23
Jun
2016
As wheat harvest approaches, there are a few important things to keep in mind. First, we want to harvest wheat after the dough stage has passed. You can determine if your wheat is past this stage by threshing a wheat head in your hand and placing the seed either in your mouth or between your fingernail and forefinger. If the wheat is past the dough stage, it will be firm and not easily torn in two.
Categories: PFR, PFR Reports
Tags: Practical Farm Research, Agronomy, Wheat Harvest, Ohio Agronomy, PFR, PFR Report, Alexandra Knight, double crop soybeans
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With an increase in technologies available and the fact that farmers are often using more than one, it has become difficult to keep track of where our technologies and varieties are planted. Spray misapplications have become more common. This has led individuals from the University of Arkansas to develop and promote the program “Flag the Technology.”
Tags: Practical Farm Research, Agronomy, Ohio Agronomy, PFR, PFR Report, Alexandra Knight, yellowing corn, Flagging Technology, Spray Misapplications
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By this point in the season, farmers are looking to control weeds that have emerged following a break in residual activity. When making a weed control plan, there are several things to keep in mind. Check out the video below to learn more.
Tags: soybeans, Practical Farm Research, Agronomy, Giant Ragweed, Marestail, Ohio Agronomy, PFR, PFR Report, Alexandra Knight, Post weed control, common lambsquarter, herbicides
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A hot topic for farmers throughout Ohio is soybean planting populations. After the mid-May planting period, we recommend that farmers increase plant populations by 10,000 to 15,000 each week past May 15.
Tags: Practical Farm Research, Agronomy, Ohio Agronomy, PFR, PFR Report, Alexandra Knight, FROST DAMAGE, SOYBEAN PLANTING POPULATION