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Supplemental Forage Options for Early Summer Planting
Now that first harvest of forage crops is completed or in progress, some may be noticing the low yields in damaged forage stands, or they may realize the need for additional forage supplies this summer. There is always the temptation to no-till something ...
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10 Tips to Get the Most out of Your Sprayer
https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2015-11/10-tips-get-most-out-your-sprayer
Spraying season is just around the corner. Just take a moment to review some common sense ideas I will mention here to get the most out of those expensive pesticides you will be spraying. The following “Top Ten” list will help you improve the performance ...
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Adjusting Corn Management Practices for a Late Start
As prospects for a timely start to spring planting diminish, growers need to reassess their planting strategies and consider adjustments. Since delayed planting reduces the yield potential of corn, the foremost attention should be given to management prac ...
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Don’t Forget About Alfalfa and Weevils While Planting
While most are worried about getting corn and soybean in during the next few weeks, the same heat is also making alfalfa weevil larvae develop quite quickly. We would expect enough heat units to have been reached in much of the state to see alfalfa weevi ...
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Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus in Wheat
https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2015-11/barley-yellow-dwarf-virus-wheat
Some reports of what seems like fairly high incidence of barley yellow dwarf virus (BYDV) are coming in from fields in some parts of the state. Some of these fields reportedly have as much as 20% of the plants showing symptoms typical of BYDV –leaves with ...
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Identifying Feekes Growth Stages 7 and 8
https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2015-11/identifying-feekes-growth-stages-7-and-8
The following steps are also explained in the following video: https://youtu.be/PZ7Lvsux1y8 1- Dig up several clusters of tillers with root and soil from multiple locations in the field; 2- Identify and select three to four primary tillers from each clus ...
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Weather Update
https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2015-11/weather-update
As we talked about a few weeks ago, we expected the pattern to turn warmer than normal again in early May and it has done so. Overall, May will be warmer and drier than normal across Ohio. The best chances for normal rainfall appear to be across northern ...
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Black Cutworms and Armyworms Still a Concern
Reports of black cutworm and armyworms catches are still coming in from surrounding states. The big concern over the next few weeks will be egg hatch and larval growth. Both hatch and growth is difficult to predict and is largely based on temperature and ...
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Comparison of Swine Manure and 28% UAN as Nitrogen Sources at Sidedress for Corn Yield
Alig-Plot.pdf 2013 Manure Manure ...
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Watch Wheat for Head Scab and Cereal Leaf Beetle
We are now well into the late-heading and early-flowering growth stages, and understandably, folks are concerned about head scab and vomitoxin. Questions keep coming in about applying fungicides for scab control, particularly when and whether a fungicide ...