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Yield Monitor Tips for 2015 Harvest
https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2015-29/yield-monitor-tips-2015-harvest
Andrew Klopfenstein, Kaylee Port and Scott Shearer also contributed to this article Wet spring and persistent rain in many areas of Ohio have generated highly variable harvesting conditions for 2015 in both soybeans and corn. There are maturity, height, ...
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Burndown Herbicides for No-tillage Wheat
https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2015-29/burndown-herbicides-no-tillage-wheat
This summer’s weather caused problems with weed control in some areas of the state, and this certainly includes our two major weeds, giant ragweed and marestail. As we move through harvest and into the season of wheat planting and fall herbicide applicat ...
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Wheat Management for Fall 2015
https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2015-29/wheat-management-fall-2015
Wheat helps reduce problems associated with the continuous planting of soybean and corn and provides an ideal time to apply fertilizer and manure, condition the field, and plant cover crops after harvest. With soybean harvest beginning, we would like to r ...
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Growing Season Adversely Affected Ear Development
Excessive rainfall (which contributed to N loss and poor root development) followed by late season drought had a major impact on ear and kernel formation in many Ohio corn fields this year. Poor ear and kernel development is associated with variability in ...
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Hessian Fly-free Date: Good for Wheat, Cover Crops and Disease
A good rule of thumb for planting wheat is to wait after the Hessian fly-free date. These dates are predictions on when most Hessian fly adults would no longer be alive and lay eggs in wheat fields. If planted too early, the eggs can hatch and stunt or ...
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Combine Adjustments for 2015 Soybean Harvest
https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2015-29/combine-adjustments-2015-soybean-harvest
Kaylee Port was also a contributor to this article 2015 represents another unique cropping year due to the wet weather conditions during spring planting and persistence through July. The result has been many fields with highly variable soybeans condition ...
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Free Pigweed Herbicide Resistance Screening
OSU weed scientists will again screen populations of any pigweed species this coming winter for their herbicide resistance characteristics, at no charge. This includes populations of redroot pigweed, waterhemp, and Palmer amaranth, among others. Samples ...
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Last Alfalfa Cutting and The Fall Rest Period
https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2015-28/last-alfalfa-cutting-and-fall-rest-period
The next two weeks are the best time to take the last alfalfa cutting of the year while maintaining stand productivity. We recommend the last harvest to be taken by September 7 in northern Ohio and September 15 in southern Ohio. This will allow a fall res ...
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CCAs...Get Credits at the 2015 Farm Science Review
https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2015-30/ccasget-credits-2015-farm-science-review
The 2015 Farm Science Review is next week on September 22, 23 & 24. Many across Ohio will be attending to learn more about what it means to grow a crop in this eastern cornbelt state. One group is the Certified Crop Advisers (CCAs); again this year th ...
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Weather Outlook for the Last Half of September
https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2015-30/weather-outlook-last-half-september
The second half of September will continue to experience above normal temperatures and close to normal rainfall. Second half of September RISK: Temperatures- Above Normal (+3-5F)- Normal highs are in the 70s and lows in the 50s. Rainfall- Near Normal (0.5 ...