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  1. A Guide to Corn Growth and Development

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/anr-0148

    pesticide labels, often specifying the proper application timing of the product to the crop. The most ... required for germination. When planted later, warmer temperatures are expected, and fewer days (about 6–8) ... stage, the nodal and seminal root systems are about the same size (in length and dry matter). Leaf ...

  2. Basic Estate Planning: Introduction

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/ep-1

    to you talk about your death. For many, our uneasiness with death prevents us from doing basic but ... answers at the end of the fact sheet. Please feel free to contact us if you have questions, concerns, or ... fact, for many of us in the United States, more money might not increase our happiness or well-being. ...

  3. Coal Transitions: An Ecosystem Restoration and Cultural History Tour of Ohio’s Coal Country

    https://epn.osu.edu/events/coal-transitions-ecosystem-restoration-and-cultural-history-tour-ohio%E2%80%99s-coal-country

    Memorial Park in Jesse Owens State Park and eat lunch in Big Muskie Bucket. Learn about the community and ... Diamonds Council meet with participants and answer questions about the community’s history and provide an ... ellez.13@osu.edu). Requests made five business days in advance will generally allow us to provide seamless access. ...

  4. Yellowjackets

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/HYG-2075-11

    persistent, unwelcome guests at picnics and other outdoor events, as they fly about scavenging for food, ...  (Linnaeus) Identification A typical yellowjacket worker is about ½-inch long with alternating black and ... about 18 to 20 days, which then pupate and emerge as worker-daughters that assume the tasks of the nest: ...

  5. Bumble Bee Pollination in Tomato Greenhouses

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/ent-0092

    sizes, but a typical box will include a mated queen and about 100 female workers. It is important to ... $10.8 billion (Cooley & Vallejo-Marín, 2021). According to the 2019 U.S. Department of Agriculture ... (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service, U.S. tomatoes grown under protection had a national ...

  6. Ohio Agricultural Fertilizer Applicator Certification Requirements: Who Needs to Get Certified and What Steps to Take

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/anr-0142

    other application types and timings (broadcast, side dress, subsurface, knifing, etc.) are included. ... Uncertified applicators may apply fertilizer in the situations outlined above if acting under the instruction ... and control of a certified applicator. An uncertified applicator must be:  within 25 miles or two ...

  7. The Organic Certification Process for Farms

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/sag-0003

    several decades, with U.S. sales of organic food more than doubling from 2008 to 2019 (Figure 1). Meeting ... analysis of 2016 USDA dairy-farm data found U.S. organic dairies outperformed conventional dairies of ... the process and be careful to match the certifier with their needs. Certifier application materials, ...

  8. Ohio Private Pesticide Applicator License Requirements: Who Needs a License and What Steps to Take

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/anr-0141

    applicable Federal Worker Protection Standard requirements For more information about recordkeeping ... pesticide applicator license if you purchase restricted-use pesticides or apply them to the following: land ... livestock, or other areas on a farm Licensing is required to ensure applicators use restricted-use pesticides ...

  9. Monitoring and Managing Spotted Wing Drosophila in Fruit Crops

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/ent-0086

    other countries via overseas trade of infested fruit (Rota-Stabelli et al., 2013). The first U.S ... applications. The action threshold is detection of one SWD adult in a trap. Monitoring traps can be homemade or ... SWD (about one to two weeks) compared to commercial lures. Depending on the fruit being monitored, ...

  10. Choosing a Laboratory for Nutrient and Soil Health Testing

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/anr-0107

    State University Extension Soil testing provides key information about soil nutrient availability. It is ... under- or over-application of lime and fertilizers. In Ohio, there are several laboratories to choose ... recommendations. Here are a couple of questions you should ask about recommendations. First, what is the basis of ...

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