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Battle for the 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 ...
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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 ...
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Ohio State continues to assist farmers as drought and rain create unprecedented challenges for soybean crops
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 ...
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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. ...
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Fall Forage Management
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-26-issue-4/fall-forage-management
K 2 O. The recommended soil test ranges for phosphorus and potassium are 30 to 50 ppm and 120 to 170 ppm ... a high level of precision between sampling years so that you can accurately track your progress. Whether ... growth in the spring. We have to begin any soil discussion with a reminder to soil test. As you implement ...
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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, ...
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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 ...
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Dry Conditions in 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 ...
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Hurricane Helene’s Effect on Soybean in 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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Dreams a reality with 4-H
https://cfaes.osu.edu/features/dreams-reality-with-4-h
state, national, or even international level.” Kevin O’Reilly with his son’s steer. O’Reilly watching ...