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  1. Cinderella Pumpkins? Yes, That's A Real Thing

    https://agnr.osu.edu/news/cinderella-pumpkins-yes-thats-real-thing

    orange. “Consumers want these specialty pumpkins: weird, warty, blue, brown, pink pumpkins,” said Brad ... varieties hold up in different climates and fend off diseases. One of the varieties being grown and tested ... kids in the pumpkin patch, so they zero in on them, Bergefurd said. “I really think they’re going to ...

  2. Demonstration Plots Can Offer Farmers Insight

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    LONDON, Ohio — Across a series of fields, diseased soybean plants stand, tarnished by pesticide ... that spread much further than intended. Another patch of soybeans grew only minimally, planted in the ... agricultural experts have grown will illustrate successes, as well as problems. A patch of oats and cereal rye ...

  3. Soybean Tariff: How Much Could It Cost an Ohio Farmer?

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    study performed by Ben Brown, manager of CFAES’s farm management program and Ian Sheldon an agricultural ... state,” Brown said. “If the proposed tariffs go into effect, we’re going to have farmers who will have to ... soybeans, however corn is affected too,” Brown said. Soybeans are Ohio’s largest crop and the state’s top ...

  4. Learn to Diagnose Problems in Your Trees, Including New Beech Disease

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    leaf disease, it’s causing striped and curled leaves, weak buds, and sometimes the death of saplings. ... light on the disease, plus many other problems that can bug Ohio’s trees. Diseases, pests and whether ... Environmental Sciences will teach about spotting tree problems — diseases, pests and more — what to do about ...

  5. Rust on Corn More Prevalent This Summer

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    COLUMBUS, Ohio — Resembling rust on a pickup, a fungal disease that can afflict corn has been ... southern or common rust on their corn plants, but this year both diseases have been more prevalent, said ... well as other fungal disease on corn, said Peter Thomison, an OSU Extension agronomist. Despite the ...

  6. Chow line: Pawpaws making a comeback in Ohio, other markets

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    range from green to brown or black on the outside and is yellow on the inside, with a ripe pawpaw about ... found growing wild in pawpaw patches in woodlands across Ohio and other states. Because of the ...

  7. Pumpkin Field Day Coming Aug. 17

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    p.m. The field day will offer beginning and experienced growers valuable research updates regarding ... disease management, insect management, weed control, and new pumpkin and winter squash varieties. Current ... weeds, insects and diseases. After formal presentations, growers will have time to revisit any of the ...

  8. Ohio State expert warns about effect of rock salt on plants

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    notice more damage,” Bennett said.   Plants affected can range from turf grass to white pines. Often ... spill a large amount of it in one spot, you will see turf burn from the high amounts of salt.” Luckily, ...

  9. Corn Prices Expected to Improve

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    corn shrinks, that will drive up corn prices, said Ben Brown, manager of the farm management program in ... average price of corn was $3.36 in 2018, and that likely will rise above $3.60 in 2019, Brown said. Though ... begun to rebound, Brown said. The current low price of U.S. corn spurred exports of the crop beginning ...

  10. Keeping Phosphorus Out of Waterways

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    said Larry Brown, an agricultural engineer and faculty member at CFAES who is studying phosphorus ... Brown said. But Brown, who is researching the effectiveness of phosphorus filters with other CFAES ... problem,” Brown said. “We’re trying to figure out what can take care of the problem.” Brown will be one of ...

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