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  1. Battle for the Belt: Season 2, Episode 28- Corn Harvest Considerations

    https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2024-35/battle-belt-season-2-episode-28-corn-harvest-considerations

    considerations, including corn ear orientation and test weight. As we embark on corn harvest, besides considering ... lead to premature black layer and reduced yields. Additionally, if crop stress is present, test weight ... will be affected as well. Ears with low test weight reflect sub-optimum conditions during the second ...

  2. 2024 End-of-Season Corn Yield Forecasts for Ohio

    https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2024-35/2024-end-season-corn-yield-forecasts-ohio

    distribution (associated with respective adverse and favorable weather scenarios during the rest of the ... 1):   Very high probability (+/-) of near average yield potential for Custar, OH. The estimated 2024 ... end-of-season yield potential was 229 bu/ac. Very high probability (+/-) of below average yield potential for ...

  3. Ohio State continues to assist farmers as drought and rain create unprecedented challenges for soybean crops

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/ohio-state-continues-assist-farmers-drought-and-rain-create-unprecedented-challenges

    Helene,” said Wilson. “While this rain helped improve soil moisture, river levels, and pastures in some ... shattering, where seeds break open and fall to the ground during harvest due to low moisture levels. “The ... many fields. When moisture levels dropped below 8%, we were seeing pod shatter,” Estadt said. “Now that ...

  4. Sewing the seeds of success

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/features/sewing-the-seeds-success

    started with beginning-level sewing projects such as Sew Fun and Sundresses and Jumpers. During the early ... year of high school, Park began selling her creations at a local shopping and retail market. She sold ... “Trying to balance a growing small business with high school was definitely challenging,” said Park. ...

  5. Precipitation, Cooler Weather, and Corn Dry Down

    https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2024-35/precipitation-cooler-weather-and-corn-dry-down

    usually drop to 0.5 to 0.75% per day. Between late October to early November, field dry ‑ down rates drop ... weather, we are accumulating about 5 GDDs per day (assuming Tmax = 60F, Tmin = 50F). Corn Dry Down and Past ... while it stands in the field risks yield losses from stalk lodging, ear drops, ear rots, insect feeding, ...

  6. Battle for the Belt: Season 2, Episode 26 –

    https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2024-33/battle-belt-season-2-episode-26-%E2%80%93

    period can be necessary. Squeeze-test. For this method, take two fingers and squeeze the stalk between ... methods to test corn stalk strength as we approach harvest. The dry conditions throughout Ohio has pushed ... that are not filled and are disintegrating, there is also discoloration present (Figure 1). Push-test ...

  7. Schott gains firsthand experience during internship at CNH

    https://fabe.osu.edu/news/schott-gains-firsthand-experience-during-internship-cnh

    real-world situations. They ranged from field data analysis to preparing high-level presentations, giving him ... employees.” Schott’s internship experience comes amid a broader partnership between CNH and Ohio State ...

  8. Dry Conditions in Corn & Stalk Quality Concerns

    https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2024-31/dry-conditions-corn-stalk-quality-concerns

    another way to assess lodging risks. Push the stalks at the ear level; if the stalk breaks between the ear ... compressed when the stalk is squeezed between the thumb and the forefinger. The " push test " is ... risk of stalk lodging, grain yield losses, and slowdown the harvest process. The level of stalk ...

  9. EPN Breakfast Event- Inaugural Ohio Soil Health Week: Celebrating healthy soils for environmental and human health

    https://soilhealth.osu.edu/events/epn-breakfast-event-inaugural-ohio-soil-health-week-celebrating-healthy-soils-environmental

    Ready to dig in?  It’s the first ever Ohio Soil Health Week, and the Environmental Professionals ... Food and Farm Association (OEFFA) as we come together to celebrate healthy soils for environmental and ...

  10. Hurricane Helene’s Effect on Soybean in Ohio

    https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2024-35/hurricane-helene%E2%80%99s-effect-soybean-ohio

    through September 30, rainfall totaled between 2 to 8 inches in western, central, and southern Ohio with ... average air temperatures in the mid to high 60s. After dry seed was exposed to these weather conditions, ...

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