Help OSU Extension Document the Yield Impacts of the 2019 Planting Delays
By: CFAES Ag Crisis Taskforce Normal planting dates for Ohio range from mid-April to the end of May. This season was quite different when planting for both crops was delayed until late May and stretched into June and even July…
FSA Reported Crop Acreage Update – Over 85,000 PP Acres in Wms. Co.
By: Stephanie Karhoff The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released updated 2019 acreage data on October 10 disclosing the number of prevented planting acres reported to the Farm Service Agency (FSA). Ohio had 1,563,240 total reported prevented planting acres. In…
Over 60,000 Prevented Planting Acres in Williams County
By: Stephanie Karhoff The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released a report yesterday (August 12th) disclosing the number of prevented planting acres reported to the Farm Service Agency (FSA).Countrywide, there were 19.4 million acres that went unplanted this year. Ohio…
Don’t Leave Mycorrhizae Stranded in Your Prevented Planting Acres
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…
Horseweed (marestail) control options in fallow prevent plant fields
By: Christy Sprague, Michigan State University Weed control needs to be a priority in non-planted fields this summer to prevent future weed problems.
