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  1. Late-Planted Wheat May Struggle This Winter

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/late-planted-wheat-may-struggle-winter

    than the recommended planting date, increasing the risk of winter kills, poor stand quality and minimal ... "The chance of winter kill is increased with late-planted wheat," said Paul. "In addition, ... tillers per foot of row." In order to survive winter dormancy and produce a healthy crop in the ...

  2. Southern Ohio Corn at Risk for Stewart's Wilt

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

    Ohio's mild winter, higher populations of flea beetles (the insect that transmits the bacterium) may have ... blight. "One of the things that impacts Stewart's wilt is the winter temperatures. The flea ... beetle survives the winter in the soil and if you get a harsh winter, populations go down. But if you ...

  3. 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 ...

  4. 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 ...

  5. 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 ...

  6. Science of Appearance

    https://guernsey.osu.edu/program-areas/master-gardener-volunteers/news-guernsey-county-master-gardeners/science-appearance

    with six more weeks of winter. Or whether woolly bears caterpillars can predict the severity of the ... upcoming winter by the ratio of brown to black coloration. Some of the important things gardening ... virtually the same order every year, no matter what kind of weather occurred that spring or winter. The ...

  7. 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 ...

  8. 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 ...

  9. 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 ...

  10. '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 ...

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