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This online course will help those aspiring to become Certified Crop Advisers prepare for the program's required exams. The self-paced course covers fundamental crop production concepts included in the local and International Certified Crop Adviser exam.

Have you heard someone mention that they’ve been zapping weeds and wondered what they’re talking about? Electrical weed management, also known as weed electrocution or weed zapping, is a new approach to managing weeds by passing an electrical current through the plant, causing cell rupture and death. This is a non-selective, non-chemical weed management tactic that can be integrated with other practices to tackle difficult to manage weeds, including weeds showing resistance to herbicides.

As soybeans across Ohio progress through V5, R1, and R3 growth stages, now is a great opportunity for growers to walk their fields and scout for early symptoms of disease and other abnormalities. At these stages, fields are still relatively easy to walk through, making it an ideal time to observe plant health and collect soil samples for soybean cyst nematode (SCN) testing.

Our eighth slug update covers monitoring from June 30th to July 6th. During this time, there were 12 counties that monitored a total of 90 shingle traps. Slug counts were similar to last week. The highest average slug count in a county was 2.2 slugs in Seneca county. Slug shingle monitoring in Ohio is funded by the United Soybean Board.