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  1. 20 Questions on Plant Diagnosis

    flounder by initial misidentification. Identifying a plant properly leads to a focused consideration of ... veins and are typically more to the outer margins of the foliage. Knowledge of this difference in ... blackened leaves. Question 8: What are the plant’s site conditions? Question 7 leads directly to a more ...

  2. 4-H Camp Active Threat Guidelines

    officers—to provide training on implementing the safety plan. Most of our emergency procedures involve ... bringing everyone in camp into one place to count heads. In the unlikely event of an armed shooter or other ... should gather as many campers as possible and hide. Where to hide depends on the number of campers the ...

  3. 4-H Project Learning

    Learning Leadership, Journal of Extension, 48 (5). Retrieved from  archives ... matter through their work on projects. More than 220 projects are available to Ohio 4-H members. Through ... these projects, members learn about topics that are of interest to them, at a pace that is set by them. ...

  4. A Consumer’s Guide to Pure Maple Syrup

    of the nutritional value of pure maple syrup to other popular sweeteners, pure maple syrup has more ... producing syrup that is darker and stronger in flavor. At the end of the season, tree buds begin to open, ... providing consumers with a variety of grades to choose from. USDA Grade A maple syrup standards Maple syrup ...

  5. A Guide to Corn Growth and Development

    planting dates in the Corn Belt often have cooler temperatures, leading to more days (up to 30 days) ... purposes, the occurrence of pollen shed is more important to document. The shedding of pollen is ... approximately 45% of the total dry weight at the beginning of R5, leaving more than half of the dry matter to be ...

  6. A History of Packaging

    to other packaging forms. A brief review of the more popular packaging developments is included in ... this fact sheet. Paper and Paper Products Paper may be the oldest form of what today is referred to as ... “flexible packaging.” Sheets of treated mulberry bark were used by the Chinese to wrap foods as early as the ...

  7. A Landowner’s Guide to Understanding Recommended Pipeline Standards and Construction Specifications

    drilling of gas wells comes the need to establish pipelines to move the gas from the point of drilling to ... a Pipeline Right-of-Way? A pipeline right-of-way is a piece of land, granted to a pipeline company, on top of ... and on either side of a natural gas pipeline. Also referred to as an easement, it provides certain ...

  8. Abate Animal Heat Stress in Hot Weather

    environmental air temperatures) of major farm animals. How to Monitor and Evaluate Heat Stress Air temperature ... application of cooling systems to animal production facilities may change. To learn more about cooling and ... Extension Specialist, The Ohio State University Hot weather raises inevitable concerns about heat stress of ...

  9. Abnormal Ears in Corn—When and Why Do They Develop?

    Emerging Crops, Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, The Ohio State University After more than 100 ... to 49% of plants had abnormal ears). Abnormal ears reduced grain yield 35–91% (yield loss per area ... abortion of the primary ear was a correlated factor (Ortez et al., 2022a). In addition to lower yields, ...

  10. About

    you have access to hundreds of OSU Extension fact sheets covering a wide array of subjects such as ... additional resources. Ohioline also links you to the web site of the College of Food, Agricultural, and ... Discover and be enlightened. About Ohio State University Extension OSU Extension brings the knowledge of ...

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