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2015 Farmer Led Water Quality Monitoring in Western Lake Erie Basin
Ohio State University Extension is asking farmers in the Maumee River Basin to help with a water monitoring research project looking at Dissolved Reactive Phosphorus (DRP) losses from fields. Increases in DRP in the watershed have been tied to increased ...
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FSR Agronomy College
https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2015-22/fsr-agronomy-college
The FSR Agronomy College is September 15 th. We will make use of the site and facilities of the Farm Science Review’s Molly Caren Agricultural Center. We will see some things that FSR attendees won’t see. Registration is at 8:30 with the program running f ...
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Weather Update
https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2015-21/weather-update
The first half of July started cool and wet as expected. The question is will the second half turn warmer and drier as we expected a few weeks ago. The overall answer is yes. Overall, weather, climate and hydrology conditions will improve in Ohio after th ...
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July 30 Field Crops Day
https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2015-21/july-30-field-crops-day
The Northwest Agricultural Research Station will host the Ohio State 2015 Field Crops Day on Thursday, July 30 from 9:00 am – 11:30 am. The field day is located at 4240 Range Line Road, Custar, Ohio. It is free and open to the public. The agenda includ ...
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Scabby wheat grain? Increasing your Fan Speed May Help
Wheat harvest in now in progress and will continue over the next several days before and after the next showers. Early reports on grain quality indicate that a few fields may have moderate levels of scabby grain, and consequently could have vomitoxin cont ...
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Good Time to Dig Roots and Inspect for Rootworm Damage
The good news with all the rain is that it likely caused substantial mortality in corn rootworm larvae. However, growers should still be mindful of our most important corn insect. Over the next few weeks is the time that growers should dig corn roots and ...
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Foliar Diseases Already Showing up in Corn
https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2015-20/foliar-diseases-already-showing-corn
Foliar diseases, especially Gray Leaf Spot (GLS) and Northern Corn Leaf Blight (NCLB), are already showing up in some corn fields. Although this a little bit on the early side for Ohio, it is not at all surprising, since we have had several wet, humid day ...
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Western Bean Cutworm Flight Has Begun
https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2015-20/western-bean-cutworm-flight-has-begun
Our trapping network has started to catch western bean cutworm (WBC) adults, meaning that flight is underway. WBC emergence occurs, for the most part, during July, although it can be extended into August, so we expect our counts to increase. Females lay e ...
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Prospects for “Muddied Corn”
https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2015-19/prospects-%E2%80%9Cmuddied-corn%E2%80%9D
During the past two weeks, flooding and ponding have occurred across Ohio, especially in river bottoms and along streams. In some localized areas, this may have resulted in partial and complete immersion of corn in nearby fields, especially in low spots. ...
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Late Harvest and Grain Quality Concerns
https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2015-19/late-harvest-and-grain-quality-concerns
Wheat harvest will likely be late again this year. Physiologically, the crop is now ready for harvest in some fields, but will likely not be harvested until the first or second week of July or even later. Late harvest coupled with excessive rainfall mean ...