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Bt Options for Corn Insect Control and “Know Before you Grow”
Since the mid 1990’s and the first Bt corn product to control European corn borer was released, there are now numerous options available for corn insect management. At times, this information can be confusing, and thankfully our colleagues Dr. Eileen Cull ...
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Evaluate Alfalfa Stands For Winter Injury
https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2014-08/evaluate-alfalfa-stands-winter-injury
As alfalfa stands break dormancy and begin growth, growers should make plans to take some time to evaluate the health of those stands and determine if there was winter injury. Some early bud growth was observed the last full week of March in the southern ...
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Did that Cold Spell Cause Significant Mortality to Field Crop Insect Pests?
Normally we have always said that Ohio seldom gets cold enough to be a factor in causing significant mortality during the winter months. However, the severe cold spell last week does have the potential to change this, at least for those pests that overwi ...
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Corn Planting Progress in Ohio
https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2014-09/corn-planting-progress-ohio
I have heard comments recently expressing concern that corn acreage planted to date is less than normal. According to the National Agricultural Statistics Service (http://www.nass.usda.gov/Statistics_by_State/Ohio/Publications/Crop_Prog...), for the week ...
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Soybean Planting Date
https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2014-09/soybean-planting-date
(Editor’s note: Matthew Hankinson contributed to this article) Spring is right around the corner, and it is time to start thinking about when we are going to get our planters out of the shed and into the field. Timely planting is usually thought of as bei ...
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Sharpen Label Changes – It’s Something Anyway
A recent change to the Sharpen label results in more utility for this product in spring burndown programs for soybeans. Sharpen can now be applied in a mixture with other PPO-containing herbicides, as long as the following conditions are met: applied at ...
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New Developments in the World of Soybean Pathology
https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2014-07/new-developments-world-soybean-pathology
At the regional soybean disease workers meeting in Florida earlier this month, colleagues from Kentucky and Indiana both reported the presence of the fungus, Cercospora sojina, that are resistant to the strobilurin fungicides. This fungus causes frogeye ...
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Pelletized Lime in Production Systems
https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2014-07/pelletized-lime-production-systems
Pelletized lime has been on the market for over ten years in Ohio. It consists of finely ground limestone held together by some form of binding agent to make a pellet. Since it requires more processing than traditional ag lime it often costs considerably ...
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Weather Outlook
https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2014-07/weather-outlook
For the remainder of March temperatures may range 5-10 degrees below normal with about normal rainfall. The outlook for the first week of April calls for temperatures a few degrees above normal and normal rainfall. The outlook for the remainder of April t ...
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Corn Flea Beetle and Stewart's Leaf Blight Prediction
Being early March, it is time to put out the annual corn flea beetle and Stewart’s leaf blight prediction based on the average temperatures the past three months (Dec, Jan, and Feb.). Stewart's bacterial disease is dependent on the level of bacteria ...