It's Christmas this week and we are nearly finished with harvest. It's been a long year but we still have much to be thankful for. Even though planting was delayed for virtually every field in the county, yields were "better than expected". For some this was their best crop ever, and for others who were on the dry side of the road it was a little below average - but "not as bad as it could have been".
2011 Harold's best guess on Crop Yield
Corn guestimate on yield - 165 bu/acre
Soybean guestimate - 52 bu/acre
For 2012 we have to address ruts in fields, the lack of fertilizer yet applied and fall weed control that we will wish we had on. Watch the CORN newsletter (http://corn.osu.edu) for information on how to get past these last reminders of the 2011 crop season.
Lastly, I am moving on to another position on January 1st within OSU Extension - that of Extension Agronomist for Western Ohio. I'll be housed in the Logan County Extension office but will be working across much of western Ohio and will continue to work with Champaign County row crop producers and to add my comments to the West Ohio Crop & Weather blog.
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