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  1. February 2018 Highlights

    https://fst.osu.edu/newsletter/food-science-and-technology-news/february-2018-highlights

    funded through Seeds: The OARDC Research Enhancement Competitive Grants Program. Dr. Sheryl Barringer ...

  2. Renovating Pastures? Try Frost Seeding

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/renovating-pastures-try-frost-seeding

    January 22, 2009 ATHENS, Ohio-- Frost seeding is viewed as a low-cost method for livestock ... nitrogen. Frost seeding involves broadcasting a grass or legume seed over a pasture and letting the natural ... freeze/thaw cycles of late winter and early spring move the seed into good contact with the soil. The best ...

  3. Perplexing Worm Behavior May Play Role in Weed Survival

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/perplexing-worm-behavior-may-play-role-weed-survival

    by seeking out and "collecting" seed, according to Ohio State University research. Such ... mark the first recorded associations between earthworm behavior and seed dispersal of a giant ragweed ... seed, of large weed seeds, or of a major weed species. Giant ragweed exhibits all the characteristics of ...

  4. Seed Vigor Test Refined to Measure Additional Plant Varieties

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/seed-vigor-test-refined-measure-additional-plant-varieties

    seed vigor of lettuce has been refined to measure half of all seedling plant varieties that exist and ... commercial automated systems. Initially designed to measure seed vigor of lettuce plants because of their ... simple root structure, the system can now assess seed vigor of soybeans and cotton and has the ...

  5. OARDC publication wins national award

    https://students.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news/oardc-publication-wins-national-award

    The 2012 SEEDS Report of Progress last month won first place in the Production/Digital Color ... Printers. Published by OARDC's SEEDS competitive grants program, the report was entered in the ...

  6. Tips to Put Damaged Pastures Back into Production

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/tips-put-damaged-pastures-back-production

    April 9, 2008 ATHENS, Ohio-- Like many Ohio farmers, livestock producers looking to re-seed or ... renovate their pasture paddocks after last year's drought are facing high input and seed costs. Ohio ... muddy pastures, there is a need on many farms to re-seed or renovate at least some pasture ...

  7. Chow Line: Pumpkin seeds pack a lot of punch (for 10/24/10)

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/chow-line-pumpkin-seeds-pack-lot-punch-102410-1

    October 15, 2010 My family loves snacking on pumpkin seeds. I've heard they're quite ... nutritious-- are they? Pumpkin seeds are incredibly nutritious. A 1-ounce portion-- about 85 seeds, just shy of ... contain a wide variety of minerals. Of special interest is the amount of zinc found in pumpkin seeds ...

  8. 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

    April 16, 2002 COLUMBUS, Ohio- Careful incorporation of inoculants, fungicide seed treatments and ... reduced seeding rates into a crop production program may give soybean farmers a boost in yield and extra ... state have suggested that yearly seed inoculation can produce profits of 400-500 percent. A yield ...

  9. Forage Options Increasing for Frost Seeding

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/forage-options-increasing-frost-seeding

    attention throughout parts of Ohio as an alternative forage species to frost seed for pasture renovation. ... a higher rate of performance than other legumes used in frost seeding. So we want to see if the variety ... Agriculture and Natural Resources for Athens and Hocking counties. Frost seeding is a method used to renovate ...

  10. Growing Season Good for Soybean Trials

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/growing-season-good-soybean-trials

    based on yield, disease reaction, height, seed size, relative maturity, lodging and protein and oil ... recommends that growers use fungicide seed treatments on all soybean seed to help reduce stand loss and ... improve the health of the root system. "We conducted a fungicide seed treatment study as part of the ...

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