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More on the Diagnosis of Southern Rust of Corn
https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2017-30/more-diagnosis-southern-rust-corn
With corn now beyond the R4 growth state in most fields, there is really nothing you can do about southern rust in terms of fungicide application. However, correct diagnosis of this disease is still very important from the standpoint of identifying the hy ...
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Producing Wheat in 15-inch Rows
https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2017-30/producing-wheat-15-inch-rows
Growers are interested in wide-row wheat production due to changes in equipment inventory (lack of grain drill and availability of air seeder) and to allow intercropping of soybean into wheat. Wheat row spacing work was conducted during the 2012-2013 and ...
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Cover Crop Seeding into Standing Soybeans
https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2017-30/cover-crop-seeding-standing-soybeans
As soybeans are maturing around Ohio, an opportunity to establish an early cover crop is available. If a farmer waits until after soybean harvest, then many days of growth are being wasted. Soybeans should have dropped 10% of their leaves before seeding ...
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2017-30
https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2017-30
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Is Late Maturing Corn at Risk of Frost Injury?
https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2017-30/late-maturing-corn-risk-frost-injury
According to the National Agricultural Statistics Service (http://www.nass.usda.gov/) as of Sept. 10, 69 percent of Ohio’s corn acreage was in the dent stage (R5) compared to 76 percent for the five-year average; 16 percent of the corn acreage was mature, ...
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Cool Weather and Corn Dry Down
https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2017-30/cool-weather-and-corn-dry-down
The recent cooler than normal temperatures may impact corn drydown. Once corn achieves physiological maturity (when kernels have obtained maximum dry weight and black layer has formed), it will normally dry approximately 3/4 to 1% per day during favorable ...
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Estimating Soybean Yield
https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2017-29/estimating-soybean-yield
To estimate soybean yield, four yield components need to be considered: plants per acre, pods per plant, seeds per pod, and seeds per pound (seed size). A printable worksheet to estimate soybean yield can be found by clicking here. Proceed with caution ...
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Food Evolution
https://ati.osu.edu/food-evolution
Amongst all this conflict and confusion around food, how do we make the best decisions about how we feed ourselves? From Academy Award®-nominated director Scott Hamilton Kennedy (THE GARDEN, FAME HIGH, OT: OUR TOWN) and narrated by esteemed science commun ...
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Wheat Variety Selection: An Important First Step for Reducing Scab and Vomitoxin
Even though we did not have high levels of scab and vomitoxin this year, we still need to keep this disease in our minds as we select varieties to plant this fall. In the past, there were very few Ohio-grown winter wheat varieties with decent scab resista ...
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Wheat Management for Fall 2017
https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2017-29/wheat-management-fall-2017
Wheat helps reduce problems associated with the continuous planting of soybean and corn and provides an ideal time to apply fertilizer in July/August after harvest. With soybean harvest around the corner, we would like to remind farmers of a few managemen ...