Mass flow is where nutrients in soil solution move toward the root as the plant takes up and transpires water through the crop canopy. Consider how dry weather affects the plant root system. Root growth will slow in dry soils, the situation we are now experiencing in the upper soil depths.
Ohio State University Extension says there were large differences among forage grass species and varieties for winter injury and yield after one of the coldest winters on record.
By following a few simple recommendations, farmers who apply manure as a fertilizer to their no-till field can decrease the chance that pathogens end up in runoff and pose environmental and health hazards.
When it comes to weed control, more no-tillers each year are having problems dealing with dandelions. Ohio State University weed scientists Anthony Dobbels, Mark Loux and Jeff Stachler say that dandelions have become much more widespread in Ohio crop production fields over the past 5 years.
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