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Pricing Standing Corn for Silage Harvest – 2014
If it’s late summer it’s time to talk about pricing a corn crop standing in the field for corn silage. This is always a challenging question as there are a number of factors that contribute to the final price agreed upon by the buyer and seller that are ...
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Assessing yield losses in corn due to frost
https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2014-32/assessing-yield-losses-corn-due-frost
With scattered frosts predicted in parts of Ohio tonight, it may be time to consider the impact of frost injury to corn that has not yet achieved kernel “black layer”. Black layer is the stage at which kernel growth ceases and maximum kernel dry weight is ...
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From Wet Weather to Dry Weather…
https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2015-27/wet-weather-dry-weather%E2%80%A6
Most areas in Ohio experienced above average rainfall during soybean vegetative stages. With wet weather, soybeans tend to have reduced tap root growth and increased lateral root growth near the soil surface(photo example). This is a problem when the we ...
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Editor's Note
https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2015-25/editors-note
In last week’s article: “Pricing Corn Silage Update” the step 4 the sentence should have read “based on current market values…”, instead of “based on nutrient values…” ...
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Sorting through Residual Soybean Herbicide options
There are a bunch of residual herbicide premixes available now for use in soybeans. Most of these are listed in the 2015 edition of the Weed Control Guide, but it seems like there’s always one or two that we don’t know about. Many new premixes are essen ...
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Soybean Aphids and Western Bean Cutworm Updates
Two insects that growers may be on the lookout for are soybean aphid and western bean cutworm. The recent rain events may have also carried with them early season soybean aphid migrants that are possibly now in soybean fields. The forecast for this week ...
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Rating Fusarium Damaged Kernels (FDK) in Scabby Wheat
1. Wait at least a week or so after harvest (grain should be allowed to dry in the greenhouse). 2. Mix the grain in the bag as light (i.e. damaged) grain will settle on top (use a gloved hand to stir) 3. Scoop a subsample into a 60 x 15mm petri dish (or s ...
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Faulkner completes internship with National FFA Organization
https://acel.osu.edu/news/faulkner-completes-internship-national-ffa-organization
Shelby Faulkner, of Urbana, served as an intern this summer with the National FFA Organization in Indianapolis, Indiana. During her internship, Faulkner supported state officer programs which support the approximately 375 state officers who represent FFA’ ...
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Penhorwood receives national broadcasting scholarship
https://acel.osu.edu/news/penhorwood-receives-national-broadcasting-scholarship
Ohio State student Joel Penhorwood was awarded the Glenn Kummerow Memorial Scholarship at the National NAFB Convention in Kansas City, Mo on Wednesday, November 12, 2014. Presented by the National Association of Farm Broadcasting, this scholarship is give ...
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Remembering John Starling
https://acel.osu.edu/news/remembering-john-starling
John Starling, professor emeritus in the Department of Agricultural Communication, Education, and Leadership, passed away on Friday, October 24. Dr. Starling was a legend in Ohio agricultural education and our department owes much to his pioneering presen ...