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Wet Weather: Flooding, Poor Nodulation, and Disease Concerns
The forecast for the coming week is for continued rain and in many cases this will fall on already saturated soils across the northern and west central part of the state. This is going to be tough on soybeans. Here is a guide to help differentiate among ...
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Rootworm Hatch is Underway
https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2015-17/rootworm-hatch-underway
Last week, Larry Bledsoe from Purdue University reported that corn rootworm hatch occurred on June 3 (see http://extension.entm.purdue.edu/pestcrop/2015/Issue11/). With the exception of 2012, this seems to be in line with past few years. The bad news is ...
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Corn Leaf Striping
https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2015-16/corn-leaf-striping
I’ve received reports of corn plants exhibiting varying degrees of leaf striping (interveinal chlorosis) across the state. There are several nutrient deficiencies (including sulfur, zinc, magnesium, and manganese) that result in leaf striping and some of ...
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Still Working on Planting Soybean?
https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2015-16/still-working-planting-soybean
The majority of the soybean acres in Ohio have been planted. (According to the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service, 85% of the soybean acres were planted by May 31.) However, even if 5% of the soybean acres are not yet planted, with 5.1 millio ...
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2015-10
https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2015-10
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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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Corn Planting Nearing Completion – Time to Troubleshoot Emergence Problems
According to the USDA/NASS (http://www.nass.usda.gov/) for the week ending May 24, corn was 87 percent planted, which was 21 percent ahead of last year and 17 percent ahead of the five-year average. Across the state, corn is at a range of growth stages. S ...
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Purple and Yellow Corn, What is Going On?
https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2015-14/purple-and-yellow-corn-what-going
Corn seedlings often turn yellow (due to low nitrogen uptake and/or limited chlorophyll synthesis) or purple (reduced root development) under cool, wet conditions. Some hybrids are more likely to increase anthocyanin (purple pigment) content when plants a ...
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Wheat Disease Update: The Week of May 18 2015
https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2015-13/wheat-disease-update-week-may-18-2015
The wheat crop progressed considerably over the last week and is now heading-out in some fields. In fact, some fields in southern Ohio and even fields planted early or with early-maturing varieties in the central and northern parts of the state are at the ...
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Evaluating Soybean Stand
https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2015-13/evaluating-soybean-stand
Soybean planting is well underway throughout Ohio. The USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service reported 23% of the soybean acres were planted by May 10 (and many more acres were planted between May 10 and 18) up from 13% at the same time last year. ...