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  1. Early Detection, Better Decisions: Scout for Soybean Diseases and Test for SCN

    https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2025-21/early-detection-better-decisions-scout-soybean-diseases-and-test

    for growers to walk their fields and scout for early symptoms of disease and other abnormalities. At ... fields and collecting soil samples, keep an eye out for: Dead or dying plants – especially in patches or ... along rows. Stem lesions and root rot – early indicators of disease that can escalate under favorable ...

  2. Disease Management in Forages

    https://agcrops.osu.edu/specialization-areas/forages/disease-management-forages

    Diseases can negatively affect stand establishment, limit yields and hasten stand decline in ... established forage crops. Effects of disease on individual plants vary widely. Some diseases are lethal while ... production practices will lower the chances for serious losses to forage productivity due to disease because ...

  3. OSU tackles H5N1 in upcoming webinar

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/osu-tackles-h5n1-in-upcoming-webinar

    Gabe Preston COLUMBUS, Ohio — Bird flu is nothing new. In fact, strains of this contagious disease ... and mitigate infectious diseases like H5N1. “Understanding how influenza outbreaks begin and spread is ... new species and the immune responses it triggers. Join the conversation: A special update on bird flu ...

  4. Battle for the Belt: Season 3, Episode 14: Corn Disease

    https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2025-20/battle-belt-season-3-episode-14-corn-disease

    Pathology and State Extension Specialist for Cereal Crop Pathology. We discussed common diseases in corn, ear ... rots, vomitoxin, and crop disease forecasting tools. Season 3, Episode 14 of Battle for the Belt is now ... in corn. What are the potential impacts of planting date and seeding rate on corn disease ...

  5. Summer-Annual Grasses

    https://agcrops.osu.edu/specialization-areas/forages/summer-annual-grasses-0

    varieties with higher digestibility are available, known as brown midrib (BMR) varieties. Those varieties ... have a characteristic brown discoloration on the main vein (midrib) of the leaves, which is a marker ... following each harvest, barring restrictive environmental conditions. Brown midrib varieties with higher ...

  6. Summer-Annual Grasses

    https://agcrops.osu.edu/specialization-areas/forages/summer-annual-grasses

    varieties with higher digestibility are available, known as brown midrib (BMR) varieties. Those varieties ... have a characteristic brown discoloration on the main vein (midrib) of the leaves, which is a marker ... following each harvest, barring restrictive environmental conditions. Brown midrib varieties with higher ...

  7. Statewide Slug Monitoring Project – Update # 8

    https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2025-21/statewide-slug-monitoring-project-%E2%80%93-update-8

    Our eighth slug update covers monitoring from June 30 th to July 6th. During this time, there were ...

  8. Insect Pest Management

    https://agcrops.osu.edu/specialization-areas/forages/insect-pest-management

    a small, brown, snout-nosed beetle approximately 3/16 inch in length with a wide dark stripe down its back. ...

  9. OSU Extension Offering Hay Testing Program

    https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2025-21/osu-extension-offering-hay-testing-program

    stage, not fully mature long brown stems with dried up seed heads like we have been seeing everywhere now ... made. Just because there is hay in the bale rings for the cows to eat does not mean she can eat enough, ... reaction, called the Maillard reaction (often referred to as the browning reaction), is responsible for the ...

  10. Brassica Crops

    https://agcrops.osu.edu/specialization-areas/forages/brassica-crops

    after maturity should only be attempted when plants are healthy and free of foliar diseases. Some ... varieties are more suited for stockpiling because they possess better disease resistance. Do not grow ...

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