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  1. 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 ... opportunity for a harvestable crop early next year. The possible downfalls of summer seeding include the risk ... fall frost. Mark Sulc, OSU Extension Forage Specialist, shared several establishment tips in a 2016 OSU ...

  2. Storage of Fall Fruit and Vegetable Crops After Harvest

    https://wayne.osu.edu/news/storage-fall-fruit-and-vegetable-crops-after-harvest-0

    As the growing season comes to a close and crops are harvested this fall, many area growers may ... focused on apples and pears. Proper care and storage of these products can provide additional income ... planting the crops so that at the end of the season you are harvesting the crops in their prime (which is ...

  3. Cover Crops Offer Options

    https://wayne.osu.edu/news/cover-crops-offer-options

    soil health. These crops are typically planted in the fall. Rye, barley and wheat will overwinter and ... continue growing in the spring. Other crops will only grow during the fall season and die off in winter. ... next crop. They are not harvested or grazed (though you can certainly do either and still receive many ...

  4. For Those Who Need To Scout Weevil, Here's How To Do It

    https://wayne.osu.edu/news/those-who-need-scout-weevil-heres-how-do-it

    Scouting for alfalfa weevil is a simple process that only requires a bucket and tape measure. To confirm ... matures, harvesting early becomes the recommended economic control.” For 6-inch alfalfa, 1 larva per stem ... alfalfa weevil larvae and if the threshold is met, it is recommended that you harvest early. If you are ...

  5. Stockpile Forage to Reduce Stored Feed Costs

    https://wayne.osu.edu/news/stockpile-forage-reduce-stored-feed-costs

    from harvest, and specifically overgrazing, during the fallFall is a critical time for perennial ... yields and crude protein content of the forage.  Stockpiled forages are generally grazed in the late fall ... stockpiled, the recommendation is to begin grazing by late fall and plan to finish grazing by the end of ...

  6. Crops Surge Ahead With Spring's 80-degree Temps

    https://wayne.osu.edu/news/crops-surge-ahead-springs-80-degree-temps

    enter into harvesting our small grains for forage, I want to remind everyone that maximizing yield and ... quality begins with harvest at the proper growth stage.  The intersection of yield and quality is ... application, as well as subsequent crop restrictions and harvest intervals.  If you have a glyphosate tolerant ...

  7. Lesson In Life Skills: How To Teach or Model Gratitude For Children

    https://wayne.osu.edu/news/lesson-life-skills-how-teach-or-model-gratitude-children

    What’s on the list?  When we engage them in the process we can keep the focus on the “needs” and less on ...

  8. The Ins an Outs of Feeding Baleage, Proper Fermenting

    https://wayne.osu.edu/news/ins-outs-feeding-baleage-proper-fermenting

    conditions. Mold is more likely at this moisture; higher bale densities and more wraps of plastic is required ... planned storage method, your harvest capacity-limiting factor will be how many bales you can wrap an hour ... the highest-density bales that you can make. Increasing density from 6 pounds/foot 3 to 8 pounds/foot ...

  9. Become a Master Gardener Volunteer

    https://miami.osu.edu/program-areas/master-gardener-volunteers/becoming-miami-county-master-gardener-volunteer

    hours and giving the required volunteer hours, interns acheive Master Gardener Volunteer status. For ... required each year to maintain Master Gardener status.   Miami County currently has 65 Master Gardener ... County is currently involved in the following special projects: Fall Seminar-- Blooms to Bounty Pruning ...

  10. There's A New Face At Wayne County Extension: Get To Know FCS Educator, Kaitlynn Henninge

    https://wayne.osu.edu/news/theres-new-face-wayne-county-extension-get-know-fcs-educator-kaitlynn-henninge

    programming and increased the number of partner agencies SNAP-Ed worked with in the county. I have spent the ...

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