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  1. First Cutting of Alfalfa and Grasses Has Begun

    https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2022-15/first-cutting-alfalfa-and-grasses-has-begun

    Last week we alerted Ohio producers that alfalfa and grass forages were at or quickly approaching ... however, the height of alfalfa is the main driver of %NDF and not maturity stage. Some fields were ... classes, there was a great article written two weeks ago and can be found  here (scroll down on the page). ...

  2. First Cutting of Forages

    https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2014-13/first-cutting-forages

    about upon us. Orchardgrass was just beginning to shoot a head in central Ohio last Friday. The alfalfa ... feed, such as for lactating dairy cows, pure grass stands should be harvested in the late boot stage ... just before the heads start to peek out. So for orchardgrass in the central and southern half of Ohio ...

  3. Cold Weather and Wheat Injury

    https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2015-10/cold-weather-and-wheat-injury

    Last week, temperatures in northern Ohio dipped below freezing prompting some concerns about ... possible injury to the wheat crop. The effect of cold weather depends on the wheat growth stage. Maximum ... jointing when the growing point is above the soil surface. Currently in Ohio, most wheat is between the ...

  4. Is It Too Early to Apply Nitrogen to Wheat?----Yes

    https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2021-05/it-too-early-apply-nitrogen-wheat-yes

    loss, ammonium sulfate the least, and urea would be somewhere between the two other sources. Ohio ... amounts of N until stem elongation/jointing (Feekes Growth Stage 6), which is generally the middle or the ... end of April depending on the location in the state and spring temperature. Ohio research has shown no ...

  5. Identifying Feekes Growth Stages 7 and 8

    https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2015-11/identifying-feekes-growth-stages-7-and-8

    Feekes growth stage 6.  5- After locating the two nodes, count the number of leaves that are on or above ...  the lower half of the stem; 4- Now look for the presence of two nodes – one should be between 1.5 and ... your wheat is at Feekes growth stage 7. 5.2. If there are three leaves fully emerged and the tip of the ...

  6. Battle for the Belt: Episode 20

    https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2023-24/battle-belt-episode-20

    planting date five at V6. For soybeans the stages of planting date one, two, three, four, and five are as ... and five stages are R1, V16, V13, and V8. The soybeans stages for planting date one, two, three, four, ... Northwest are in reproductive stages. At the Wooster location, for corn, planting date one has started to ...

  7. Late season diseases are making their appearance

    https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/late-season-diseases-are-making-their-appearance

    fields where SDS occurs in Ohio, also have high SCN populations.  These two culprits often appear ... Sudden death syndrome.  I was scouting the sudden death syndrome study and symptoms have started.  ... is a fungal disease of soybean and is limited to a few locations in Ohio.  Interestingly, these ...

  8. CORN SILAGE HARVEST TIMING

    https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2014-28/corn-silage-harvest-timing

    exhibited a poor relationship between kernel milk-line stage and whole-plant % dry matter. In Ohio we have ... or bunker silos. Full dent stage happens about 40 days after silking in Ohio. For sealed ... some parts of Ohio with earlier planting dates. Proper harvest timing is critical because it ensures ...

  9. Harvest Timing Affects Winter Annual Forage Yield and Quality

    https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2022-11/harvest-timing-affects-winter-annual-forage-yield-and-quality

    the Ohio State University agricultural research stations in Fremont and Jackson Ohio, allowing us to ... capture two very different growing conditions each year. We are evaluating cereal rye, triticale, barley, ... boot and a delayed harvest at Feekes 10.5 (flowering stage). Figure one shows the growth stages of ...

  10. Wheat Crop Update: The Crop May be Further Along Than You Think

    https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2014-11/wheat-crop-update-crop-may-be-further-along-you-think

    fungicide application at the current growth stage is unlikely to be beneficial. Results from our studies ... crop to be behind what is considered to be normal in Ohio at this time of year. The current growth ... stage is between Feekes 4 and Feekes 6. However, the exact growth stage cannot be determined just by ...

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