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Fall Manure Application Tips
https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/fall-manure-application-tips
Silage harvest is moving along rapidly in Ohio, with corn and soybean harvest expected to be earlier this year than normal. Livestock producers and commercial manure applicators will be applying both liquid and solid manure as fields become available. For ...
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Prepping Your Yield Monitor for the 2016 Harvest Season
https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/prepping-your-yield-monitor-2016-harvest-season
As the use of precision agriculture continues to increase across the US, it is more and more important to ensure that all equipment is prepped, calibrated, and ready for a successful harvest. One of the more common uses of precision agriculture comes in ...
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Weather Outlook
https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2016-21/weather-outlook
The forecast from last winter into spring for summer 2016 in Ohio continues to work out with generally warmer and drier weather. Over the region as the departure from normal map shows, it is drier than normal across much of Ohio and points northeast whil ...
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Western Bean Cutworm Count Rising and Eggs Hatching
We have seen a large increase in Western Bean Cutworm catches (see figure), which is typical for this time of year. Given the heat in the forecast later this week, it might be safe to say that we are into peak flight. We have also heard of eggs hatching— ...
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Are You Ready? Homecoming Weekend 2016 is here!
This weekend is CFAES Homecoming 2016! Registration is closed, but please check out this reminder of our activities. ...
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4-H Day at the Ballpark
https://butler.osu.edu/events/4-h-day-ballpark
4-H Day at the Ballpark Flyer ...
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Important Wheat Management Decisions
https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/important-wheat-management-decisions
Among the questions that we have had to answer thus far this season as we get ready to plant wheat are: 1- What are the real dangers of planting wheat after wheat? 2- Now that we have an excellent group of fungicides, can we get away with planting wheat a ...
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Bacterial Leaf Streak: Another New Corn Disease out West, but not yet in Ohio
Bacterial leaf streak (BLS), a foliar disease of corn caused by the bacterium Xanthomonas vasicola pv. vasculorum, was reported in the US for the first time in Nebraska and has since been found in several other states out west, including Kansas, Color ...
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Western Bean Cutworm Infestation and Disease Issues
Reports of ear feeding by western bean cutworm (WBC) have come in at a steady pace over the last few weeks. This is the 3 rd consecutive year that we have seen a fair amount of feeding, some of it likely has led to an economic loss. The heaviest feeding h ...
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Some Tips for Evaluating Corn Hybrid Demonstration Plots
This is the time of year when many farmers visit and evaluate hybrid demonstration plots planted by seed companies and county Extension personnel, among others. When we experience a year like 2016 in which drought and heat impacted corn performance in man ...