    explains why planting in wet soil can cause long-term damage to soil structure, making it harder for crops ... May 28, 2025. It explores the difficult choices farmers face during wet spring planting seasons and ... to proliferate root and access water and nutrients. She highlights the difficult trade-offs farmers ...

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