Hello,
Have you had a chance to get out to the Hardin County Fair yet? So far it has been a good fair even with the hot temperatures. After tonight’s rain, it looks like it might cool things off. I’ve been doing talks the past couple of mornings in the Extension Homemakers’ area located in the Community Building on the fairgrounds. Wednesday’s topic was Fruit & Vegetable Problems, today’s topic was Sheep in the United Kingdom & Ireland, and tomorrow morning’s (9/9) topic will be On-Farm Research. See the attached article and flyer for more information about these talks. The county fair is always a good time to bring the agricultural community together and support the youth and adults who bring their exhibits to showcase Hardin County’s top industry.
Talking Ag and Natural Resources News Release
Talking Ag and Natural Resources Flyer
Following the fair, you may be interested in seeing how well the champion and reserve steers, barrows, gilts, lambs, and goats do in the annual carcass show. The Hardin County Carcass Show of Champions will be held THURSDAY, September 15 at Mt. Victory Meats. This is a couple days later than in the past, but we hope the later date will enable the carcasses to be in better condition for evaluation. The decision to move this date to the Thursday after the fair was based on a suggestion by both the carcass show judge and Mt. Victory Meats. So, we hope to see you at 6:00 pm on September 15 for this event. See the attached flyer for more details.
Other upcoming events include the Farm Bureau annual meeting being held Saturday, September 10 at the Farm Bureau booth in the Machinery Building on the fairgrounds starting at 4:00 pm. There will also be a Soil and Water Conservation District board meeting at the SWCD office Thursday, September 15 starting at 7:30 am. I hope to see you at the Hardin County Fair. Until then, I have included some agronomy related articles below that may interest you.
Mark
FSR AGRONOMY COLLEGE IS SEPTEMBER 13 – Harold Watters
Agronomists, CCAs and custom applicators are invited to the Farm Science Review Agronomy College, hosted by the Ohio AgriBusiness Association in partnership with Ohio State University Extension and the Farm Science Review staff. The program will bring industry experts, OSU researchers, and agronomy service providers together to enhance collective knowledge and learning at the Molly Caren Agricultural Center in London, Ohio, on Sept. 13 – one week before the start of the annual three-day farm show. The full-day event features time with OSU Extension educators in the field at the small plot agronomy demonstrations. For the larger field demonstrations there will be topics including tip selection for the new herbicide tolerant crops, precision applications, remote sensing, and an update on nutrient management issues in Ohio. For more information about the FSR Agronomy College, go to http://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/fsr-agronomy-college-september-13.
BACK TO THE FUTURE WITH STINK BUGS? – Andy Michel, Kelley Tilmon
Some of you may remember the 2012 growing season—very dry most of the year but, in some areas, late season rains gave a second life into the soybean crop that was reaching pod fill stage. Unfortunately, this boost also likely attracted stink bugs into soybean and robbed many producers of the yield they thought was saved by the rain. With the recent rains this past week, 2016 is shaping up to be very similar to 2012. Now that soybean has moisture to fill the pods, we might be seeing a rise in stink bug pressure. To read more about stink bugs in soybean, go to http://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/back-future-stink-bugs.
ESTIMATING YIELD LOSSES IN DROUGHT DAMAGED CORN FIELDS – Peter Thomison
Rainfall over the past weekend helped some drought stressed corn fields, especially late plantings, but it may have been too late for others. Prior to this rainfall, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor, 46 percent of Ohio was rated as in “moderate drought” (https://www.nass.usda.gov/Statistics_by_State/Ohio/Publications/Crop_Progress_&_Condition/index.php). That area covered most of northern Ohio. Another 15 percent was rated in “severe drought”. That area spread from west central Ohio to northeast Ohio. Corn growers with drought damaged fields may want to estimate grain yields prior to harvest in order to help with marketing and harvest plans. Two procedures that are widely used for estimating corn grain yields prior to harvest are the YIELD COMPONENT METHOD (also referred to as the “slide rule” or corn yield calculator) and the EAR WEIGHT METHOD. Each method will often produce yield estimates that are within 20 bu/ac of actual yield. To read more, go to http://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/estimating-yield-losses-drought-damaged-corn-fields.
FARMER LED WATER QUALITY MONITORING-INITIAL RESULTS AND REQUEST FOR PARTICIPANTS – Greg LaBarge
Ohio State University Extension is seeking an additional 60 fields in the Western Lake Erie Basin to help with a water monitoring research project looking at Dissolved Reactive Phosphorus (DRP) losses from fields. Farmers already participating do not need to signup fields already being monitored and are encouraged to add additional fields by visiting the signup link at http://go.osu.edu/watersurvey. Increases in DRP in the watershed have been tied to increased occurrences of Harmful Algal Blooms in Lake Erie. The data collected will help better quantify actual losses from an economic and environmental standpoint, lead to tools that can target high risk fields so cost effective Best Management practices can be designed that maintain crop productivity while reducing phosphorus losses. To finish reading this article, go to http://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/farmer-led-water-quality-monitoring-initial-results-and-request.
FSR NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT FIELD DAY – SEPTEMBER 14 – Harold Watters
The FSR Nutrient Management Field Day is September 14th. We will make use of the site and facilities of the Farm Science Review’s Molly Caren Agricultural Center, near London Ohio the week before that event. Check in at 8:30 for a 9 AM start and plan to end the day by 3PM. We will break into small groups so you get an up close and personal educational experience for the morning. Starting at 9 AM we will run through the Agronomy Demonstration Plots – the Nitrogen management plots, a Rainfall simulation and Cover crop options. Before lunch we get the rundown on Phosphorus management. Go to http://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/fsr-nutrient-management-field-day-–-september-14 to find out more information about this field day.
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