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This Might end up being a Low Foliar Disease Year in Corn
Early development of gray leaf spot (GLS) and northern corn leaf blight (NCLB) had us all concerned about the potential for major epidemics of these diseases in 2015. However, conditions have since been warm and dry across most of the state, drastically r ...
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Does your field have Western Bean Cutworm larva?
Over the past few weeks, we have been receiving calls, emails and texts about finding large caterpillars feeding on corn ears (see photo). In most cases, these are turning out to be Western bean cutworms. Although our numbers have been about the same as ...
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Scout Fields Now for Palmer Amaranth
https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2015-27/scout-fields-now-palmer-amaranth
The frequency of Palmer amaranth infestations in Ohio has been holding relatively steady again into this year. We have mostly an isolated field or patch in about 10 counties, with the exception of two small epicenters of Palmer amaranth- far southern Sci ...
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Considering Growing Wheat in Wide Rows?
https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2015-27/considering-growing-wheat-wide-rows
Growers are interested in wide-row wheat production due to reductions in equipment inventory (i.e., lack of grain drill) and to allow intercropping of soybean into wheat. With funding from the Ohio Small Grains Marketing Program and the Michigan Wheat Pro ...
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Planting Scabby Wheat Q and A
https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2015-27/planting-scabby-wheat-q-and
Q: What if I plant scabby wheat for grain or use it as a cover crop? A: You can certainly plant scabby wheat, but doing so will more than likely result in poor stand establishment because affected seeds may not germinate or germinate producing seedlings ...
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Don’t Press the Panic Button on Soybean Aphid Yet
As predicted, we have begun to see soybean aphids move into soybean fields over the past few weeks. Coincidentally, this is the 3rd year in a row that we have seen aphids move in relatively late in the growing season. Hopefully, most of our soybean are ...
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Estimating Soybean Yield
https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2015-26/estimating-soybean-yield
To estimate yield, four soybean 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. It is difficult to a ...
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Late season diseases showing up in unexpected places in 2015
All of the rain during May, June, & July continues to impact the soybean crop in some areas of the state during 2015 in Ohio. Surveys of our plots and some scouting in the lower canopy have turned up some surprises and some we expected. 1. Sclero ...
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Stink bugs in Soybeans
https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2015-23/stink-bugs-soybeans
As our soybean begins to develop flowers and pods, we need to be aware of stink bugs that will begin feeding. Although more common in the southern US, we have been noticing more stink bugs in soybean the past few years, even some fields where economic da ...
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2015-13
https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2015-13
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