Pesticide Recertification Coming Up

For those of you needing to renew your private pesticide applicator license, the Coshocton County Extension office will hold trainings on the following dates:

• Wednesday, February 4 from 6 to 9:30 p.m.
• Friday, February 6 from 1 to 4:30 p.m.

For more information, visit http://coshocton.osu.edu.

Harvest underway...

Silos are still being topped off and soybean and corn harvest has started throughout the county.

Soybeans are probably close to being half harvested while corn is just in the very beginning...A lot of producers are starting with those cornfields that were wind-damaged.

Double-cropped beans are looking good, haven't seen much winter wheat going in yet though.

Gearing up and starting harvest...

Harvest in the county is just getting underway. For the most part, silos are topped off and a couple of producers have started running beans. I haven't seen any corn shelled in the county yet, but there has been some harvested in nearby Muskingum County.

Producers who have corn down on their farm might be concerned with mold - check out this week's CORN newsletter for information on this topic.

Coshocton County in "okay" shape...

From the sounds and looks of things, Coshocton County's crops are doing okay heading into harvest season - especially compared to others across the state.

Last week I wrapped up all of my insect scouting...here's a recap of what I found.

Western Bean Cutworm (WBC): none found this year (thankfully), learn more about WBC

Western Corn Rootworm (WCR): 56 total trapped, not even close to threshold, make sure you're planting rootworm resistant varieties, learn more about WCR

European Corn Borer (ECB): many, many trapped, we stopped counting...of course, we pretty much knew they were here, but Extension hadn't officially documented them, just be sure you're planting resistant or transgenic varieties, learn more about ECB

More rain last week was helpful...

Last week's inch or so of rain was appreciated across the county. Sounds like most everyone east of I 71 got a good drenching rain and if the weather forecast holds true, we'll get more toward the end of the week.

Not much to report on the crop side other than what I've noted earlier...

A little rain, but not enough...

Parts of Coshocton County got a little wet yesterday (my house had only a couple tenths of an inch in the rain gauge), but we certainly could have used more.

Some corn is really starting to dry out while other corn is still very green.

Folks are mostly working on third cutting of hay and it's still looking pretty goo.

Soybeans in the county are in a mixed bag - either they're still looking pretty good or they're starting to droop. I'm heading out this afternoon to check the Western Corn Rootworm traps, so I'll check them out even closer when I'm out and about. The double-cropped beans are really struggling...

The crops are still growing, but still no rain...

The headline pretty much says it all. No significant changes to mention since last week's post. Hopefully tropical storm/hurricane Fay will bring some much needed rain our way.