Agronomy and Farm Management

We continue our discussion with Dr. John Fulton [https://fabe.osu.edu/our-people/john-fulton] on how to increase the reliability of harvest data. This time we focus on the in-field practices. With bigger machines, it is getting more difficult to collect high res data. Tune in for recommendations on things such as how long passes should be and more to increase the quality of your yield data. For more resources on harvest data, visit: https://digitalag.osu.edu/precision-ag/research-focuses/harvest-technologies [https://digitalag.osu.edu/precision-ag/research-focuses/harvest-technologies].

Join Josh at Ask the Expert at the 2025 Farm Science Review with Garth Ruff, Beef Specialist for OSU Extension. In this episode, Garth discusses the current state of the beef markets.

Farmers write some big checks based on harvest data. How confident are you in the quality of that data? We’re getting into the weeds with Dr. John Fulton [https://fabe.osu.edu/our-people/john-fulton] about how to ensure confident decisions can be made based on what is collected in the field this fall. In the first of this two part series, we talk about how yield measurements are collected in the combine, provide advice on calibration and discuss how unintentional mistakes can lead to big missteps with input decisions. For more information on calibration, visit: https://digitalag.osu.edu/precision-ag/research-focuses/harvest-technologies [https://digitalag.osu.edu/precision-ag/research-focuses/harvest-technologies].

In this episode, Josh Winters, Agriculture and Natural Resources Extension Educator, talks about the research, “Discovering Agricultural Producers’ Communication Preferences in the Appalachian Region of Ohio”. In this research, Josh discovers the way that farmers in this region prefer when obtaining educational information, promotional materials, program types, and the barriers to digital connection.

Tar spot concern continues to grow across Ohio as it shows up in more and more fields each year. Each year farmers and researchers wonder if this will be the season it really explodes, causing widespread economic damage. For a background on Tar Spot, check out episodes 123 [https://podcast.osu.edu/agronomy/2023/08/30/episode-123-tar-spot/] and 101 [https://podcast.osu.edu/agronomy/2022/07/06/tar-spot-and-other-corn-diseases/]. In this episode, Dr. Stephanie Karhoff [https://hcs.osu.edu/our-people/dr-stephanie-karhoff] updates us on the latest research and treatment recommendations for managing not only Tar Spot but Gibberella ear rot and the vomitoxin it causes. Each disease has certain weather conditions and infection timing that are critical components to successfully managing it in field. The Crop Protection Network’s disease forecasting tool can afford insight into what to look for during scouting: https://cropprotectionnetwork.org/crop-disease-forecasting [https://cropprotectionnetwork.org/crop-disease-forecasting].