With the threat of rainstorm-triggered floods and mud flows growing daily, the U.S. Natural Resource Conservation Service is offering free oat and barley seed to people whose land was burned in the ...

Each seed of the wild oat plant (Avena sterilis) is contained within a husk with two long arms known as sister awns, which protrude out to one end. When the seed lands on the soil after being released ...

One way to tell that a plant is special is by how people embrace it with names. If George Herman Ruth weren t a special person, he wouldn t have had other names like "Babe Ruth" and the "Bambino." ...

With dry subsoils and pastures weakened by last year's drought, producers may want to consider planting oats this spring for extra forage. Oats are a good choice because they can be grazed earlier ...

Editor’s note: Once a month OSU Extension Master Gardener Volunteers in FranklinCounty profile a plant that occurs naturally in Central Ohio. After all of the fresh, new green shoots of spring, the ...