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    Pawpaws: An Alternative Fruit Crop in the Midwest

    Jul 16, 2025

    The pawpaw (Asimina triloba) is a native North American understory tree, known for producing the largest endemic, edible fruit in Ohio (Figure 1). The tree grows throughout the state as was shown by a 1969 survey of native and naturalized woody plants that found pawpaws growing in 80 of Ohio’s 88 counties (Braun, 1969). In 2009, pawpaw was declared Ohio’s native fruit (Ohio.gov, 2025). In the United States, Asimina triloba is the northernmost member of the Asimina genus.
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    Purchasing Hay Equipment: Forage Mowers

    Jul 11, 2025

    The first step in the hay-making process is mowing the forage crop at the appropriate stage of maturity to best optimize hay yield and forage quality. Mowing and conditioning methods can influence drying time, quality, yield, and regrowth of the forage. Types of Forage Mowers Mowers can generally be broken down into two basic components:
  3. View of corn looking up at the stalks into a blue sky.

    Corn Performance Improved by Long-term Diversified Crop Rotations and No-tillage in Ohio from 1962 to 2024

    Jul 10, 2025

    Although the interest in conservation agriculture is growing among farmers, practices like no-tillage and more diverse crop rotations—those that go beyond corn, soybean, and wheat—are still not widely adopted in the United States. Today, 82%– 94% of the cropland is managed with crop rotations, but most are just two-year corn-soybean systems, and only about one-third of U.S. acres are under no-tillage practices (Claassen et al., 2018).
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