It has been unseasonably dry in Ohio over the last month, as we have received ~2 inches less rainfall across the state compared to the 30-year normal. As a result, the U.S. Drought Monitor (droughtmonitor.unl.edu) has much of Ohio under “Abnormally Dry” conditions.
This week’s article comes from the C.O.R.N. Newsletter This newsletter is a publication of the Ohio State University Extension Agronomy Team, state specialists at The Ohio State University and the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center (OARDC). “Planning Your Winter Annual Cereal Grain Forage Harvest” was written by Jason Hartschuh, Field Specialist, Dairy and Precision Livestock.
If you haven’t taken any soil tests on your pastures recently, especially in the last four years, then now is a good time to do it
When can we start grazing? Plus, Upcoming Extension ANR Events
As alfalfa stands break dormancy and begin growth growers should make plans to take some time to evaluate the health of those stands and determine if there was winter injury. Rory Lewandowski, retired ANR Educator for OSU Extension – Wayne County, compiled these helpful guidelines for evaluating alfalfa stands for winter injury.
Spring is finally here (well, kinda of). The first day of Spring is past us and the outside temperature is slowly warming up! It almost time to start planting our vegetable gardens for the year. If you are new to gardening, I’ve listed some tips and tricks to help you be successful this year.
Last weekend my family and I visited Malabar Farm located in Lucas, Ohio for their yearly maple syrup festival. This event takes you back in time to show you how they produced maple syrup centuries ago. You get to watch historical demonstrations, ride on horse drawn wagons and lots of taste testing! Unfortunately, this event is over for the year, but this is something that I suggest to everyone to visit at least once!
We are getting to that time of the year when its time to start weaning our lamb and goat kids.
Late winter is known for many seasons. If you are a maple syrup producer, it is sugaring season. If you are an outdoor winter activity type it is ski season. Unfortunately, this time of year is also SKUNK season.
There has been a lot of conversation about watersheds in the last week, with much of that conversation being brought about due to the concerns regarding the train derailment incident in East Palestine, Ohio
