Weekly Ag Update NSION EDUCATOR EMERITUS SPARTAN AG The National Weather Service Climate Predication Center’s outlook to Nov. 24 for our area of the Midwest, is calling for a forecast of likely above normal temperatures, and a normal outlook for precipitation. Eric Snodgrass, of Nutrient Ag Solutions, said the relatively dry fall weather is shifting to near normal outlook for precipitation for Nov. 16-23. A killing frost, defined as 28ºF or less for more than two hours, has finally come, though later than the average date. Aaron Wilson, of Ohio State, said October was the 8th warmest and 17th driest October on record for the period of 1895 to the present for Ohio. 2026 Ohio soybean performance trial yields and data have been released, with two of the six trial locations in northwest Ohio, in Sandusky and Henry counties. The Henry County trial was planted May 18 and harvested Oct. 9, more normal dates than the Sandusky location. This location had 70 varieties from 15 commercial soybean seed companies in the early group of 2.1 to 3.1 relative maturity. Yields ranged from 95.0 bushels to 65.7 bushels with an average yield of 85.6 bushels per acre. The late varieties in the 3.2 to 3.8 relative maturity had yields ranging from 92.9 down to 62.7 and an average yield of 80.7 bushels per acre. Google: 2026 OSU soybean trial results. New World screwworm is spreading in the U.S. now with 116 detections in 16 counties in Texas, New Mexico and Arizona, found in cattle, elk and a couple of cases reported in wildlife. The larvae feed on living tissue of any warm-blooded animal, including deer, small game and waterfowl. Hunters may be the most important line of defense for spotting this destructive parasite and keeping it from spreading further. Thanksgiving tidbits A cornucopia is a Greek and Roman symbol called the “horn of plenty” or abundance, often depicted as a horn-shaped container overflowing with produce, flowers or nuts. On June 11, 1940, Ada Walker, of Wyoming, Ohio, patented the name Butterball, selling deli products to her community. In February 1951, Leo Peters bought the name for a reported $10, whose company Butterball Farms, Inc., retains the name today, except for licensing the name “Butterball” to Swift & Co., who sold the first Butterball branded turkey in 1954. In 1964, the company purchased the rights of the Butterball name from Peters. Despite the name, Butterball turkeys do not contain butter. The name refers to the broad breast and plump, round shape of the turkey. In November 1981, the Butterball Turkey Talk-Line was introduced with six operators fielding 11,000 calls, assisting holiday cooks to prepare successful Thanksgiving turkeys. Today, the company answers more than 100,000 questions from households across the United State and Canada from the call center in Naperville, Ill., and has a database of resources with links to turkey cooking tips that can be sent via text and social media. |
