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Farm Forum October Meeting
https://greene.osu.edu/events/farm-forum-october-meeting
Layne Garringer District Conservationist with the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) will share the latest information on how to deal with manure on a small farm at the Monday October 26 meeting of Greene co Farm Forum. Layne works in the ...
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VP McPheron speaks at OSU Extension Annual Conference
https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/videos/vp-mcpheron-speaks-osu-extension-annual-conference
Vice President and Dean Bruce McPheron speaks at Ohio State University Extension Annual Conference about eight things to consider about how we do business. ...
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Upcoming Weather
https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2015-09/upcoming-weather
April has been a warmer and wetter month across most of the state of Ohio. Temperatures are averaging 3-7 degrees above normal with precipitation ranging from 100-200 percent of normal. The wettest and warmest areas have been across the southern part of t ...
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Identifying Feekes Growth Stage 6: Jointing
1- Pull, or better yet, dig up, several clusters of tillers with roots and soil from multiple locations in the field; 2- Identify and select three to four primary tillers from each cluster – usually the largest tillers with the thickest stem, but size can ...
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Corn Planting Progress in Ohio: A “Historical” Perspective
How much corn is typically planted in Ohio by the third week of April? According to the National Agricultural Statistics Service (http://www.nass.usda.gov/Statistics_by_State/Ohio/Publications/Crop_Prog...), for the week ending April 13 no appreciable ac ...
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Black Cutworm and Armyworm Counts on the Rise
https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2015-09/black-cutworm-and-armyworm-counts-rise
Last week, both Purdue University and the University of Kentucky reported high black cutworm catches. In addition, UKY caught a large number of armyworms in one of their traps. Both of these moth species migrate into our area, lay eggs, and the developin ...
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Soybean Planting Date, Seeding Rate, and Row Width
Planting date. Planting date (both too early and too late) can reduce soybean yield potential. In 2013 and 2014, we conducted a planting date trial at the Western Agricultural Research Station near South Charleston, Ohio. In both years, soybean yield ...
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Considerations Before Interseeding Soybeans into Wheat this Spring
Modified Relay Intercropping (MRI) is the planting of soybeans into standing wheat versus double cropping soybeans that are planted after wheat is harvested. Vyn et al found that relay intercropping of soybeans yielded better than double cropping of soybe ...
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We have Nematodes in our Corn Fields
https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2015-09/we-have-nematodes-our-corn-fields
Editor's note: Abasola Simon is also an author on this article. A total 425 corn fields were surveyed for plant-parasitic nematodes during the 2013 and 2014 growing seasons. In each year, soil samples were collected from 15-16 fields in each of 28 co ...
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Wheat Management by Growth Stage
https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2015-08/wheat-management-growth-stage
The winter wheat crop is greening up and as such growers will need to pay attention to crop growth stage in order to make adequate management decisions. Wheat growth stage identification is critical for effective timing of fungicide, insecticide, herbicid ...