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By Ed Lentz, CCA, Steve Culman, Greg LaBarge, CPAg/CCA Many individuals have already applied lime this fall; however, lime can still be applie

By Chris Zoller, Extension Educator, Agriculture and Natural Resources, Tuscarawas County; and Greg LaBarge, Field Specialist, Nutrient Management, Ohio State

Having some time to drive around the county during the Thanksgiving holiday proved that there are still some crops to be harvested. The weather this next w

By Harold Watters and Greg LaBarge, Ohio State University Extension The two most common seedling diseases this year were compaction and Pythium. We overworked the soil, this spring and last spring both, and maybe even last fall. Poor soil structure leads to soil compaction and crusting. I often quote Sjoerd Duiker, agronomist at PennState University, this time I’ll just give you his link: https://extension.psu.edu/soil-crusting.  Pythium is another problem — our seed treatments only work ...

By Harold Watters and Greg LaBarge, Ohio State University Extension With the crappy spring we missed proper burndown timing, pre-emergent herbicide application, and now are working on missing the proper timing for post applications. In 2020 we lost the soybean dicamba products after June 30, and now that is permanent with the new labels. In most years and most scenarios we should be done with soybean spraying by July 1, right. The Ohio, Indiana & Illinois Weed Control Guide is a great resource ...

By Alex Lindsey and Greg LaBarge, Adapted from C.O.R.N. 13-2021 When we examine crop emergence post-planting, two factors can impact speed of emergence — soil moisture content and soil temperatures. If soil temperatures are lower, it can take more calendar days for emergence to occur meaning rowing corn may take a little more time. In the Ohio Agronomy Guide, emergence should begin to occur after approximately 100 air GDDs. A difference in 10 degrees in temperature can dramatically affect how...

By Harold Watters and Greg LaBarge, Ohio State University Extension With planting under way, a couple of reminders. Keep fertilizer application records to confirm you are following your nutrient management plan and to keep tabs on changes that may occur in your soil nutrient levels. This is a reminder of several good sources of weather information that can be used as part of your fertilizer application records. http://weather.gov is the standard, and we have told you about this one in our fert...

By Harold Watters and Greg LaBarge, Ohio State University Extension When maximizing yield is the goal, controlling early season weeds is critical. Managing weed competition is the one pest management decision we make each year in every field. Weeds compete with the crop for available water, nutrients, and light starting at crop emergence. The first bolded statement in the  Ohio, Indiana and Illinois Weed Guide is “Years of research have shown that good weed control within the first 4 to 6 w...

After 25 years, the Tri-State Fertilizer Recommendations for Corn, Soybeans, Wheat, and Alfalfa has been comprehensively updated and is now available. The full version can be downloaded as a free pdf, or a printed copy can be purchased at: https://extensionpubs.osu.edu/search.php?search_query=974&section=product The recommendations are based on more than a decade of field trials evaluating N, P, K, S and micronutrients, including over 300 on-farm trials across 41 Ohio counties. This work con...