Agronomy Field Day 8/22

The Morrow Soil and Water Conservation District and Morrow Ohio State University Extension would like to invite you to our annual Agronomy Field Day.

Agronomy Field Day

August 22nd, 2024

10:00-2:00 pm

at

The Headwaters Outdoor Education Center

151 Home Road

Mount Gilead, 43338

This year we are pleased to be hosting a variety of speakers, including...

Dr. Laura Lindsey - OSU Extension, Soybean and Small Grains Research

Dr. Alyssa Essman - OSU, Weed Science

Christopher Pancake - ODA, H2Ohio Program Expansion

Angie Dye - FSA, Updates

Kendra Miller - USDA, Updates

Emily Price - NRCS, Updates

Carri Jagger - OSU Extension, County Plot Research  

Tyler Butler and Mike Clapper - Morrow Soil and Water Conservation District

This year our County Plot Research focused it's attention on soybean relative-maturities (trials include 2.8, 3.0 and 3.2 relative-maturity) and the effectiveness of biological fertilizers on yields.

Relative-maturity refers to the number of days between expected full growth between varieties. Typically, the longer it takes to reach maturity, the better the yield. The numbers representing soybean maturity varieties refers to 10-day increments between whole numbers. for an example, 2.5 beans should reach maturity 5 days prior to a 3.0 variety. Of course, maturity rate in not the only factor affecting soybean success in the field, but understanding relative-maturities could prove beneficial in annual planning for fields in rotation.

Biological fertilizers (biofertilizers) aim to benefit your crops by establishing nitrogen fixing bacteria and fungal

cultures in your soil that will participate in the natural process of converting atmospheric nitrogen to plant ready nitrogen.

  This event is free to attend, lunch will be provided by Wagner's Pork.

RSVP to the Morrow Soil and Water office at (419) 946-7923, however, this is not required for your attendance. 

We hope to see you there!