Ohio Country Journal

2017 Midwest Crop Tour

Nearly 40 teams of 4 will venture out into the great unknown. As we spider-web our way from Ohio west and from the Dakotas east, covering 80% of the corn and soybean regions of the United States, we will dig a little deeper into the nearly harvest-ready corn fields...

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Soybean aphids showing up

We have heard reports of growers spotting a few soybean aphids in their fields. Finding aphids at this time of year is consistent in the past?we have seen them arrive later and later. We do have a lot of late-planted soybean that are in R4 or R5 stage soybean.Remember...

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2017 Ohio Crop Tour I-75 Day 2

2017 Ohio Crop Tour I-75 Day 2

I-75 Day 1 I-71 Day 1Shelby County corn summary: There was a population of 34,000 with some green snap problems, maybe 5% to 8% damage. Other than that, the corn was healthy and green with no N deficiency. No diseases or insects and ear fill was excellent. We found a...

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Henry County finds H1N2

Monday, August 14, four hogs at the Henry County Fair were diagnosed with H1N2 influenza. No human illness has been reported in conjunction with this finding. The health department and area doctors have been notified.?On Sunday four hogs began showing symptoms...

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