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Dormant Fruit Tree Management
https://wayne.osu.edu/news/dormant-fruit-tree-management
Fruit tree care and management does not simply stop when the leaves fall off the tree late in the year. Fruit tree care is a year-round job, and in order to get the best performance out of your fruit trees, its important that certain tasks are done at the ...
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Summer-Planted Forages
https://wayne.osu.edu/news/summer-planted-forages
Many local producers harvested their cereal rye or other winter small grain crops as baleage or haylage. However, some farmers are still looking forward to harvesting those crops for grain and making some much needed straw as well. Those fields harvested ...
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Heat Stress
https://wayne.osu.edu/news/heat-stress
Summer will soon be replaced by fall, but it is difficult to say when that transition will take place here in Ohio. Even though September may begin to feel quite comfortable for us, dairy cows are most comfortable in temperatures between 40 and 60-degrees ...
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Look to the Trees
https://wayne.osu.edu/news/look-trees
Late summer is prime time for two worm pests, of both coniferous and deciduous trees, to cause damage and frustrate those who are trying to keep their trees healthy and thriving. These pests are the bagworm and the fall webworm. Both pests can cause sever ...
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Summer Milking Management
https://wayne.osu.edu/news/summer-milking-management
The bacteria that cause mastitis, reflected in the somatic cell count (SCC), multiply faster during summer weather, summer heat can depress a cow’s immune system, resulting in more cases of mastitis or higher SCC and also summer heat and humidity can wear ...
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Summer Food Safety Tips
https://wayne.osu.edu/news/summer-food-safety-tips
It’s officially summer, which means fresh, local produce is in season. One place we can buy these local fruits and vegetables are farm markets and roadside stands. Why shop at farm markets and stands? It’s a great way to support the local economy, local f ...
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Summer Calf Hutch Management
https://wayne.osu.edu/news/summer-calf-hutch-management
Hutches are an effective housing system to raise healthy calves. One of the key goals for dairy calf managers is calves double their birthweight in the first 60 days of life. During the summer months, hutches need to be managed to alleviate or minimize ...
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Mindful Work
https://wayne.osu.edu/news/mindful-moments
“Something precious is lost if we rush headlong into the details of life without pausing for a moment to pay homage to the mystery of life and the gift of another day.” (KENT NERBURN) Life as we know it has changed. Our priorities, our routines, and the a ...
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Late Summer Hay Seeding
https://wayne.osu.edu/news/late-summer-hay-seeding
A much needed and steady rain was falling a week ago across some of Wayne County. If we continue to have cycles of several dry days followed by timely rain, a late-summer seeding of hay or pasture might be a good option in the next couple of weeks. The be ...
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Expressing Gratitude This Holiday Season
https://wayne.osu.edu/news/expressing-gratitude-holiday-season
The countdown has arrived- ten days until many will be celebrating Christmas! Other holidays follow quickly, and however you and your loved ones choose to celebrate, time is slipping away, day by day. The shopping, wrapping, baking, decorating and prepar ...