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  1. Boosting Soybean Yield/Profits Involves a Mix of Management Practices

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/boosting-soybean-yieldprofits-involves-mix-management-practices

    reduced seeding rates into a crop production program may give soybean farmers a boost in yield and extra ... reduce the seeding rate. An Ohio State seeding rate study conducted in 2001 indicated that reducing the ... seeding rate by 50,000 seeds per acre could potentially save a farmer up to $10 per acre. Study results ...

  2. Tomato Genes for Health and Profit: Francis Wins OARDC 'Innovator' Award

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/tomato-genes-health-and-profit-francis-wins-oardc-innovator-award

    internationally recognized for his application of bioinformatics, gene expression arrays and next-generation ...

  3. Use of Precision Ag Technology Continues to Grow

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/use-precision-ag-technology-continues-grow

    February 6, 2007 COLUMBUS, Ohio-- The adoption rate of precision agriculture by Ohio farmers over ... variable rate applicators to auto-steer guidance systems. The survey is a follow-up to 1999 and 2003 ... surveys, each of which revealed that the adoption rate of precision agriculture among Ohio farmers is still ...

  4. Boosting Dairy Cattle Fertility: New Technologies, Outreach Go Hand in Hand

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/boosting-dairy-cattle-fertility-new-technologies-outreach-go-hand-hand

    reproduction techniques and training that emphasizes proper management. Currently, the national pregnancy rate for dairy ... cows is only 16 percent, while the benchmark rate set by industry experts is 10 points higher, said ... Gustavo Schuenemann, Ohio State University Extension's state dairy veterinarian. Ohio’s rate is about the national ...

  5. Benefits of Late Fall Fertilization

    https://turfdisease.osu.edu/news/benefits-late-fall-fertilization-0

    importantly, the enhanced rate of spring greening is realized without stimulating excessive shoot growth that ... decidedly inferior to that of grass which receives fertilizer during the previous fall. The rate of spring ... are referred to as controlled-release fertilizers, the rate at which nitrogen is released from these ...

  6. New Nitrogen Recommendations Now Available

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/new-nitrogen-recommendations-now-available

    logging on to http://agcrops.osu.edu/fertility. The information includes a nitrogen rate calculator ... from the soil, but does that translate into higher nitrogen demand? Investigation of nitrogen rate ... Corn Belt have devised a new system that bases optimum nitrogen rates on the current price of ...

  7. Careful Corn Planting Can Reduce Yield Losses

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/careful-corn-planting-can-reduce-yield-losses

    soil is usually moist and evaporation rate is low, seed should be planted no deeper than 1.5 ... non-crusting soils." • Adjust seeding rates on a field-by-field basis. "Adjust planting rates by ... population," said Thomison. "Most research suggests that planting a hybrid at suboptimal seeding rates is ...

  8. Be Alert to Late-Season Potential Forage Toxicities

    https://forages.osu.edu/news/be-alert-late-season-potential-forage-toxicities

    stocking rates (4-6 head of cattle/acre) and rotational grazing to reduce the risk of animals selectively ...

  9. Using Custom Rates to Show On-Farm Savings with No-Till

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/using-custom-rates-show-farm-savings-no-till

    conservation tillage specialist, said that by using custom rates, farmers can quickly calculate the cost ... Reeder. "Using custom rates provides a nice guide for determining the cost difference between two ... rates gives a good indicator of the potential savings." Reeder said that farmers can realize ...

  10. Growers to See Changes in Nitrogen Application Recommendations

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/growers-see-changes-nitrogen-application-recommendations

    have offered optimum nitrogen rates based on the maximum yield potential for a particular area. For ... nitrogen rates on the current price of fertilizer and the average price of the crop. So, if nitrogen is 25 ... northwest Ohio, the best nitrogen rate would be 156 pounds, with an application range of 150 to 180 pounds. ...

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