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C.O.R.N. Newsletter: 2019-10

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Crop Observation and Recommendation Network

C.O.R.N. Newsletter is a summary of crop observations, related information, and appropriate recommendations for Ohio crop producers and industry. C.O.R.N. Newsletter is produced by the Ohio State University Extension Agronomy Team, state specialists at The Ohio State University and the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center (OARDC). C.O.R.N. Newsletter questions are directed to Extension and OARDC state specialists and associates at Ohio State.

  1. Improving Conditions for May

    Author(s):

    After a cool and wet period for April as expected we still expect a turn toward warmer weather for May along with more normal rainfall.

  2. Dealing with Winter Injured Forage Stands

    Author(s): Mark Sulc

    I’ve been hearing more reports from around the state of winter injured forage stands, especially in alfalfa.

  3. Establishing New Forage Stands

    Author(s): Mark Sulc

    This month provides one of the two preferred times to seed perennial cool-season forages, the other being late summer.

  4. Corn Management Practices for Later Planting Dates – Changes to Consider

    Author(s): Peter Thomison, Steve Culman

    As prospects for a timely start to spring planting diminish, growers need to reassess

  5. It’s All About the Weed Seedbank – Part 1: Where Has All the Marestail Gone?

    Author(s): Mark Loux

    For the second year in a row, we are scrounging to find enough marestail at the OARDC Western Ag Station to conduct the research we had planned on this weed.  After years of having

  6. NW Ohio Producers Can Get Paid for Growing Perennial Forage

    Author(s): Mark Sulc

    The Ohio Department of Agriculture recently announced a new conservation program entitled the "Ohio Working Lands Buffer Program" to establish year-round vegetative

  7. OARDC Branch Station Near-Surface Air and Soil Temperatures

    Author(s): Aaron Wilson, Greg LaBarge, CPAg/CCA

    We are once again providing soil temperatures in the C.O.R.N. Newsletter