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Online Ohio Certified Crop Adviser Pre-Exam Course Now Available
Are you interested in becoming a Certified Crop Adviser (CCA), but are intimidated by the exams? You should consider attending the Ohio CCA Pre-Exam Preparation Course offered by Ohio State University Extension. This online course will be available May 16 ...
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Alfalfa is Ready to Harvest in Ohio
https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2022-14/alfalfa-ready-harvest-ohio
Ohio’s spring had a cold start but has rapidly turned the corner to persist warmer temperatures. Many of Ohio’s pure alfalfa stands are ready to be harvested for high-quality feed. As alfalfa field observations are being made across the state, educators a ...
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Forage Harvest Management to Speed Drying and Store High Quality Forage
First cutting should be taken very soon to achieve high quality forage, as seen by some of the estimated NDF levels in standing alfalfa crops around the state. Keep in mind that for dairy quality hay, alfalfa should be stored near 40% NDF and grass hay cr ...
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CFAES Ag Weather System 2022 Near-Surface Air and Soil Temperatures/Moisture (Update 7- Final)
Figure 1: Daily average air temperature (dashed red), two-inch (green) and four-inch (blue) soil temperatures for spring 2022. Current daily average soil temperatures are noted for each location. Soil type and location of measurements (under sod or bare s ...
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Cooler (not cold) and Active Weather Week Ahead
Summary Climatologically, the monthly average temperature for April 2022 in Ohio was near the long-term mean, ranked as the 51 st coolest April on record (1895-2022) and 42 nd driest. More recently, temperatures through the first half of May are running 1 ...
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First Cutting of Alfalfa and Grasses Has Begun
Last week we alerted Ohio producers that alfalfa and grass forages were at or quickly approaching the time for harvesting high quality forage. This last week producers began taking advantage of the breaks in rain and getting some first cutting done. We ob ...
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Low Head Scab Risk Across Ohio: A May 23 Update
Wheat is, or will soon be, flowering in parts of central and northern Ohio. After a relatively slow start to the season, several days of warm weather caused the crop to advance, reaching anthesis (Feekes 10.5.1) a few days earlier than usual in some locat ...
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Weather Update: Unofficial Start to Summer Cools off by Week’s End
https://agcrops.osu.edu/2022-16/weather-update-unofficial-start-summer-cools-week%E2%80%99s-end
May 2022 was a wet month for the state of Ohio! CoCoRaHS observations show widespread 5-10” of rain fell across southern Ohio with lighter amounts across the north, east, and southeast (Figure 1). Observers west of Cincinnati, Circleville, and Washingto ...
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Watch for Slug Damage on Seedling Plants
https://agcrops.osu.edu/2022-16/watch-slug-damage-seedling-plants
Cool, wet conditions have been the perfect weather to favor slug populations. Slugs are able to eat many types of plants, and even in fields that haven’t been sown yet slugs can successfully feed on weeds. Late planting may cause more slug headaches tha ...
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Head Scab Risk has Increased Across Ohio
https://agcrops.osu.edu/2022-16/head-scab-risk-has-increased-across-ohio
Due largely to rainfall, high relative humidity, and warmer temperatures over the last several days, the risk for head scab is now moderate across most of the state of Ohio, and high across the south. The risk is low in NW Ohio. This would be the time to ...