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  1. National Fire Prevention Week is October 8 – 14, 2017

    https://agsafety.osu.edu/newsletter/ag-safety-stat/october-2017/thoughts-editor/national-fire-prevention-week-october-8-%E2%80%93-14

    Dee Jepsen – State Agricultural Safety and Health Leader: At work, at home, on the farm, or in the community… fires do not discriminate where they appear, or what they destroy. The theme for this year’s prevention week is “Every Second Counts: Plan 2 Ways ...

  2. Asiatic Garden Beetles in Northwest Ohio

    https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/asiatic-garden-beetles-northwest-ohio

    We have been monitoring Asiatic garden beetle grubs (AGB, Maladera castanea) in Northwest Ohio ... Northwest Ohio since then. While 2014 remains the worst year for their damage to date, there were isolated ... seen like in previous years.  What could be the cause?  Most of Northern Ohio became cool and wet after ...

  3. Weather outlook

    https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2016-08/weather-outlook

    freeze occurs in mid April in southern Ohio and closer to late April in northern Ohio. It is not uncommon ...

  4. Black Rot

    https://ohiograpeweb.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/ipm/diseases/black-rot

    Black Rot  Black rot is one of the most damaging fungal diseases of grapes in Ohio, especially ... right, Photo courtesy- The Ohio State University).  Spots are two to ten millimeters in diameter and ...

  5. Bt Resistance in Western Corn Rootworm—The 3rd Shoe Has Dropped

    https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/bt-resistance-western-corn-rootworm%E2%80%94-3rd-shoe-has-dropped

    in Duracade traits), without any published reports of resistance. Luckily for Ohio growers, all these ... resistance from occurring in Ohio.  If crop rotation is not possible, the next best alternative is to rotate ... not see a need nor a benefit for combining both soil insecticides with Bt in Ohio. Corn Insects Corn ...

  6. A Survey for Ohio Farmers with On-Farm Grain Storage Facilities

    https://agsafety.osu.edu/newsletter/ag-safety-stat/february-2016/announcements/survey-ohio-farmers-farm-grain-storage

    Ohio farmers are being asked to complete a survey about their current grain handling and storage ... systems. This information will be used to develop future training programs specific for Ohio grain ... (BWC). The aim of this research will help identify safety and health practices used on Ohio farms to help ...

  7. Screening conservation cover seed for the presence of Palmer amaranth- be informed before you plant

    https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/screening-conservation-cover-seed-presence-palmer-amaranth-be-informed

    The three primary sources of new Palmer amaranth infestations in Ohio so far have been:  1) ... contaminated combines from Palmer-infested areas of the south to Ohio; and 3) presence of Palmer seed in seed ... seed mix.  We currently know of at least two sites here in Ohio where Palmer was introduced this way, ...

  8. Predicting leaf development in corn using accumulated heat units

    https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/predicting-leaf-development-corn-using-accumulated-heat-units

    day, GDD) calculation, a grower can estimate what leaf stage of development a particular field is at ...

  9. C.O.R.N. Newsletter 2008-09

    https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletters/2008/09

    is currently being marketed in Ohio called Avail. Avail is a polymer that can be used as a coating ... for average night-time temperatures to drop considerably over the next day or so, with lows in the ... early-planted wheat may already be jointing. Growers, especially in southern Ohio, are concerned that these cold ...

  10. Preventing Sprain/Strain Injuries

    https://agsafety.osu.edu/newsletter/ag-safety-stat/february-2016/injury-prevention/preventing-sprainstrain-injuries

    over 38 percent of all workplace injuries requiring days away from work. Sprain/Strain injuries are ...

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