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Mad about Maggots? u.osu.edu/vegnetnews/2023/05…
Mad about Maggots?

Mad about Maggots?

Have you visited your vegetable field lately and come back disappointed because you were met with wilted, drooping plants? You are not alone. Recently, we have had an uptick in reports of maggot da…

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Successful Production Begins with the Best Varieties: An Example from Potato Breeding u.osu.edu/vegnetnews/2023/05…
Successful Production Begins with the Best Varieties: An Example from Potato Breeding

Successful Production Begins with the Best Varieties: An Example from Potato Breeding

If you grow potatoes for profit, chances are you rely on varieties developed by a university-USDA-industry team dedicated to improving your success by improving the varieties available to you. This…

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HAL 9000 meets Insect Monitoring: Introducing Trapview Camera Traps u.osu.edu/vegnetnews/2023/04…
HAL 9000 Meets Insect Monitoring: Introducing Trapview Camera Traps

HAL 9000 Meets Insect Monitoring: Introducing Trapview Camera Traps

Jim Jasinski, Frank Becker (Extension); Ashley Leach (Entomology) Well, not quite HAL from 2001: A Space Odyssey. The Ohio State University IPM Program and Department of Entomology have maintained …

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Maintaining Soil Productivity/Health in High Tunnels: What’s the Problem? youtube.com/watch?v=omsFjK51… u.osu.edu/vegnetnews/2023/04…
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Southern Ohio Specialty Crop Update 4.28.23 u.osu.edu/vegnetnews/2023/04…
Southern Ohio Specialty Crop Update 4.28.23

Southern Ohio Specialty Crop Update 4.28.23

Ohio Specialty Crop Update 4.28.23: Spring arrived early March and has been a roller coaster ride with March weather in February, February weather in March, May and March weather combined in April.…

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Do you use the OSU insect pest scouting network? u.osu.edu/vegnetnews/2023/04…
QUICK SURVEY: Do you use the OSU insect pest scouting network?

QUICK SURVEY: Do you use the OSU insect pest scouting network?

  We are in the process of reevaluating and determining the monitoring needs of fruit and vegetable growers in the state. For awhile now, OSU extension educators and specialists have monitored…

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Plant Biostimulants: What They Are and Including Them in Your Cropping Toolbox youtube.com/watch?v=HQINB6y5… u.osu.edu/vegnetnews/2023/04…
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A Potential New Nemesis for Garlic Mustard? Identifying and Reporting a Newly Arrived Garlic Mustard Specialist Aphid- Lipaphis alliarae u.osu.edu/vegnetnews/2023/04…
A Potential New Nemesis for Garlic Mustard? Identifying and Reporting a Newly Arrived Garlic...

A Potential New Nemesis for Garlic Mustard? Identifying and Reporting a Newly Arrived Garlic...

Join Holden Arboretum’s Natural Areas Biologist Rebecah Troutman to learn more about a newly discovered enemy of the invasive garlic mustard.  This webinar will teach participants how to find and i…

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Farm Office Live u.osu.edu/vegnetnews/2023/04…
Farm Office Live

Farm Office Live

In this month’s webinar, the Farm Office Team will present the following topics: Legislative and Case Law Update​ (Peggy Hall) Farm Insurance Issues​ (Robert Moore) “What is a ‘Taxable Gross Receip…

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Ohio Fruit News u.osu.edu/vegnetnews/2023/04…

Ohio Fruit News

Ohio Fruit News (OFN) was developed by a team of The Ohio State University small fruit and tree fruit State Specialists, Extension Educators and staff, with support from The Ohio Vegetable and Smal…

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OSU Extension Seeks a Next Assistant Director for Agriculture and Natural Resources u.osu.edu/vegnetnews/2023/04…
OSU Extension Seeks a Next Assistant Director for Agriculture and Natural Resources

OSU Extension Seeks a Next Assistant Director for Agriculture and Natural Resources

Ohio State University Extension is seeking applicants for our next Assistant Director, Agriculture and Natural Resources. The Assistant Director is responsible for the leadership of Ohio State Univ…

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Farm Office Live – March 2023 u.osu.edu/vegnetnews/2023/03…
Farm Office Live – March 2023

Farm Office Live – March 2023

The OSU Extension Farm Office team invites you to attend the March Madness Edition of the “Farm Office Live” Webinar on Friday, March 17 from 10:00 to 11:30 a.m. This monthly webinar allows Ohio fa…

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How Will Your Yield and Efficiency Increase this Season? u.osu.edu/vegnetnews/2023/03…
How Will Your Yield and Efficiency Increase this Season?

How Will Your Yield and Efficiency Increase this Season?

Each season brings its own set of weather, yields, markets, prices, and more. However, reviewing what occurred over many previous seasons can represent a glimpse at what may occur going forward. Fo…

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Farmers: Share Your Thoughts on Cover Crops in the National Cover Crop Survey! u.osu.edu/vegnetnews/2023/03…
Farmers: Share Your Thoughts on Cover Crops in the National Cover Crop Survey!

Farmers: Share Your Thoughts on Cover Crops in the National Cover Crop Survey!

Farmers are invited to share their thoughts on cover crops in an online survey at bit.ly/CoverCrop23. Why do you plant cover crops…or why don’t you? What do you want to know? Your insig…

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The 2023 Small Farm Conference Registration Deadline is Quickly Approaching u.osu.edu/vegnetnews/2023/02…
The 2023 Small Farm Conference Registration Deadline is Quickly Approaching

The 2023 Small Farm Conference Registration Deadline is Quickly Approaching

The deadline to register for the 2023 Small Farm Conference is quickly approaching.  If you haven’t registered for this great event yet, you still have time, as registration is open until Mar…

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Efficient and Effective Management of High Tunnel Environments, 2: Ventilation Status u.osu.edu/vegnetnews/2023/02…
Efficient and Effective Management of High Tunnel Environments, 2: Ventilation Status

Efficient and Effective Management of High Tunnel Environments, 2: Ventilation Status

Growers use high tunnels (HTs) specifically to create environments near their crops that would be unavailable otherwise. Those environments can be very beneficial but difficult to achieve and maint…

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Efficient and Effective Management of High Tunnel Environments, 1: The Need and Challenge u.osu.edu/vegnetnews/2023/02…

Efficient and Effective Management of High Tunnel Environments, 1: The Need and Challenge

Growers use high tunnels (HTs) specifically to create environments near their crops that would be unavailable otherwise. Those environments can be very beneficial but difficult to achieve and maint…

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USDA Announces Grants for Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production u.osu.edu/vegnetnews/2023/02…
USDA Announces Grants for Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production

USDA Announces Grants for Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production

USDA is making available up to $7.5 million for grants through its Office of Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production (OUAIP). The competitive grants will support the development of urban agricu…

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USDA Announces Signup for 2023 Assistance for On-Farm Food Safety Expenses for Specialty Crop Growers u.osu.edu/vegnetnews/2023/02…
USDA Announces Signup for 2023 Assistance for On-Farm Food Safety Expenses for Specialty Crop...

USDA Announces Signup for 2023 Assistance for On-Farm Food Safety Expenses for Specialty Crop...

01/20/2023 02:00 PM EST WASHINGTON, Jan. 20, 2023— The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reminds specialty crop producers of available assistance to help cover certain costs of complying with r…

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2023 Small Farm Conference Registration is Open! u.osu.edu/vegnetnews/2023/01…

2023 Small Farm Conference Registration is Open!

  Greetings the OSU Extension – Small Farm Team is excited to announce that the registration for the 2023 Small Farm Conference is open.  We hope to see you all there. Ohio State Extension ann…

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