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  1. Food Preservation: Freezing Fruits

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/HYG-5349

    costs more than canning or drying because it requires purchasing a freezer and maintaining operating ... costs, but if done properly, it preserves more nutrients and fresh flavor. Freezing slows the growth of ... freezer at 0 degrees F ahrenheit or lower to best protect the fruits’ quality. If power fails, keep the ...

  2. Corn Response to Long-Term Weather Stressors

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/anr-0150

    drought events has been associated with climate change. Drought conditions are predicted to become more ... total amount of solar radiation intercepted by the crop. It has been suggested that improvements in ... longer periods of time. This has been studied with shading experiments. Significant yield reductions have been ...

  3. Raw Oat Safety

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/fcs-1006

    to consume if it has been stored properly. Oatmeal can develop an off smell or flavor depending on ... different safety considerations than cooked oat dishes. What Are Oats? Oats are a type of cereal grain. The ... that can cut down on preparation time. Oats can be purchased in many forms, which differ based on the ...

  4. A Guide to Corn Growth and Development

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

    interchangeably, yet each has a distinct meaning. Corn growth is related to the increase in size of an individual ... a better measure than growth. A plant with determinate growth has vegetative structures (e.g., leaves and ... V1 (Figure 3). The tip of the first leaf has an oval or rounded tip, which is different from all ...

  5. Blacklegged (Deer) Tick, Ixodes scapularis

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/ent-0096

    stage of the blacklegged tick is typically smaller than 1 millimeter and has six legs (like all larval ... The adult female has a red-orange body surrounding the dark brown shield. After they have taken ... pests in Ohio. Over the past 25 years, they have spread into many new areas of the eastern United States ...

  6. Opportunities for Sub-surface Nutrient Placement in Ohio

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/fabe-56401

    tillage operations being eliminated. While strip-till has been around for a while, in some cases the ... Economics; The Ohio State University The ability to place fertilizer and other soil amendments below the soil ... surface can be a powerful tool for producers in Ohio. Implements that perform this function can vary in ...

  7. Annual Bluegrass Weevil

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/ent-0095

    Initially detected in the 1950s on Long Island golf courses, this destructive pest has spread radially in ... recent decades (Figure 2). Isolated populations have been detected as far west as Nebraska and as far ... south as Georgia. In Ohio, the ABW was first reported in 2007 and has spread to regions across the ...

  8. Forage Testing for Beef Cattle

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/anr-0149

    day, two months after it has calved. Growing heifer NEG requirements vary based on many factors, the ... absorption. For cattle on pasture, K that has been added for winter mineral supplementation should be removed ... When all samples have been collected, mix the sample within each container and collect a random ...

  9. Drones for Spraying Pesticides—Opportunities and Challenges

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/fabe-540

    fixed-wing aircraft, use of smaller, remotely piloted aircraft has been gaining significant acceptance by ... Business Insights, 2023). Traditionally, aerial pesticide spraying has been done using conventional ... crops has been steadily increasing (Iost Filho, F. H., et al., 2020). According to one report, 30% of ...

  10. Herbicide Injury and the Problem of Spray Drift

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/anr-0137

    vines, however, has been observed in commercial settings. Injury is usually much more severe if exposure ... residue level (MRL) has not been established for dicamba in fruit crops. Any detected residue at harvest ... but it has a high degree of uptake from the soil and is very persistent. Grape injury has been ...

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