Agronomy and Farm Management

Dr. Anne Dorrance, Professor in the Department of Plant Pathology with The Ohio State University, discusses concerns with soybean seedling disease as wet weather continues across Ohio and creates difficult growing conditions. We talk about telling the difference between disease and flooding damage and touch on some other diseases including what might come up later in the season and the increasing presence of Soybean Cyst Nematode.

For more information, visit: u.osu.edu/osusoybeandisease.

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Dr. Laura Lindsey, Assistant Professor in the Department of Horticulture and Crop Science with The Ohio State University, provides agronomic advice on growing wheat in Ohio. You can visit her webpage at setupsoy.osu.edu.

The new Small Grains Initiative provides incentives for farmers in the Lake Erie watershed to plant more small grains. Kirk Hines, Chief of the Division of Soil and Water Conservation, discusses details on the initiative along with a couple of other programs. The article by Glen Arnold on topdressing wheat can be found at: agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2019-05/topdressing-wheat-liquid-swine-manure.

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Dr. Alex Lindsey, Assistant Professor in the Department of Horticulture and Crop Science with The Ohio State University, has been studying the effects of different weather conditions on corn. With recent weather conditions, one major concern addresses is corn survival after flooded conditions.

Alex shares results from two years and multiple sites where nitrogen was applied to corn after it was flooded for different lengths of time and how it recovered. He also talks about studies simulating hail and lodging damage.

Look for more information in coming articles in the CORN Newsletter at corn.osu.edu.

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