By Matt Hutcheson, CCA, Associate Agronomist, Seed Consultants, Inc. What a difference a year makes! According to a recent USDA crop progress report, as of May 20, 94% of Ohio’s corn crop was planted and 74% of the state’s soybeans were in the ground — a big difference compared to last year when almost nothing [...]

Jeff Rectenwald
, CCA, Territory Agronomist for Asgrow/Dekalb Now is a good time to be evaluating corn and soybean stands for plant populations, inter-row plant spacing, and seedling plant health. It takes about 100 growing degree units (GDU) before corn will emerge. While in the field, be on the lookout for black cutworms and bean leaf [...]

By Dave Scheiderer, Integrated Ag Services Now is the time to take a close look at your wheat crop. Most of the wheat in central Ohio is nearing complete flag leaf emergence (Feekes 9). This is the critical growth stage to determine the need for a fungicide application to control leaf diseases. Integrated Ag Services [...]

By Mike Kavanaugh, AgriGold Agronomy Manager   As the first significant cold front of the 2012 growing season passes through, many questions are arising concerning the fate of planted corn in the case of near or below freezing temperatures. With such a warm, early spring, many acres have been planted throughout the central and southern [...]

By John Brien, AgriGold agronomist Planting corn is a race against time — trying to cover all of the acres in a very narrow window. Because of the time crunch, planting is often seen as just another operation that needs to be completed quickly, when in all actuality, planting is the single most important operation [...]

By Kirk Reese, Agronomy Research Manager, Pioneer Hi-Bred International When considering corn planting for 2012, one certainty is that the growing season will be different than past growing seasons. However, there are some tactics, including planting at the proper depth, that will help overcome weather challenges in the crop. Corn planting depth is easily measured [...]