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Travis Rowe
Regional Sales Manager
Mechanicsburg - Plain City (Kileville) area		  
  4-19-2011
Last week there were roughly 2.5 days that were suitable for field work. Local growers concentrated on ammonia and tillage operations, finishing wheat topdress and started soybean burndown applications. A few acres of corn were planted as well.
Bill McDonald
Regional Sales Manager
Newport – Derby area.		  
  4-19-2011
Wet, wet, wet in the southern region of the Heritage service area. Soil temperatures according to my thermometer are much warmer than I thought. Bare ground 62 and sod 56. About 1/4 of our NH3 is on.
Andrew Gehl
Regional Sales Manager
DeGraff area.
4-19-2011
Last week we had 2 days of activity in the West Liberty/DeGraff area. Wheat topdressing is completed to the south and anhydrous application is underway but scattered rain over the weekend and 1” Monday night stopped progress again. Here are some reminders for corn planting when we get ready to go:
Corn:    

Planting Depth: 1½” to 2” (no shallower than 1 ½ “and no deeper than 2 ½“)       I do not
care when you plant it, planting depth should always be around 2”!

Soil Temperature for Even Germination: 50˚F plus (52˚F -60˚ F consistency is best)

Optimal Planting Speed 4-5 mph (Take the time to make sure your planter is set correctly in each field it will save you a ton of headaches.)

Suggested Final Stand
31,500 – 32,500 (for fields with less than 180 bpa potential on 30” rows)
33,000 – 34,500 (for fields with greater than 180 bpa potential on 30” rows)

 
Chad Snyder
Regional Sales Manager
Ada – Arlington
  4-20-2011

In the northwest area we finished up wheat topdress last week, are positioning seed on farm in preparation for drier weather. We have started to apply dry fertilizer to the south but have been unable to start Ammonia applications.

Jason Gerard
Regional Sales Manager
Urbana - West Liberty		  
  4-20-2011
Trying to get NH3 applied and burn-down done, when Mother Nature allows.  Very little corn in the ground, farmers attitude still positive though.
Bill Thornton
Regional Sales Manager
Kenton - Upper Sandusky		  
  4-21-2011

In the Kenton area the wheat is looking very good considering all the moisture we have received. In looking at the fields there are no signs of powdery mildew at this time. To help prevent this disease early putting Headline on will help. In the Upper Sandusky area there was some movement of 82% before the rains. In my scouting of the fall bean programs the corn stalks are very clean. We had a field that rained us out where we sprayed is clean and other side has a lot of green coming in. I have seen this in the Kenton and Upper area.

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