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Title: Drought Intensifies But Wet Weather Tries
fueling crop and soil moisture loss, numerous field fires, and continued poor pasture conditions. As of ... temperatures will be a bit cooler this week, with highs in the 70s and 80s and lows mainly in the 60s. The ... averages include a high-temperature range of 72-75°F, a low-temperature range of 51-54°F, and weekly total ...
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Wheat Planting When The Soil Is Dry
https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2024-32/wheat-planting-when-soil-dry
For the germination process to begin, wheat seeds need to imbibe (take in) water. With dry soil ... was greatest when we planted between the county’s Hessian fly-safe date and about 2.5 weeks after the ... but only by 10-15% compared to the optimum planting date timeframe. This year, with dry soil, farmers ...
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Lep Monitoring Network – Spike in Numbers: Fall Armyworm Update # 22
week, individual trap counts are still high in some select counties. If FAW reports surpass an average ... Averages and Scouting The statewide average for FAW this past week dipped slightly from 50.6 for the week ... crops. The FAW is a tropical pest and therefore not native to Ohio as it overwinters in warm soil in the ...
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Manure Application to Parched Soil
https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2024-32/manure-application-parched-soil
producers applying manure to farm fields need to take extra caution to prevent liquid manure following soil ... cracks to field tile Preferential flow is when liquid manure follows soil cracks, worm holes, and ... notorious for soil cracks. In these instances, tillage is considered the best management practice before ...
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Battle for the Belt: Season 2, Episode 25 – Use of Audio Recorders to Monitor Insect Activity
relationship between honey bees and soybean plants. During flowering, soybean plants provide an abundant nectar ... activities in the field. They have tested many different methods such as observation, netting, and pin ... traps. Currently, they are testing an audio recorder to document bee activities in the soybean fields ...
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Lep Monitoring Network – Fall Armyworm Update and Last Week of Corn Earworm Reports # 19
our 4 th week reporting on the fall armyworm (FAW), with numbers remaining high in certain counties. ... with the highest averages are Sandusky (125), Van Wert (36.1) and Wayne (15.0) (Figure 1). The fall ... a tropical pest that overwinters in warm soil in the southern US. Since this is a sporadic pest, infestations ...
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Lep Monitoring Network – Spike in Numbers: Fall Armyworm Update # 23
feed, it only feeds in the larval stage. This time of the year, egg masses will be few and far between ...
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Cover Crop ‘Til You Drop Field Day Wrap-Up
results, and the interaction between cover crops and water quality and soil health. The event keynote ... speaker was Dr. Manbir Rakkar, new Extension State Specialist and Associate Professor for soil health and ... soil fertility. The team could not have put on this event without assistance from Cargill, The Nature ...
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Dry Conditions in Corn – Implications and Recommendations
western and northern Ohio, are still okay given good soil moisture levels below the surface from past ... as of August 20, 2024. Source: droughtmonitor.unl.edu. Drought and High Temperature Effects Corn ... day. The corn water use rate between dough and dent stage is estimated at about 0.20-0.24 inches per ...
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Ohio Bakes Under the Late August Sun
https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2024-30/ohio-bakes-under-late-august-sun
in once again, with highs in the 60s and 70s over the weekend, with lows back in the 40s and 50 ... above average. Many locations throughout the week set daily records, with highs of 95-100°F. Rainfall ... a record low level and the least amount of flow since 1930 according to the USGS. To view local reports or ...