Managing Marestail This Spring – The Perfect Storm? By: Mark Loux   This spring is shaping up to be one where marestail control problems abound, based on the following: a) not many fields were treated with herbicide last fall due to wet weather and the late harvest.  Fall treatment results in a field free of overwintered marestail in spring, which takes the pressure off spring burndown treatments – they just… Read More

The Ohio Soybean Council Foundation (OSCF) is pleased to announce the scholarship recipients for the 2015-2016 academic year. This is the eighth year for the OSCF Scholarship Program, which was created to encourage undergraduate students to pursue degrees in one of the many academic fields that support the future of the soybean industry including agriculture, business, communication, economics, education, science and technology, as well as to support ongoing graduate-level research. Undergraduate scholarships of $3,000 each… Read More

Members of the committees overseeing agriculture in the Ohio Senate and the Ohio House of Representatives were working overtime last week to work out their differences. Each chamber has passed their version of a bill that will change the way nitrogen, phosphorus, and manure are applied in the western basin of Lake Erie. Senate Bill 1 has received a second hearing in the House Agriculture and Rural Development Committee and is listed for a possible… Read More

Last week, AgriPulse and other news media outlets reported that the Federal Crop Insurance program is likely to come under attack. Senator Jeff Flake (R-AZ) told AgriPulse he had a number of amendments to introduce to cut the program. Not all in the Senate agree with Senator Flake. Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown’s staff was one of many from the Ohio delegation that met with Congress last week during the annual March Capitol Hill visit. Senator… Read More

Highlighted in the Spring Magazine were a few top diseases and pests that affect Ohio crops. Continue reading to find the full lists provided by OSU researchers Dr. Anne Dorrance and Dr. Andy Michel. OHIO’S TOP 10 YIELD BUSTERS According to OSU’s Dr. Anne Dorrance, an internationally recognized expert in soybean diseases, the top 10 crop diseases in the state are: 1) Phytophthora sojae – P. sojae is a killer, plain and simple. When susceptible… Read More