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  1. Despite Planting Delays, Wheat Getting Good Marks

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/despite-planting-delays-wheat-getting-good-marks

    news for strong crop establishment before winter sets in. "You want the wheat well-established by ... we'd like to see wheat go into winter with three to four tillers per plant." The more tillers ... a wheat plant has, the higher its chances for surviving through winter. Because of the late planting of ...

  2. Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Deer Me: Where to Sleep? (for the Week of Jan. 5, 2009)

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/smart-stuff-twig-walkingstick-deer-me-where-sleep-week-jan-5-2009

    January 5, 2009 Q. Dear Twig: Where do deer sleep during winter?   A. In two kinds of places. The ... choice depends on if it's daytime or nighttime. (I assume here a cold, snowy winter where the deer ... down how fast heat gets lost and help the deer save energy. A key for a deer to survive winter is to ...

  3. Southern Ohio Corn May be at Risk for Stewart's Wilt

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/southern-ohio-corn-may-be-risk-stewarts-wilt

    Extension and Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center specialists this winter, flea beetle ... beetle survival over the winter," said Ron Hammond, an OSU Extension entomologist. "For many ... years the winter temperatures have been used to predict the risk of Stewart's disease because ...

  4. Warm Winter, Early Spring Increase Livestock Risk from Noxious Weed

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/warm-winter-early-spring-increase-livestock-risk-noxious-weed

    May 23, 2012 LANCASTER, Ohio – The near-record warm winter and early spring Ohio experienced this ... Extension program assistant in agriculture and natural resources. The unusually warm winter led to an early ... Winter 2012 was the warmest winter experienced nationwide since 2000 and the fourth-warmest winter on ...

  5. Farmers to Learn New Strawberry Production Method that Creates Earlier and Longer Harvest

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/farmers-learn-new-strawberry-production-method-creates-earlier-and-longer-harvest

    and grow over the winter using plastic to keep the soil warm and suppress weed growth, not only ... winter and frost protection.         Summer-bearing variety production method, which can set fruit and be ... planting dates, variety selection, fertility, winter protection, row cover management and overall ...

  6. Arboretum's Birds Not Gone with the Wind: See Them Feb. 12

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/arboretums-birds-not-gone-wind-see-them-feb-12

    9-11 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 12. Cardinals, chickadees and other winter birds will be the focus. ... other month and plant-related public events all year. Next is a Winter Walk on Feb. 28. Birds, it turns ...

  7. 'More Beef for Less Money' Highlight of Field Day

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/more-beef-less-money-highlight-field-day

    July 16, 2002 COSHOCTON, Ohio — Beef cattle farmers know all too well that winter feeding takes ... Environmental Sciences. During the past three winters, Loerch tested three different feeding systems, comparing ... corn and stockpiled pasture,” Loerch said. “Cows on all three wintering systems gained about the ...

  8. Aug. 13 Workshop to Focus on Drought-Related Financial, Management Options for Livestock

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/aug-13-workshop-focus-drought-related-financial-management-options-livestock

    livestock healthy and growing this winter, Lewandowski said. “I’m not going to sugarcoat it-- the economic ... livestock.  “Thus, feeding cattle and other livestock this fall and winter is going to be a daunting task for ... reseeding and restoring drought-damaged pastures come late winter and spring.   Local representatives from ...

  9. OSU Extension Expert: Cold Weather Increases Livestock Energy Needs

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/osu-extension-expert-cold-weather-increases-livestock-energy-needs

    rations to help them alleviate cold stress, Lewandowski said. “Every year, going into the winter means ... herd is pasture-based, those animals may be coming in to winter in thinner body condition because our ... is: Summer or wet: 59 degrees  Fall: 45 degrees  Winter: 32 degrees  Heavy winter: 18 degrees  The ...

  10. New Blackberry Varieties Can Overcome Winter

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/new-blackberry-varieties-can-overcome-winter

    blackberry varieties grown in Ohio face limitations because of winter kill, primocane blackberries can ... survive winter conditions with temperatures dropping as low as zero degrees Fahrenheit. "Fluctuating ... temperatures during winter limits production of less-hardy blackberry varieties," said Shawn Wright, an ...

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