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NE Ohio Hay Day Hosted by OSU Extension and Norden MFG
Join OSU Extension and Norden MFG on August 2, 2025, for the NE Ohio Hay Day. Held at Norden MFG, 4210 Kinsman Rd NW, North Bloomfield Ohio 44450. The program will start at 10:00 AM and will conclude at 1:00 PM. This program is free thanks to generous sup ...
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GROW Farmer Forum on Weed Electrocution in the Field
https://agcrops.osu.edu/events/grow-farmer-forum-weed-electrocution-field
GROW will be hosting a Farmer Forum on Wednesday, July 23, 2025, at 11 a.m. ET. The forum’s farmer panel and moderator will explore how electrical weed control units fit into a weed management program. Listen in and bring your questions as farmers from ...
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Brassica Crops
https://agcrops.osu.edu/specialization-areas/forages/brassica-crops
Forage brassicas are fast-growing annual crops that are highly productive and digestible. Crude protein levels range from 15% to 25% in the herbage and 8% to 15% in the roots, depending on nitrogen fertilization rate and weather conditions. The most commo ...
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Annual Forage Crops
https://agcrops.osu.edu/specialization-areas/forages/annual-forage-crops-0
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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Italian Ryegrass
https://agcrops.osu.edu/specialization-areas/forages/italian-ryegrass
Italian ryegrass (Lolium perenne L. spp. multiflorum (Lam.) Husnot) is generally annual or biennial in longevity, and can provide short-term high yields of high-quality forage. The Westerwold types do not have a vernalization (cold temperature) requiremen ...
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Summer-Annual Grasses
https://agcrops.osu.edu/specialization-areas/forages/summer-annual-grasses-0
These grasses grow rapidly in late spring and summer and when managed properly provide high-quality forage. They are well suited as supplemental forages during hot, dry periods when perennial cool-season forages are less productive. Because the need for e ...
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Summer-Annual Grasses
https://agcrops.osu.edu/specialization-areas/forages/summer-annual-grasses
These grasses grow rapidly in late spring and summer and when managed properly provide high-quality forage. They are well suited as supplemental forages during hot, dry periods when perennial cool-season forages are less productive. Because the need for e ...
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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 ...