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Episode 158 – Reseeding and Fertilizing Pastures in a Time of Farm Financial Stress

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Christine Gelley is the Agriculture and Natural Resources Extension Educator in Noble County. She specializes in forages and pasture management, where she is the team leader for OSU Extension’s Integrated Forage Management Team and is the Vice President for the Ohio Forage & Grasslands Council. Christine talks about the challenges forage and beef producers are facing from the 2024 drought in southeastern Ohio.

Additional Resources:

Interpreting a Soil Test Report- https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/agf-0514
Fertility Management of Meadows- https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/anr-5
Understanding Value in Lime- https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/anr-9
Purchasing Nutrients for Hay and Forage Crops- https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/anr-7
Nutrient Management of Forage Crops Intended for Hay– https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/anr-0109
Forage Testing for Beef Cattle– https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/anr-0149

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Episode 117 – Drought Begets Drought

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We would rather not have this title for our summer weather outlook but, of all the advances we’ve made in agriculture, controlling the weather is not one of them. Dr. Aaron Wilson joins us to look at what happened this past spring as we moved away from a La Nina. He also provides an outlook for this summer’s growing conditions.

The state climate office would love to hear from folks on what impacts you are seeing. This will help them monitor these rapidly changing conditions. They highly encourage farmers to submit observations to the NOAA and National Drought Centers’ CMOR Tool: https://go.osu.edu/drought_cmor.

Continue to view information at climate.osu.edu, include signing up for the monthly and quarterly climate summaries.

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