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Crop Diversity to Improve Your Bottom Line (Starts January 14)

December 28, 2020 | Ohio Agronomic Crops Network

This series will look at practices and considerations to successfully incorporate alternative grain crops into your rotation to diversify your operation. Thursdays, January 14 – March 4, 9:00am-10:30am. Register: http://go.osu.edu/cropdiversity

January 14 – Specialty Small Grains, Winter Malting Barley (Greg McGlinch), White Wheat (Dennis Pennington), Wet Wrapped Oats (Al Gahler), Triticale (Jason Hartschuh)
February 4 – Seed Production, Corn and Soybean Seed Production (Fred Pond), Cover Crop Seed Production
March 4 – Non-GMO Crop Production, Best Practices for High Yielding Non-GMO Soybean Production (Laura Lindsey), Weed Control (Mark Loux), Insect Management: The Forgotten Corn Pests (Chris DiFonzo)

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The Dirt on Soil Health: Investing Below the Surface (Starts January 14)

December 28, 2020 | Ohio Agronomic Crops Network

In this weekly series, farmers, industry, and academic experts will weigh in on practical steps to improve soil health and measure impact on crop yield and farm profitability. Thursdays, January 14 – March 18, 8am-8:30am. Register: http://go.osu.edu/soilhealth2020

January 14 – Does Soil Health Pay? Farmer Panel, Nathan Brown, Matt Falb, and Les Seiler
January 21 – What Can Soil Health Tests Tell You? Steve Culman
January 28 – Can Improving Soil Health Improve Yield? Jordon Wade
February 4 – Cover Crop Management, Hans Kok
February 18 – Compaction Solutions, Scott Shearer
February 25 – Soil Health in Ohio, Elizabeth Hawkins and Steve Culman
March 4 – What’s the Return on Investing in Soil Health?, Rick Clark
March 18 – Programs and Funding to Support Soil Health