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December 2022 CFAES Connect
https://advancement.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/email/december-2022-cfaes-connect
season—there is much to be thankful for. In firm friendship, Amy Jo Baughman CFAES Director of Alumni ... a distinguished alumnus. Nominations for 2023 award are now open! Button context: Takes user to story on ACEL ... for their professional futures. Button context: Takes user to giving page for The Agribusiness Club ...
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Insect Control
https://agcrops.osu.edu/node/4392
challenging to control Hessian fly with foliar applications, which is why the major tactic for controlling ... in Ohio. To determine the need for treatment, first identify the aphid. English grain aphid has black ... Hessian fly is planting wheat after the Hessian fly-safe date for your county (see Figure 6-1). Seed ...
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Harvesting
https://agcrops.osu.edu/node/4425
level at which to harvest for dry grain storage is 25 percent. Corn normally dries approximately 0.75 to ... University indicate that losses increase by 1 to 2 percent for each week of harvest delay. Yield losses ... For example, assume that 1 ton (2000 pounds) of shelled grain at 25 percent moisture will be dried to ...
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2023 Ohio Organic Grain Conference
https://agcrops.osu.edu/events/2023-ohio-organic-grain-conference
Gruver, Western Illinois University and Léa Vereecke, Rodale Institute See attached file for full agenda. ...
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Days to Maturity Rating System
https://agcrops.osu.edu/node/4412
typically equal to a 1/2 to 3/4 percentage point difference in grain moisture. For example, a 106-day hybrid ... because there are no industry standards for the days to maturity rating system, grain moisture comparisons ... The most common maturity rating system is the days to maturity system. This system does not ...
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Maturity
https://agcrops.osu.edu/node/4411
Growers should choose hybrids with maturity ranges appropriate for their geographic area or ... circumstances. Corn for grain should reach physiological maturity or “black layer” (maximum kernel dry weight) ... one to two weeks before the first killing frost in the fall. Use days to maturity and Growing Degree ...
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Hybrid Selection
https://agcrops.osu.edu/node/4410
on Specialty Corns). Will the corn be used for grain or silage? Will it be sold directly to the ... Selecting a group of hybrids for planting is a key step in designing a successful corn production ... system. To stay competitive, growers must introduce new hybrids to their acreage on a regular basis. ...
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Specialty Corns
https://agcrops.osu.edu/node/4426
growers to use. Contracts for growing specialty hybrids usually offer a premium over the yellow dent price ... to compensate for the lower yield potential and the special handling required to ensure high grain ... grain hybrids to determine which are best suited for ethanol production using the wet milling and ...
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Growing Degree Day (GDD) Maturity Rating System
https://agcrops.osu.edu/node/4413
several advantages over the days to maturity system. The GDD system provides information for choosing ... time to define thermal time for a given period of time. The cumulative GDDs associated with different ... (see Chapter 1) lists average GDD accumulation for several Ohio locations from several dates in May to ...
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Disease Resistance and Tolerance
https://agcrops.osu.edu/node/4416
Hybrids should be selected for resistance or tolerance to stalk rots, foliar diseases and ear ... reactions to specific diseases in Ohio (Table 4-21). See the section on Disease Management for more on the ... use of hybrid resistance and tolerance to minimize crop losses. Hybrid response to high population ...