CFAES Give Today
Agronomic Crops Network

Ohio State University Extension

CFAES
Corn
Soybean
Wheat
Forages
Soil & Water Management

Home

C.O.R.N. Newsletter : 2025-17

June 9 - June 15, 2025
Editor(s): Sarah Noggle

  1. Battle for the Belt: Season 3, Episode 11: June Weather Update

    Author(s):
    Maria Kessler, Laura Lindsey, Osler Ortez, Aaron Wilson, Taylor Dill, Diego Miranda

    Season 3, Episode 11 of Battle for the Belt is now available

    In Episode 11 of Battle for the Belt, we get a June weather update from Dr. Aaron Wilson, OSU Extension Ag Weather & Climate Field Specialist and State Climatologist of Ohio.  

    More...

  2. Lep Monitoring Network Update #7 – Corn earworm and Western Bean Cutworm

    Author(s):
    Trevor Mullen, Rosalind Holt-Frank, Evan Hodkinson, Amy Raudenbush, Nic Baumer, JD Bethel, Trevor Corboy, Mary Jo Hassen, Seth Kannberg, Garth McDorman, Jordan Penrose, Beth Scheckelhoff, Mike Sunderman, Kyle Verhoff, Jacob Winters, Andy Michel, Kelley Tilmon

    It is our 7th week of monitoring moth pests in Ohio, and this week we will no longer be reporting on BCW and AMW because we are switching gears to start monitoring for the corn earworm (CEW) and Western bean cutworm (WBC). To monitor these pests, we will be using green bucket traps (similar to the traps we used for BCW and AMW). These pests are monitored starting the week of June 1st and will continue through the week of August 4th for WBC and August 18th for CEW. For our first report, we saw low numbers of CEW and no WBC.

    More...

  3. Statewide Slug Monitoring Project – Update # 4

    Author(s):
    Trevor Mullen, Rosalind Holt-Frank, Evan Hodkinson, Amy Raudenbush, John Barker, Nic Baumer, Amanda Barnum, Amanda Bennett, Pressley Buurma, Ken Ford, Seth Kannberg, Dean Kreager, Alan Leininger, Clifton Martin, CCA, Kendra Rose, Jocelyn Ruble, Clint Schroeder, Ryan Slaughter, Jacob Winters, Tracy Winters, Ted Wiseman, Kelley Tilmon

    Our fourth slug report covers monitoring from June 2nd to June 8th. During this time, we had 18 counties monitoring a total of 143 shingle traps. Because of the rain and cold temperatures, many fields have not been planted, and our slug numbers are low compared to last year. Our highest slug average over the past week was 5.8, which was an outlier from the statewide average of 0.8 slugs per trap.

    More...

  4. June Considerations When Using the Prevented Planting Option

    Author(s):
    Eric Richer, CCA, Dr. Carl Zulauf, Aaron Wilson

    Note: This is a revised, re-post of an article originally written for www.ohioagmanager.osu.edu on May 29, 2025.

    More...

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

 

Â