Resources

Pesticide Applicator Safety Training

| Clifton Martin

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.

Licensing | Pesticide Safety Education Program (osu.edu)

It’s a great time to take a soil test…

| Clifton Martin

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

| Clifton Martin

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

| Clifton Martin

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

2021

Fall Armyworm Updates

| Clifton Martin

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

| Clifton Martin

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

Kentucky Pest News

 

Spotted Lanternfly Updates

| Clifton Martin

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