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Preserving Forage as Hay and Silage
https://agcrops.osu.edu/specialization-areas/forages/preserving-forage-hay-and-silage
Good management practices are required for storing forage as either dry hay or as silage or balage (individually wrapped bales, in plastic tubes or chopped into silo bags). In general, putting up silage or haylage will result in less forage yield loss and ...
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Insect Pest Management
https://agcrops.osu.edu/specialization-areas/forages/insect-pest-management
Management of forage insect pests is important to achieve high yields of high-quality forage. The primary insect problems in Ohio are the alfalfa weevil and the potato leafhopper in alfalfa. The alfalfa weevil is primarily active in the spring. The potato ...
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Annual Forage Crops
https://agcrops.osu.edu/specialization-areas/forages/annual-forage-crops
Annual forage crops can be used effectively in forage production systems. These crops can be used to provide supplemental feed when perennial forages are less productive; to provide emergency feed when perennial crops fail; to serve as interim crops betwe ...
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Perennial Warm-Season Grasses
https://agcrops.osu.edu/specialization-areas/forages/perennial-warm-season-grasses
The native, perennial, warm-season grasses have the potential to produce good hay and pasture growth during the warm and dry mid-summer months. These grasses initiate growth in late April or early May and produce 65%–75% of their growth from mid-June to m ...
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Disease Management in Forages
https://agcrops.osu.edu/specialization-areas/forages/disease-management-forages
Diseases can negatively affect stand establishment, limit yields and hasten stand decline in established forage crops. Effects of disease on individual plants vary widely. Some diseases are lethal while others cause only stunting or leaf loss, reducing yi ...
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US vacation renters waste $2 billion worth of food annually
https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/us-vacation-renters-waste-2-billion-worth-food-annually
COLUMBUS, Ohio – If you find yourself routinely throwing away groceries and leftovers the night before you check out of an Airbnb, you’re not alone: A new study values the food wasted by U.S. vacation renters at about $2 billion each year. ...
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OSU tackles H5N1 in upcoming webinar
https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/osu-tackles-h5n1-in-upcoming-webinar
Gabe Preston COLUMBUS, Ohio — Bird flu is nothing new. In fact, strains of this contagious disease have been around for centuries. But the highly pathogenic avian influenza A (H5N1) virus has spilled into U.S. cattle systems, including one in Ohio, puttin ...
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SE Ohio Hay Day
https://agcrops.osu.edu/events/se-ohio-hay-day
“Hello, Mother Nature? Are you there? Am I coming in clear? I’d like to request a few hay days, please.” Does this sound familiar? If you have been putting in calls to Mother Nature and prayers to the heavens for better hay-making weather, you certainly a ...
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Three agricultural leaders named to 2025 Farm Science Review Hall of Fame
LONDON, Ohio — The 2025 Farm Science Review Hall of Fame honorees — Gary Jackson, Doug Jennings, and John Sites — were officially inducted June 10, in advance of this year’s FSR, which will be held at the Molly Caren Agricultural Center near London, Ohio ...
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Explore innovation at Farm Science Review
We are “Transforming Tradition” at FSR. Join Extension educators and industry pros at one of the premiere farm shows in the Midwest, Sept.16-18. Watch live demonstrations on cutting-edge practices and new technology. Connect with commodity partners. Check ...