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  1. Author(s):

    The Southwest Ohio Corn Growers Association, in collaboration with Ohio State University Extension – Fayette County, invites farmers, agronomists, and community members to the 2025 Agronomy Field Day on Tuesday, August 12, from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Fayette County Airport, located at 2770 Old SR 38 NW, Washington Court House, Ohio.

  2. Author(s):

    “Make hay while the sun shines”. How many times have you heard that said throughout the years? We’ve had some sunshine this spring/summer, but making first cutting “dry” hay has really been challenging for most farmers this year. Getting two or more days in a row without rain has been rare in the spring of 2025.

  3. 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.

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    We will be having our annual Agronomy Day this year at the Western Ag. Research Station in South Charleston, Ohio, July 16, 2025.  We will start at 9 a.m. with introductions and then load up the tour wagons to go out to the fields.   Registration will start at 8:30 am with coffee and doughnuts. Certifed Crop Adviser CEU's will be offered.

  5. Photo credit: Claudio Rubione, GROW
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    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.

  6. sorghum sudangrass

    This spring’s wet weather delayed planting of some of our May forages. Combined with a cool June that kept soil temperatures below optimal for many warm-season annual grasses, there have been some questions about late-planting options for forage crops.

  7. field of soybeans

    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.

  8. Season 3, Episode 15 of Battle for the Belt is now available: https://youtu.be/lHtE8krmtAo?si=PAbILS3BdBQzCAUA  

  9. Figure 1. Slug feeding on soybean cotyledon in the field.

    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.

  10. Figure 1. Corn earworm moth. Photo credit: Curtis Young, OSU

    This is our 11th week of monitoring moth pests in Ohio, and we are in our fifth week of monitoring Corn Earworm (CEW) and Western Bean Cutworm (WBC). Monitoring is reported for June 30th through July 6th. Over the past week we experienced a break in the rain and increased temperatures which resulted in low moth numbers for both CEW and WBC were reported. Please read below for more details.

Recent Videos

Episode 144 – Dealing with DON
Agronomy & Farm Management Podcast Episode 144 – Dealing with DON

There is nothing more frustrating than getting rejected at the elevator due to high vomitoxin (aka DON) levels. DON is produced by a fungi produced on the ear and is usually infected at the time of pollination. To give farmers a better perspective of what happens behind the scenes at a grain elevator, we interview 3 grain merchandisers on their process when DON test levels start creeping up. Jason Beckman (Poet (https://poet.com/grain) ), Lisa Mitchell (Gerald Grain (https://www.geraldgrain.com/) ), and Seth Miller (The Anderson (https://www.andersonsinc.com/) ) take us behind the scenes of their operations to look at testing, grain flow and market impacts. We end with some quick reminders about DON management and to check the C.O.R.N. Newsletter (https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/co...) for updates and research on corn fungicide and disease.

Agronomy & Farm Management Podcast Episode 144 – Dealing with DON
Agronomy & Farm Management Podcast Episode 144 – Dealing with DON

There is nothing more frustrating than getting rejected at the elevator due to high vomitoxin (aka DON) levels. DON is produced by a fungi produced on the ear and is usually infected at the time of pollination. To give farmers a better perspective of what happens behind the scenes at a grain elevator, we interview 3 grain merchandisers on their process when DON test levels start creeping up. Jason Beckman (Poet (https://poet.com/grain) ), Lisa Mitchell (Gerald Grain (https://www.geraldgrain.com/) ), and Seth Miller (The Anderson (https://www.andersonsinc.com/) ) take us behind the scenes of their operations to look at testing, grain flow and market impacts. We end with some quick reminders about DON management and to check the C.O.R.N. Newsletter (https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/co...) for updates and research on corn fungicide and disease.

Episode 146 – Agrivoltaics
Agronomy & Farm Management Podcast Episode 146 – Agrivoltaics

Agrivoltaics is combining agriculture and solar energy production. In partnership with Savion Energy, we were awarded a Department of Energy grant to investigate the feasibility of forage production, grazing and impacts on solar health at the Madison Fields solar site near Rosedale, Ohio. In this episode we share the details of the project and what we have learned so far in our first growing season. You can follow along on our progress at Energize Ohio (https://energizeohio.osu.edu/farm-ene...) . To find details on upcoming field days, please visit: https://agcrops.osu.edu/events.

Agronomy & Farm Management Podcast Episode 146 – Agrivoltaics
Agronomy & Farm Management Podcast Episode 146 – Agrivoltaics

Agrivoltaics is combining agriculture and solar energy production. In partnership with Savion Energy, we were awarded a Department of Energy grant to investigate the feasibility of forage production, grazing and impacts on solar health at the Madison Fields solar site near Rosedale, Ohio. In this episode we share the details of the project and what we have learned so far in our first growing season. You can follow along on our progress at Energize Ohio (https://energizeohio.osu.edu/farm-ene...) . To find details on upcoming field days, please visit: https://agcrops.osu.edu/events.

Season 2, Episode 16: Corn Diseases & Ear Rots
Season 2, Episode 16: Corn Diseases & Ear Rots

 

Dr. Pierce Paul from the Department of Plant Pathology discusses corn disease management and ear rots. Learn about a new tool in development to predict the risk of vomitoxin in corn.

Season 2, Episode 16: Corn Diseases & Ear Rots
Season 2, Episode 16: Corn Diseases & Ear Rots

 

Dr. Pierce Paul from the Department of Plant Pathology discusses corn disease management and ear rots. Learn about a new tool in development to predict the risk of vomitoxin in corn.

What's the Beef with Livestock and Soil Health? - March 7, 2024 Soil Health Webinar Series
What's the Beef with Soil Health? Webinar Recorded 3-7-2024

 

 

What's the Beef with Soil Health? Webinar Recorded 3-7-2024
What's the Beef with Soil Health? Webinar Recorded 3-7-2024