Episode 22 of Battle for the Belt is now available: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5fm8Xf0bD4
In this episode, we are at the Ag Crop Teams area of Farm Science Review with Extension Educators Amanda Douridas and Grant Davis discussing the agronomic demonstration plots!
Come out and visit us at the AgCrops Team tent during the Farm Science Review September 17th to 19th! There are several talks planned and agronomic demonstrations.
The Tailgate Talks this year will be:
Tuesday, September 17th at 3:00 pm: Weed Management
Wednesday, September 18th at 3:00 pm: Battle for the Belt – Corn vs. Soybean
Thursday, September 19th at 2:00 pm: Inter-seeding Cover Crops with a Drone
There are many research trials that are demonstrated by the AgCrops Team to bring research from around the state to you!
Some demonstrations that you can look forward to this year include Battle for the Belt, a roller crimper demonstration, corn biostimulants, fertilizer, corn disease, cover crop seeding, cover crop variety, and cover crop termination methods.
Battle for the Belt is a corn and soybean planting date priority study. The roller crimper demonstration evaluates crimping cereal rye cover crops at anthesis compared to a pre-plant termination. The corn plots consist of on-seed biostimulants and fertilizer additives. Cover crop seeding methods demonstrated are cover crop establishment methods, consisting of UAV applied, drilled, and broadcasted seeding. Another demonstration evaluates how different types of cover crops control weeds with different applied herbicides to compare control methods. There are also weed and insect identification activities planned.!
Come out and see us at the Ag Crops Tent! Many educators and specialists are there to talk all things agronomy, answer questions, and guide you through the plots. See you there!
To purchase tickets for the Farm Science Review for $10.00 presale at Home | Farm Science Review (osu.edu) or $15 at the gate.
What’s happening in the field?
This past week, Western and Northwest did not get any rain, while Wooster received 0.1 inch. Our research locations are drying out, similar to other regions around the state. However, to this point, our plots have not shown visual signs of stress yet. Disease continues to be a non-issue at the three locations in both crops. Tar spot only has a severity of about 5% at the dent stage in corn at the Western location.
Western
This past week at the Western location, the first planting date of soybeans finally entered R6 or full seed. The seed will begin to turn yellow and dry down. The second planting date is in R5 as well as planting date three and four. The fifth planting date is at R4.
In corn, planting date one and two both have hybrids reaching R6 but not all relative maturities in these planting dates are at R6, so on average it is at R5. Planting date three is at R5, planting date four is at R4, and planting date five is at R1 and beginning grain fill. With dry conditions, corn at R1 is the most susceptible if dry conditions continue.
Northwest
At the northwest location in soybean, planting dates one through four are all at R5 (Figure 1). Planting date five is at R4. The corn with 100-day relative maturity in planting date one is reaching R5 or dent but the rest of the hybrids are at R4 for this planting date (Figure 2). Planting date two is also at R4. Planting date three is on average at R1 but this planting date is the least uniform in stage with ranges in these plots between R1 and R3. This field has some variability caused by the early season water logging. Planting dates four and five are at R1. Similarly to the Western site, corn at the R1 stage is the most susceptible to water stress if dry conditions continue.
Wooster
At the Wooster location, soybeans are similar to the northwest location, planting date one through four are at R5. Planting date five is at R4. In corn planting date one and two are at R5, planting date three is at R4, planting date four is at R2 and planting date five reached R1. Overall, this location has had more precipitation than Western and Nortwest in the past few weeks. From August 1 to August 25, Wooster had 4.8 inches of rain. On the other hand, Northwest and Western only had about 2.2 inches in the same period.
The summary of locations, last week’s weather, planting dates, GDDs and stages is presented in Table 1.
