The rain continues

My rain guage collected close to 6 in. of rain from late last week through yesterday (Sunday). I know there are some fields in Coshocton County with submerged or nearly submerged plants. Hopefully the sunshine we're getting right now is helping some field dry up, but with more rain in the short-term forecast, it might not help much.

I know many producers are needing and wanting to get hay down, but I don't know if the forecast will allow that to happen today or not.

As far as insect trapping goes - I didn't find any Western Bean Cutworm last week. And, there were about 10 more European Corn Borer adults found - taking the total to more than 100.

The corn and beans in Coshocton County have loved the sunshine and rainy evenings...everything is growing very quickly. Corn across the county is already "knee high." Some of you were able to get hay down and baled in between showers late last week and this weekend.

After checking the European Corn Borer trap in NE Coshocton County last week, we found 67 ECB adults. Since ECB have not been documented in the county before, we were a little surprised to find this many.

Last week I put out a trap for Western Bean Cutworm - I'll check it tonight or tomorrow and will let you know what I find!

Wet, dry (hot), wet, dry (hotter)...

We're finally relieved from the hot, humid temperatures - at least for now anyway.

I've heard of some reports of slugs in the county - see the post before this one for more information on slugs.

European Corn Borer has been identified in Coshocton County. Last week a trap that an entomologist and I placed near Tiverton had 33 ECBs in it. Hopefully you're all planting resistent varieties...

Wet, wet weather last night and today will bring field work to a hault. There's hay to get down, sidedressing to do, and in some cases beans and corn to plant...