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Yeah Sam, sometimes I wonder if there is a reason for the extensions to give out higher yields than is for real. I wrote 155 and the actual number they sent was 153 for our county (Morrow) in a recently released news letter.

Beentown
 
Beentown said:
Yeah Sam, sometimes I wonder if there is a reason for the extensions to give out higher yields than is for real. I wrote 155 and the actual number they sent was 153 for our county (Morrow) in a recently released news letter.

Beentown
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Maybe because some insurance companies base their reimbursement claims on average yields. I don't know.
 
Here is the part of the newsletter I was sent from the extension office:

Latest Crop Information
08-15-2011
On August 11th, the USDA released their latest crop reports for Ohio in conjunction with OSU. It will be interesting to see what the markets do in response to the reports. I think the stock market issues will have more effect on prices that this report but by the time this article is printed, we should have some idea.

Based on conditions as of August 1, yields are expected to average 153.0 bushels per acre, up 0.2 bushel from 2010, and the fourth highest yield on record. Acreage planted for all purposes is unchanged from the June estimate. Area harvested for grain is down less than 1 percent from June but up 4 percent from 2010.

Soybean production is down 8 percent from last year. Based on August 1 conditions, yields are expected to average 41.4 bushels per acre, down 2.1 bushels from last year. Area for harvest in Ohio is down less than 1 percent from June and down 4 percent from 2010.

Also, OARDC recently released their wheat production trial data for 2011. Copies can be picked up at the Extension office on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday from 8:30 am until 3:30 pm or can be found on-line at http://oardc.osu.edu/wheattrials . This contains the plots in Crawford County which had similar growing conditions to what we experience here in Morrow County.


Article by Chris Bruynis, Extension Educator
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At home , along the creek
1 feild is starting to dry & turn brown
The other is almost that far along

The 2 replant feilds acrost the road are both grass green

But the feild next to the neibors woods is the farthest along
I planted a short day corn

It is mostly brown and will be off well before many of the beans



LOL
I went out tonight to watch for deer
The one bean feild is 4' tall and still blooming
Those beans will be late
Don't remember what we planted in that feild

John
 
Ugh... Corn will be on for me during the rut. Again! TOO bad they all can't be like last year ;) I bet I am still surrounded by corn during youth gun season. Bah Humbug! I tried to stalk it one day and with the rows being so close with a stalk every couple inches it is tough.

Is everyone else around the state in the same boat or am I just lucky?
 
All the corn and beans around me is ran. There is a field a half mile north, and another half mile south that is still standing. The one south is only about 20 acres.
 
I'm tellin ya...drop a crate of apples....they have TORE up my apple patch in both places. A milk crate lasts about two days. But do yourself a favor and use red ones...lol..yellow ones are hard to see from a little distance to know if they are gone or not. Ive seen three bucks there and one doe every day Ive been there and its right out the edge of standing severly munched on corn. Smash a few when you first put them out and a few half rotted ones bring out the strong apple smell. Jus sayin!!:smiley_deer:
 
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