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OSU researchers receive grant to advance aerial crop disease detection
Drone project receives a Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Grant. Aerial drones will scout, track and — ideally — prevent crop diseases in a study conducted by Ohio State University and supported by...
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Inversion, drift mitigation tackled at upcoming workshop
Farmers and pesticide applicators are encouraged to attend free workshop on Dec. 14. Recognizing weather conditions that could cause inversions is important when using certain herbicides in corn and...
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OFB Foundation awards $20,700 to support Ohio ag
The next application cycle is from Jan. 1 to April 30. Ohio Farm Bureau Foundation is supporting Ohio agriculture with five grants totaling $20,700 to organizations and local communities. The...
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Bringing the past into the present
This Old Barn: Bear’s Mill, built in 1849, is brought back to be operational today in Greenville, Ohio. Darke County, Ohio, is home to Bear’s Mill. It is a supreme example of old-world technology and...
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Ohio Farm Bureau to celebrate centennial
Event’s theme is “Celebrating our Past, Creating our Future.” Ohio Farm Bureau will hold its 100th annual meeting Thursday and Friday in Columbus. The centennial event’s theme is “Celebrating our...
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Irradiation not as scary as food poisoning
The Back 40: This food safety practice has been used on food in the United States since 1963. Food packages are crowded with labels these days, but there’s one label I wish I saw more often. It’s the...
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Company founded on applying manure with precision
Slideshow: M&W Farm Supply hauls about 550 tons of manure out of poultry barns every day. Sometimes it’s easy to spot fields where solid manure has just been spread because of the uneven chunks...
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Biodiesel proponents question Commerce Department decision
3 orgs ask Trump for 'comprehensive' review of U.S. trade duties on Argentine biodiesel companies. The National Biodiesel Board, the American Soybean Association and the National Renderers Association...
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History behind CCA program
Ask A CCA: Program has had 25 years of success in Ohio. By Harold WattersSeveral years ago there was a group of us waiting for the proctors to give the go-ahead to open a test booklet. Many of us had...
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Who owns abandoned or lost property?
Country Counsel: How the law applies depends heavily upon the facts. We have all been driving down the road and have seen an item set out at the end of the driveway. Obviously, the homeowner no longer...
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Brothers take ‘no holds barred’ approach to pigweeds in soybeans
Glyphosate-resistant Palmer amaranth has been relatively late arriving in Louisiana. Until recently, farmers in the state haven’t seen problems with the fast-growing weed that can produce 500,000 seeds...
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Arkansas corn grower Scott Young manages risks with DEKALB Disease Shield
Scott Young has always understood how to take advantage of available protection, whether he was on the football field or growing a healthy, high-yielding corn crop. DEKALB Disease Shield products...
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Here’s how to identify cotton diseases
Several cotton diseases may exhibit similar symptomsLooks can be deceiving.Take target spot in cotton, for instance. Distinctive symptoms include irregular concentric lesions. That might not be...
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2018 Rohwer Field Day: Soybean taproot decline; ag drones
Soybean taproot decline mystery unraveled by plant pathologists in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi.Superb sleuthing among plant pathologists in three Mid-South states helped track down the culprit...
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Old peanut fungicides deserve a second look
Peanut fungicide selection is more complicated today.The heart of the peanut disease season lies in the heat and humidity of August. Though the sparks that flare leaf spot, white mold and damage from...
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Tim White: Louisiana consultant/cotton farmer
Farmers in several of the parishes in east central Louisiana have a valuable resource in veteran consultant Tim White.If a farmer has a crop consultant he trusts, it can be almost as valuable as a...
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Southern rust arrives in cornfields
Slideshow: Photos help identify southern rust and avoid confusion with look-alikes.The University of Missouri Plant Diagnostic Clinic confirmed that southern rust was present in a sample collected from...
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Second Arkansas Soybean College set for Aug. 8
The Soybean College will be limited to 130 participants because organizers want fairly small groups at each of the stops.The second Arkansas Soybean College is set for Aug. 8 at the Newport Research...
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Drought conditions limiting disease pressure in Louisiana row crops
Drought has hampered crop growth for many Louisiana farmers but the upside is less disease pressure.Louisiana farmers got a little rain in mid-June but may still be concerned about drought conditions,...
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Hot, dry conditions reduce plant disease pressure in Louisiana
One upside to recent dry conditions in Louisiana is farmers are experiencing the least amount of disease pressure they’ve witnessed in years.Louisiana farmers may be stressing a bit over drought...
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