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First Widespread Freeze Arrives; Wetter Pattern Sets In
Much of Ohio experienced frost or freeze conditions this past Friday and/or Saturday night. In fact, many locations dropped below 30°F (Table 1), with unofficial observations as cold as 26°F! How does this compare to typical first freeze dates? Figure 1 s ...
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Extended Drydown in Corn
https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2020-36/extended-drydown-corn
As fall is progressing, crop harvest is also occurring throughout the state. However, many producers are seeing slower than usual drydown in their corn fields this October. This may be in part due to how the weather conditions impacted corn growth and dev ...
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Stalk Rots Showing Up in Some Corn Fields
https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2020-36/stalk-rots-showing-some-corn-fields
Corn harvest is progressing very slowly across the state as the crop is taking unusually long to dry down this year. The longer the crop stays in the field, there greater the risk of late-season diseases such as ear and stalk rots, especially if it contin ...
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2020 Ohio Soybean Performance Trial: Henry County and Preble County Yield Results Available
Henry County and Preble County results of the 2020 Ohio Soybean Performance Trials are available online here: https://stepupsoy.osu.edu/news/ohio-soybean-performance-trials-henry-co-and-preble-co-yield-results Results from the other trial locations will b ...
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2020-36
https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2020-36
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Still Planting Wheat?
https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2020-35/still-planting-wheat
Generally, the best time to plant wheat is the 10-day period starting the day after the fly-free-safe date. When wheat is planted more than 10 days after the fly-free-safe date, there is an increased change of reduced fall growth and reduced winter hardin ...
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Be Prepared for Combine Fires during Harvest Season
The combination of high temperatures and dry conditions are the perfect conditions for field fires and combine fires during harvest. Dry grasses, crop residues, and woodland debris along many of our farm fields provide fuel for field fires. Likewise, leak ...
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Are those Mosquitoes on Steroids…No, They are just Crane Flies.
Crane flies (a.k.a. daddy longlegs and mosquito hawks) belong to the insect Order Diptera (the true flies) in the Family Tipulidae. There are some 15,000 species of crane fly throughout the world. Crane flies and mosquitoes belong to a common subgroup of ...
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2020-35
https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2020-35
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Ohio Farm Custom Rates 2020
https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2020-34/ohio-farm-custom-rates-2020
Farming is a complex business and many Ohio farmers utilize outside assistance for specific farm-related work. This option is appealing for tasks requiring specialized equipment or technical expertise. Often, having someone else with specialized tools per ...