Friday, May 9, 2008
Forages For Goats Summer Field Day
Join us at Boers Inc. Meat Goat Farm owned and operated by the Scarpitti Family located at 4395 Richland Rd. N.E. in the scenic rural community of Pleasantville, Fairfield County. This small farm operation is home to a registered seedstock Boer Goat herd comprised of sixty does, bucks and young stock. Mark Scarpitti has developed a holistic grazing system utilizing diverse types of forages as a management tool to reduce internal parasites and enhance animal performance. This holistic system incorporates cool and warm season forages containing moderately high levels of condensed tannins. You will not want to miss this field event which features walking tours of grazing paddocks, barbecue for lunch and several presentations relating to designing a holistic system which is economically viable for Meat Goat enterprises. For more information contact Ross County Extension office at 740-702-3200 or go to ross.osu.edu
Weather Update- Jim Noel, Meteorologist, NOAA
The weather pattern change in early April has yielded 50-100% of normal rainfall for most of the state the last 30 days. Most areas had 2-3.5 inches of rain with 3-4 inches being normal.
The far north has been the wettest. However, soils have been so wet from the last 6 months that even though we have had good drying, even light rains make the soil moisten up quickly.
It appears we will have a pause from the drier than average pattern for the short term of the next 1-2 weeks with the probability of 1-2 inches of rain ranging from 70% south to 90% north. As is the case anytime, isolated streaks will be higher and lower than this. It appears the far north and northwest and possibly the far south have the greatest chance of this heavy rain. The systems will cross the area every few days.
The western cornbelt out towards Iowa, Wisconsin, southern Minnesota and northwest Illinois have been much much wetter than here and are being impacted even more.
It appears the wettest areas will remain west of Ohio the next few weeks.
Research shows most of the time trend line adjusted corn crop yields are below average in La Nina years with a less chance for wheat and more likely average or above average yields on soybeans. We will have to see how this year lines up with research.
The data still supports a trend to drier than average for late May and June but it does looks like at least average rain the next 2 weeks with small areas of above average rainfall mainly in the north.
The weather computer models have a low confidence level so the verification of this wetter pattern the next 2 weeks is still not a guarantee.
The far north has been the wettest. However, soils have been so wet from the last 6 months that even though we have had good drying, even light rains make the soil moisten up quickly.
It appears we will have a pause from the drier than average pattern for the short term of the next 1-2 weeks with the probability of 1-2 inches of rain ranging from 70% south to 90% north. As is the case anytime, isolated streaks will be higher and lower than this. It appears the far north and northwest and possibly the far south have the greatest chance of this heavy rain. The systems will cross the area every few days.
The western cornbelt out towards Iowa, Wisconsin, southern Minnesota and northwest Illinois have been much much wetter than here and are being impacted even more.
It appears the wettest areas will remain west of Ohio the next few weeks.
Research shows most of the time trend line adjusted corn crop yields are below average in La Nina years with a less chance for wheat and more likely average or above average yields on soybeans. We will have to see how this year lines up with research.
The data still supports a trend to drier than average for late May and June but it does looks like at least average rain the next 2 weeks with small areas of above average rainfall mainly in the north.
The weather computer models have a low confidence level so the verification of this wetter pattern the next 2 weeks is still not a guarantee.
Head Emergence in Winter Wheat
Jim Minor's wheat field at the intersection of S.R. 104 and S.R. 56 was the first wheat field I have observed to have head emergence. This is referred to as Feekes Growth Stage 10.1. Flowering of this wheat will occur in approximately four to five days after complete heading. During this period is when warm, wet weather and the presence of fusarium inoculate can infect the wheat head and cause head scab. For more information regarding this important disease click on the following link. http://ohioline.osu.edu/iwy/index.html
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