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CORN EAR ROTS: How to Tell Them Apart and Know the Risk
Ear rots or molds are usually most problematic when cool, wet conditions occur during silking and early grain development, when the ears are most susceptible to fungal infection. Three main types of ear rot (Diplodia, Gibberella, and Fusarium) usually aff ...
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Northwest Ohio Precision Ag Technology Day- Aug. 5th
Farmers and crop consultants interested in seeing the latest combine, grain handling and harvest technology are encouraged to attend the Tuesday, August 5th Northwest Ohio Precision Ag Technology Day at Fulton Co Fairgrounds in Wauseon. In the morning, p ...
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Corn Emergence Problems: “Corkscrewed” Mesocotyl Development
Last week I received several reports of abnormal corn emergence. Often the problems were associated with corn seedlings leafing out underground and it’s likely weather and seedbed conditions were responsible for the occurrence of the abnormal growth. Seed ...
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Early POST application of preemergence corn and soybean herbicides
At this point there should be little concern about a lack of rain to “activate” preemergence herbicides where it was possible to get them applied. We have had some challenges with wind and water and it’s another one of those years when a lot of the corn ...
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Potential for Spring Insect Pests
https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2014-12/potential-spring-insect-pests
As we gear up for planting this week and next there are two insect pests that need to be on our radar. First, reports from Purdue, Penn State and elsewhere have noticed significant flights in black cutworm. This is a migrating moth that lays eggs in cor ...
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New OSU Weed Management Website/blog
https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2014-12/new-osu-weed-management-websiteblog
The OSU field crops weed management group has transitioned to a new website, http://u.osu.edu/osuweeds. The new site is still a work in progress, but most of the important information and links are there. We would encourage you to check out and bookmark ...
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Agricultural Fertilizer Applicator Certification Update
The Ohio Department of Agriculture has begun issuing the new Agricultural Fertilizer Applicator Certification cards. Those who attended the September, 2014 educational programs in Archbold, Findlay and Paulding should have already or will soon receive a m ...
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Weather Outlook: Close to Normal
https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2015-01/weather-outlook-close-normal
The rest of winter looks to see big fluctuations in temperatures averaging close to normal. Precipitation will also fluctuate above and below normal ending close to normal. This winter will not be like the last is the sense it will be a warmer winter. Thi ...
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This is the Time to Give Your Sprayer Some TLC
https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2014-38/time-give-your-sprayer-some-tlc
It is very likely you have already completed the harvest season, and in the process of storing all the equipment in a proper place. One piece of equipment requires more attention than others when putting it in the storage place. It is your sprayer. If you ...
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Modified Relay Intercropping – Lessons from 2014
Modified Relay Intercropping (MRI) is the planting of soybeans into headed wheat that may occur up to 6 weeks or more prior to wheat harvest. In the MRI system, two crops, wheat and soybeans are harvested in the same growing season. After 15 years of g ...