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  1. New Precision Agriculture Device Provides Clues to Crop Health

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/new-precision-agriculture-device-provides-clues-crop-health

    measuring plant growth rate throughout the season. Ohio State University agricultural engineers have ... it to the plant's normal growth rate at any given time during a growing period. The results will ... "If a plant is not growing at it's normal rate, then the farmer can question what the problem may ...

  2. Effective Employee Management

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-20-issue-4/effective-employee-management

    retention rate. If your farm is experiencing a high employee turnover rate, it might be time to look in the ...

  3. Survey Says Precision Guidance Tops for Ohio Farmers

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/survey-says-precision-guidance-tops-ohio-farmers

    Development Economics, surveyed 2,500 farmers last year with sales of $50,000 or more to determine the rate of ... rate, is a continuation of similar surveys conducted in 1999 and 2003. "With precision agriculture ... adoption rates have jumped 27 percent. Adoption rates of yield monitors increased 15 percent since 1999. ...

  4. Milk Production Enters Slow Growth Phase- Will Milk Prices Rebound?

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-5-issue-4/milk-production-enters-slow-growth-phase-will-milk

    the prolonged financial pain of the past year is beginning to show as a reduced rate of growth in cow ... output growth with the last couple of those showing a negative rate of growth over the year earlier ... (estimated) 12.64 10.75 10.45 9.99 Projected MILC payment rates Now that we have the complete suite of price ...

  5. Controlling Flies on Farms

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-10-issue-3/controlling-flies-farms

    1 quart product in10 gal of water and apply at the rate of 1 gal of spray per 750 sq ft. Remove animals ... rooms. Mix 6.67 oz of product in 10 gal water and apply at the rate of 1 gal of spray per 1,000 sq ft. Do ... product in 25 gal of water and apply at the rate of 1 gal of spray per 750 sq ft. Can be used in barns, ...

  6. New Extension Tool Helping Farmers Save on Fertilizer

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/new-extension-tool-helping-farmers-save-fertilizer

    process. Known as a nitrogen rate calculator, the free program (accessed from ... http://agcrops.osu.edu/fertility) calculates optimum nitrogen rate recommendations through average corn yields and using only two ... it already calculated by Mullen through nitrogen rate studies at 70 locations. So, for example, if ...

  7. Variable Rate Application May Save Money, Boost Yields; Learn More at National No-Till Conference

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/variable-rate-application-may-save-money-boost-yields-learn-more-national-no-till

    December 12, 2008 COLUMBUS, Ohio-- Using variable rate fertilizer application in no-till ... Variable-Rate Fertilization" from 7:30 p.m. until 8:10 p.m. on Jan. 14. The 17th annual National No-Till ... to make wise decisions on fertilizer application rates across a field," said Reeder, who also ...

  8. Harvesting Hay Crop Silage

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-8-issue-3/harvesting-hay-crop-silage

    entire afternoon. Wide swathing helps increase drying rate, but the swath has to be really wide (swath ... width at least 70% as wide as the cutter) to see a big effect. Tedding increases drying rate, but it ... increases drying rate of first cutting alfalfa, especially under good drying conditions. Responses are much ...

  9. Calibration Important for Effective Soybean Rust Control

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/calibration-important-effective-soybean-rust-control

    the sprayer is set up to deliver the desired application rate. "There are no soybean varieties ... Protection Agency rate recommendation — which is within 5 percent of the intended rate for any given ... 15 ounces, the application rate is 15 gallons per acre. • Then minimize the application error. If the ...

  10. Corn Silage Harvest is Imminent

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-12-issue-3/corn-silage-harvest-imminent

    information combined with average whole plant dry-down rates can be used to roughly predict the proper time to ... Collect separate samples from areas that may have different dry down rates, such as swales and knolls. The ... Predicting the Harvest Date Once whole-plant percent DM is determined, an average dry down rate of 0.5% unit ...

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