By: Stephanie Karhoff
What are mycorrhizae?
Mycorrhizae are beneficial fungi that colonize plant roots. They aid plants in scavenging for soil nutrients, by extending the root system via structures called hyphae. In return, plants provide sugars produced during photosynthesis to the mycorrhizae. Continue reading Don’t Leave Mycorrhizae Stranded in Your Prevented Planting Acres
By: Laura Lindsey and Matthew Hankinson, Ohio State University
Yield results from the 2019 Ohio Wheat Performance Test are online at: https://www.oardc.ohio-state.edu/wheattrials/default.asp?year=2019 Disease information will be available soon. Continue reading 2019 Ohio Wheat Performance Test Results
By: Mark Loux, Ohio State University
If you don’t already have to deal with waterhemp or Palmer amaranth, you don’t want it. Ask anyone who does. Neither one of these weeds is easy to manage, and both can cause substantial increases in the cost of herbicide programs, which have to be constantly changed to account for the multiple resistance that will develop over time (not “can”, “will”).
Palmer amaranth in a Tennessee field. Source: Lisa Behnken
Continue reading No pigweed left behind – late-season scouting for Palmer amaranth and waterhemp
By: Stephanie Karhoff
This week’s trap report for Williams County included Western Bean Cutworm (WBC) adults captured from July 22 to July 28. This is the fifth week of monitoring. There were 0 moths per trap the first two weeks; 1.66 moths per trap the third week; 14 moths per trap the fourth week; and 64 moths per trap this week.
Continue reading Western Bean Cutworm Monitoring Update for Williams County
Information provided by Ben Brown, Ohio State University
The U.S.D.A. released details about the 2019 Market Facilitation Program (MFP) today (7/25/19). This is a continuation of the 2018 program designed to help offset market affects from retaliatory tariffs on U.S. agricultural products. Continue reading USDA Releases Details About 2019 Market Facilitation Programs
By: Christy Sprague, Michigan State University
Weed control needs to be a priority in non-planted fields this summer to prevent future weed problems. Continue reading Horseweed (marestail) control options in fallow prevent plant fields
By: Pierce Paul, Ohio State University
Disease Risk. In Ohio, several foliar diseases are of greater concern in late-planted corn for a number of reasons, including:
Continue reading Delayed Corn Planting the Disease Risk in Corn
Join the Williams County Soil and Water Conservation District for their 2019 Field Technology Day – ‘Identifying Critical Resource Concerns’ on Thursday, August 8 at the Williams SWCD meeting room (1120 West High Street, Bryan). Continue reading Event Notice – Williams SWCD Field Technology Day
Pre-sale tickets for the 2019 Farm Science Review (FSR) are available at the Williams County OSU Extension Office for $7. The office is opened Monday-Friday from 8:00 am to 4:30 pm.
Continue reading Stop by the Office and Get Your FSR Tickets
By: Ellen Essman, Ohio State University
It’s been a busy week in Columbus, with the Ohio General Assembly sending multiple bills to Governor Mike DeWine for his signature. One of the bills is one we have been following very closely—Substitute Senate Bill 57, or the “hemp bill.”
Continue reading Ohio Ag Law Blog—Hemp Bill headed to DeWine’s desk