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1. Crops Surge Ahead With Spring's 80-degree Temps

   control.  You do need to determine what the return potential is of making an herbicide application.  A thin ... be cutting hay next week and they are seeing wheat begin to head.  Being further north, we are still ... seed.  When we do dry up enough to stay in the fields, there could be a lot of catching up to do. As we ...

2. Battle for the Belt: Season 3, Episode 5: Weather and Planting Update

   conditions allow. This location is scheduled to be planted every two weeks. Table 1. Precipitation, soil ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVYGuSdz2Vw&list=PLYlh_BdeqniI74ycivSl_yVOjWJjdjg2X&index=7 When will we be able to plant? That’s the question on many farmers’ minds as we head into late ... April and early May. In Episode 5 of Battle for the Belt, we get an update on weather conditions from ...

3. Battle for the Belt: Season 3, Episode 4: Ultra – Early Soybean Planting & Weed Control

   enough (Table 3). This location needs about twenty more growing degree days for emergence to occur. Corn ... practice that needs careful consideration is weed control. In ultra-early planting situations, we often see ... resulting in more competition from weeds. Weeds, such as giant ragweed, can grow more quickly than soybean, ...

4. Forage Maturity Across Ohio

   in head within a week, even though they do not look tall enough to be in head. Winter annual cereal ... increase about 5 percentage units each week. Therefore, it is imperative for growers to be monitoring their ... northern part of the state, barnyard grass is in head. Most are still in the vegetative stage but will be ...

5. Wheat Management for Spring 2025

   is another important growth stage for making fungicide applications for foliar disease management, ... other labeled herbicides. This is also a good stage to begin scouting for foliar diseases. Feekes ... commonly referred to as ‘jointing.’ Above this node is the head or spike, which is being pushed upwards. To ...

6. National 4-H Week

   exceptional youth organization, this week is also an opportunity to celebrate what 4-H does in communities ... Week began as an outgrowth of WWII, when a 4-H leader from Ohio rallied state-wide 4-H’ers to help ... amplifying the 4-H mission: preparing youth to be Beyond Ready for life and career. Eighty years strong, 4-H ...

7. Peak Alfalfa Weevil Activity

   We took another jump in growing degree days (GDD) this week and are seeing the response from ... of writing this (Jan. 1 – May 5), heat units range from 618 in southcentral Ohio to 337 in northeast ... Ohio. Figure 1. Map of accumulated growing degree days (base 48°F sine calculation method) for January ...

8. Battle for the Belt: Season 3, Episode 6: What is Battle for the Belt 2.0?

   two (April 16-17) are out of the ground for both crops. Corn is currently at growth stage V1 while ... planting date completed (April 18), and we are waiting for the soil to dry to be able to plant the second ... corn and VE for planting date two (April 18), with soybean, planting dates one and two have been ...

9. Alumni Career Spotlight: Rachel Coy

   someone who is still in college and hoping to do what you do? Classes give you the knowledge, but you NEED ... expert you started as and will gain applicable knowledge with every passing day. It is okay to not know ... biologist with them and the Ohio Division of Wildlife. Every day is slightly different as I am spread out ...

10. The Art (and Science) of Letting Go: Mastering Delegation for Better Results

    true—at least for certain activities and tasks—what we can accomplish as individuals is finite. And ... recognize the need to delegate, they often ask, “What should I delegate?” Overwhelmed managers may try to do ... benefit from investing in systems or support staff to offload them. In fact, it is worth investigating ...

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