Hello,
It rained! This past weekend brought much needed rainfall to Hardin County and surrounding areas. How much the dry conditions have stunted the crops and will have an effect on yields is another question for another day. Hopefully the soybeans will adjust and the corn crop that was under stress will improve from this point forward. As mentioned in last week’s Hardin County Agriculture and Natural Resources Update, there are two Twilight Tours coming up the next two Tuesdays. Tuesday, August 16 we will be meeting at Ted Griffith’s field located at 6551 State Route 701, Ada starting at 7:00 pm. This program will discuss the Modified Relay Intercropping of soybeans into 15 inch row wheat. Ted will also have his modified drill on hand to see, and OSU Extension will have similar on-farm and plot research data available to share with the participants. August 23 will be the second Twilight Tour of the series, with the subject being Late Season Application of Nitrogen to Corn. See the attached news release and flyer for more details. We hope to see you there.
MRI Late Season Nitrogen Twilight Tours Flyer
Previously, I informed you of the upcoming Hardin Field Day on August 26 near Dunkirk (see article below). Did you know that the Ohio No-Till Council is having their field day in Hardin County as well? This event will happen on August 31 at Jan Layman’s farm, 15238 Township Road 119, Kenton. Topics and demonstrations included in this field day are soil health, cover crops, soil pit including infiltration testing, machinery demos of AquaTill (high pressure water jet opens the seed slot) and dry fertilizer injection by the John Deere 2510H toolbar, comments by All-Ohio Chapter SWCS President, Alan Sundermeier, debunking no-till and cover crop myths, water management and water quality update, ‘The Economics of Resilience’, and a tour of the new grain bin center on the farm. See the attached flyer for more information on this statewide field day which early registration is coming due soon on August 22.
I have also attached to this email a flyer about the Precision Agriculture Day in Champaign County on August 26 focusing on planter technology. This field day will have presentations such as Beyond the Basics, Field Research App, Seed Characteristics and Selection, Multi‐hybrid Planting and UAV Update, and Maximizing Return on Investment of Planted Acres. Demos will include Critical Factors for Maximum Planter and a Performance Clinic. Equipment demonstrations will be provided by Case IH, John Deere, Sunflower, and Kinze. Registration for this field day is by August 19 for a lunch count.
I have also attached this week the OSU Direct Marketing Team webinar schedule. The next free webinar is coming up August 18, and it will be about Produce Auctions. There will be other upcoming webinars in addition to the ones that have already happened. You can view past webinars for free by clicking on the link found on the flyer. Other local upcoming events include a Soil and Water Conservation District board meeting at 1:00 pm and annual meeting at 5:00 pm being held on Thursday, August 18 at the fairgrounds shelter house. Don’t forget about the Pesticide Disposal Day at the Hardin County Fairgrounds on August 22 from 9:00-3:00 pm. As always, I have provided some ag crops articles below for your reading that you may be interested to know about.
Direct Marketing Webinar Series 2016
Mark
WESTERN BEAN CUTWORM UPDATE – Kelley Tilmon, Andy Michel
On another note, adult western bean cutworm trap counts are declining, having past their peak for the summer. But scouting is still relevant as the later moths continue to lay their eggs. Counties near Lake Erie have had particularly high trap counts. Threshold populations on corn plants should be treated before larvae have a chance to enter the plants. To scout for eggs or larvae, choose at least 20 consecutive plants in 5 random locations and inspect the uppermost 3–4 leaves for eggs, as well as the silks for larvae if tassel has emerged. Be sure to inspect different areas of the field that may be in different growth stages. For field corn, if 8% or more of the plants inspected have eggs or larvae, consider treatment. For sweet corn, consider treatment if eggs or larvae are found on >4% of plants for the processing market or on >1% of plants for fresh-market. Find more information at: http://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/ENT-40.
2016 OHIO WHEAT PERFORMANCE TEST AVAILABLE ONLINE – Laura Lindsey, Matthew Hankinson
A pdf of the 2016 Ohio Wheat Performance Test can be found at the Soybean and Small Grain website at: http://stepupsoy.osu.edu/node/35. A sortable version of the Ohio Wheat Performance Test can be found at: http://www.oardc.ohio-state.edu/wheattrials/. Test results are for 72 soft red winter wheat varieties grown at five Ohio locations (Wood, Crawford, Wayne, Darke, and Pickaway County). Variety selection should be based on disease resistance, average yield across test sites and years, winter hardiness, test weight, and standability. Overall, grain test weight averaged 58.4 lb/bu (compared to an average test weight of 56.3 lb/bu in 2015). Grain yield averaged between 97 and 119 bu/acre at the five locations.
“TASSEL EARS” SIGHTINGS IN CORN – Peter Thomison
Tassel Ears” are showing up in corn fields around Ohio. Corn is the only major field crop characterized by separate male and female flowering structures, the tassel and ear, respectively. In most corn fields it is not unusual to find a few scattered plants with a combination tassel and ear in the same structure – a “tassel ear”. The ear portion of this tassel ear structure usually contains only a limited number of kernels. For more information on tassel ears, go to http://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/“tassel-ears”-sightings-corn.
PROTECT WATER–KEEP NUTRIENTS IN THE FIELD – Mark Badertscher
C.O.R.N. Newsletter readers interested in current research and what they can do to assist with the water quality and nutrient management issues happening in Ohio won’t want to miss ‘Agricultural Conservation, Protecting Water: Keeping Soil and Nutrients in the Field.’ This is the theme of the Hardin County Field Day on August 26. This is the second year for this field day, cooperatively sponsored by the following partners: The Nature Conservancy, John Deere, Findlay Implement, Chris Kurt Farms, Randy Boose Farms, OSU Extension, Hardin & Putnam Soil and Water Conservation Districts, Ohio Farm Bureau/Blanchard River Demonstration Farms Network, Ohio Department of Agriculture and USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service. For more information about the Hardin Field Day, go to http://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/protect-water-keep-nutrients-field.
REPORTS OF FROGEYE LEAF SPOT IN SOUTHERN OHIO: TO SPRAY OR NOT TO SPRAY – Anne Dorrance
Late reports of frogeye developing on susceptible cultivars in southern Ohio. So the next question is what to do. During 2005-2008, we were able to measure a mean difference in yield of 5 to 10 bu/A when soybeans were treated at R3 in fields where frogeye was present. We have also been able to measure a greater yield difference on highly susceptible varieties when frogeye was present during the early flowering stages. Go to http://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2016-24/reports-frogeye-leaf-spot-southern-ohio-spray-or-not-spray to read more about frogeye leaf spot on soybeans.
Mark A. Badertscher
Agriculture and Natural Resources Educator
OSU Extension Hardin County
1021 W. Lima Street, Suite 103, Kenton, OH 43326
419-674-2297 Office