If you are a Pesticide Private Applicator License holder, check your records to see if you are due in 2022. We will be planning our winter meeting season soon which will be announced toward the end of the year. If you are seeking to acquire a license, we have resources to help get you started with the exam. I will include an exam training class in our schedule for preparation. Look for additional updates here or contact me if you anticipate taking the exam.
Resources
Daily Temperature Normals and Extremes for Zanesville
It’s a great time to take a soil test…
Autumn is one of the better times to collect a soil sample and get it sent to the lab. The Extension Office is just one of many resources to help get this done. We have soil test kits ready at the office available for $9.
Resources to help out include:
Soil Testing for Ohio Lawns, Landscapes, Fruit Crops, and Vegetable Gardens
Interpreting a Soil Test Report
Fertility Management of Meadows
Soil Testing for Ohio Lawns, Landscapes, Fruit Crops, and Vegetable Gardens
Soil Acidity and Liming for Agronomic Production
Corn, Soybean, and Alfalfa Yield Responses to Micronutrient Fertilization in Ohio
Freeze Forecast
It’s that time of year…a frost can anytime. I put the second week of October as a likely candidate for a first frost…
Probability of Earlier Date in Fall Than Indicated | |||||||||||
Temperature | Earliest | 10% | 20% | 30% | 40% | 50% | 60% | 70% | 80% | 90% | Latest |
36 | 09/21 | 09/23 | 09/30 | 10/02 | 10/03 | 10/06 | 10/10 | 10/13 | 10/16 | 10/19 | 10/24 |
32 | 09/23 | 10/02 | 10/08 | 10/11 | 10/13 | 10/17 | 10/18 | 10/21 | 10/24 | 10/27 | 10/31 |
28 | 10/03 | 10/11 | 10/17 | 10/19 | 10/25 | 10/29 | 10/30 | 11/02 | 11/02 | 11/09 | 11/12 |
24 | 10/20 | 10/23 | 11/03 | 11/05 | 11/08 | 11/10 | 11/12 | 11/14 | 11/18 | 11/23 | 12/04 |
20 | 11/04 | 11/05 | 11/11 | 11/14 | 11/17 | 11/21 | 11/25 | 11/29 | 12/10 | 12/14 | 12/24 |
This data is reported at the Zanesville Airport weather station.
Midwestern Regional Climate Center
cli-MATE: MRCC Application Tools Environment
Generated at: 9/27/2021 2:53:35 PM CDT
OSU Enterprise Budgets
Several agriculture business enterprise budgets from the OSU Farm Office have been updated recently. They are all available at Enterprise Budgets | Farm Office (osu.edu).
The most recent budgets published by the Farm Office Team are listed below:
2022
- Corn Production Budget 2022
- Soybean Production Budget 2022
- Wheat Production Budget 2022
- Alfalfa Hay Production Budget 2022
- Alfalfa Haylage Production Budget 2022
- Corn Silage Production Budget 2022
2021
Fall Armyworm Updates
Hopefully a few nights of of sub 50 degree F temperatures are helping to knock the fall armyworm population back. However, we are still watching to see what transpires. Recently articles on the Fall Armyworm population are available here:
Re-Alert: Fall Armyworm, Part II? | BYGL
Managing Forage Stands Damaged by Fall Armyworm | Forages
An Overview on Development Times for Fall Armyworm | Kentucky Pest News
Predictions for Round 2 of Fall Armyworm | Agronomic Crops Network
Fall Armyworm Causing Problems in Ohio
Fall Armyworm reports are coming in throughout Ohio. This can be an issue in green crops and turf during the fall season and is widespread in Ohio at this time. Hayfields, pastures, and lawns are particularly at risk.
More info at:
Agronomic Crops Network CORN Newsletter
Buckeye Yard and Garden Online
Unusual Armyworm Outbreaks are Taking Many by Surprise. See images below for more information #armyworm #scout2021 #ohioag #turf pic.twitter.com/F6UVVgX4jh
— Amy Raudenbush (@AmyRaudenbush) August 27, 2021
What does one pound of phosphorous fertilizer look like?
Great visual lesson today at Manure Science Review @MVPDairy: What does 1 lb of P2O5 ‘phosphorus’ look like? #4Rs pic.twitter.com/JnGlEDOHd5
— Fulton OSU Extension, AgNR (@FultonCoAg) August 10, 2021
Spotted Lanternfly Updates
Spotted Lanternfly is again making the news with a recent detection of a population in the state of Indiana. In Muskingum County, we have previously had reports of single insects, but have not detected any breeding populations. Across Ohio, one population was detected previously and we are continuing to scout and monitor for the development of more populations.
Current information on Spotted Lanternfly is available at these links:
Spotted Lanternfly | New York State Integrated Pest Management
Spotted Lanternfly Update, 07.30.2021 | BYGL
Spotted Lanternfly | Ohio Department of Agriculture
Spotted Lanternfly | Penn State
Farm Office Live
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