Results from Marion County have been added to the 2018 Ohio Soybean Performance Trials pdf: https://stepupsoy.osu.edu/soybean-production/variety-selection/ohio-soybean-performance-trial

In Marion County, the early soybean trial (2.5-3.3 RM) yielded 37.3-68.1 bu/acre (average of 57.2 bu/acre). The late soybean trial (3.4-4.1 RM) yielded 41.4-66.7 bu/acre (average of 56.1 bu/acre).

Let’s face it – we’ve had historic rains in parts of Ohio during 2018 and we are now observing many late season issues that come with this.  Seed quality is one of them and the symptoms or warning signs that there could be issues are on the stems.  The stems in some fields are heavily colonized with a mix of disease pathogens that cause Anthracnose, Cercospora, and pod and stem blight (Figure 1).  The bottom line is that all of these diseases can be better managed with higher levels of resistance but ultimately during 2018 – we had a perfect storm, lower levels of resistance combined with h

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The annual Northwest Ohio Corn & Soybean Day is scheduled for Friday, January 19th in Founders Hall at Sauder Village in Archbold from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The program has a variety of speakers, a farmer/retailer re-certification credits and nearly 30 exhibitors sharing information on management practices for the 2018 crop production season. This year’s Corn/Soybean Day offers the three-hour Pesticide applicator re-certification (CORE, 1, 2, 6) plus one hour of re-certification for fertilizer applicators (15) as well as 4 hours of Certified Crop Advisor (CCA) credits.