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  1. Corn Growth and Development

    https://agcrops.osu.edu/node/4409

    tasselcompletely extended. A single plant can release ½ million or more pollen grains per day; silks receptive to pollen for about 10 days. R2 Blister 266 1686 Occurs   10-14 ... ear. R5 Dent – 1/2  milk line     Occurs about ... publication No. 6102, Rev. 2013  **Based on horizontal leaf method for staging plant growth (V/R-stage is ...

  2. Don't Fear The Fall

    https://wayne.osu.edu/news/dont-fear-fall

    What I remember most about the fall was that it happened so suddenly. One minute I was walking ...

  3. Growing Degree Day (GDD) Maturity Rating System

    https://agcrops.osu.edu/node/4413

    calculation method most commonly used for corn in the U.S. is the 86/50 cutoff method. GDD are calculated as ...

  4. How Climate Affects Corn Production

    https://agcrops.osu.edu/node/4407

    slowly at about 50 degrees Fahrenheit, the first spring planting dates usually begin when the average air ... corn is about 10-inches tall and the probability of freezing temperatures greatly decreases. The loss ... system. When plants are very small (prior to six-leaf collar stage), they generally are killed after about ...

  5. Date of Planting

    https://agcrops.osu.edu/node/4418

    conditions allow is usually safe. The latest practical date to plant corn ranges from about June 15 in ... to +38 percent. Averaged across site years, yields decreased about 11 percent. For five of the 14 ... planting. For each day that planting was delayed after May 1, the reduction in GDD requirement was about 6.5 ...

  6. Teach Love Through Actions In Daily Family Life

    https://wayne.osu.edu/news/teach-love-through-actions-daily-family-life

    If I asked the question “where did you learn about what love looks like?” would you have an answer ... or example that comes to mind?  Love may look different for all of us, but the core value of being ... is not the way to solve conflict.  Talk about what works when they are young if there’s to be ...

  7. Selling Livestock Direct To Consumers?

    https://wayne.osu.edu/news/selling-livestock-direct-consumers

    percentage brings us to $2.50/pound. Now add in the processing fee, let’s say $.55, which is added to the ... price per pound which now brings us to $3.05 per pound. This steer is being processed bone in, so we can ...

  8. Controlling Slugs and Voles in Cover Crops

    https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2023-04/controlling-slugs-and-voles-cover-crops

    grower realizes they’re there. Tim provided us with some easily implemented cultural control methods. He ... more about the OSU Extension Water Quality team, you can visit their website at ...

  9. Conservation Tillage & Technology Conference March 14-15 in Ada

    https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2023-04/conservation-tillage-technology-conference-march-14-15-ada

    sessions on Wednesday will begin at 8:30, and end about 4:30. The Soil Health, Cover Crops and No-till and ...

  10. What's Your Five-Year Family Plan? Here Are Guidelines To Set One

    https://wayne.osu.edu/news/whats-your-five-year-family-plan-here-are-guidelines-set-one

    What are the goals for your family time?  Last week we talked about personal goals, but some of ... the same principles apply when I think about our family.  If your children are young, sometimes it’s ... will pay future dividends. As we think about family goals, reflect on your family values and what ...

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