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  1. Demonstration Plots Can Offer Farmers Insight

    https://agnr.osu.edu/news/demonstration-plots-can-offer-farmers-insight

    LONDON, Ohio — Across a series of fields, diseased soybean plants stand, tarnished by pesticide ... research findings about what works and what doesn’t for various hurdles farmers face. This year’s growing ... corn grows that tolerates glufosinate, a common weed killer. One plot shows the progression of corn ...

  2. Ohio Sea Grant releases 2024 summary of ODHE Harmful Algal Bloom Research Initiative

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/ohio-sea-grant-releases-2024-summary-odhe-harmful-algal-bloom-research-initiative

     update for the statewide  Harmful Algal Bloom Research Initiative  (HABRI), which seeks solutions for harmful ... Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and Ohio State University Extension to update the NRCS 590 ...

  3. Hemp Report Comparing States Released

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    Our newest report for the National Agricultural Law Center examines the different approaches ... Law Center.   Stay up-to-date on the latest agricultural news by  subscribing to our Agricultural News ... Blog. Article by Ellen Essman, J.D. Senior Research Associate, Ag & Resource Law Program ...

  4. Gypsy Moth 'Mating Disruption' Treatments to Begin in Eastern and Central Ohio

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    COLUMBUS, Ohio — It turns out that one way to keep gypsy moths from multiplying is to disrupt ... SPLAT GM-O is a turn-on for male gypsy moths. By saturating areas with the synthetic pheromone, which ... growing populations of the moth, said Dan Herms, a professor of entomology and an Ohio State University ...

  5. Cucumber Downy Mildew Confirmed in Southeastern Ohio – Belmont County

    https://agnr.osu.edu/news/cucumber-downy-mildew-confirmed-southeastern-ohio-%E2%80%93-belmont-county

    field in Belmont County, near Barnesville. Disease incidence and severity were high in this field, which ... cucumber planting that was highly diseased was not affected, and we have not found downy mildew in our ... will enable us to alert the cucurbit growing community. [Map shows cucurbit downy mildew outbreaks]-30- ...

  6. Higher Carbon Dioxide Levels Prompt More Plant Growth, But Fewer Nutrients

    https://agnr.osu.edu/news/higher-carbon-dioxide-levels-prompt-more-plant-growth-fewer-nutrients

    are growing faster. However, in many species of plants, quantity is not quality. Most plants are ... growing faster, but they have on average more starch, less protein and fewer key vitamins in them, said ... use. In order for the plant to turn the glycolic acid into a product it can use, the plant has to do ...

  7. Two Green Places to Visit When You Go to Farm Science Review

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    growing plants for pollinators, deciding when to harvest your timber, turning your yard into an edible ... disease in deer and preventing harmful algal blooms in ponds. There also will be a demonstration of ... Utzinger Memorial Garden. Located near Friday Avenue and Market Street, it grows flowers, vegetables, fruit ...

  8. When pesticide drifts: what next?

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    violated Ohio pesticide laws.  If someone files a pesticide complaint, ODA’s investigation could include ... pesticide drift.  Failing to follow the label or applicable laws and regulations could lead to a loss of ... applicator’s violation of pesticide laws caused the harm.  The harmed party might sue everyone involved with ...

  9. Helping Farmers Out of Depression

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    Even now nearly 30 years later, his daughter-in-law, who is active in a support group for suicide ... for farmers has been increasing in part because a July 2016 report from the Centers for Disease ... afternoon, the man’s daughter-in-law brought him a glass of lemonade in the field where he was spraying corn ...

  10. Dicamba Restrictions Added

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    to try to keep it from turning into a vapor and spreading to plants it was not intended to reach. ... ground, so it is safest to apply dicamba in early spring before the crops begin growing, Loux said. ... and resource law field specialist for OSU Extension. But insurance policies commonly exclude pesticide ...

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