Ohio’s Wheat Struggling Under Wet Weather, Diseases WOOSTER, Ohio - Prolonged heavy rains during winter wheat planting have resulted in severe stand establishment problems throughout parts of Ohio, which may affect overall yields come next season’s harvest. Pat Lipps, an Ohio State Uni versity plant pathologist for the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center (OARDC), said saturated soils created ideal conditions for fungi to attack and kill germinating seeds, heavily damaging wheat fields or, in some cases, wiping out entire fields. “We received very heavy rains during the second and third weeks in October, which was right after the major acre age of wheat was planted. Some parts of the state received six to eight inches of rain during a one-week period,” said Lipps. “When you get saturated soils from a deluge of rain like that, it’s very difficult for any crop to germinate and become estab lished.” Northwest Ohio has been hardest hit with many farmers having to replant five to six weeks beyond the Hessian fly free date or being forced to plant other crops. “I can say that in the 20 some thing years that I’ve been here, it’s the worst looking wheat crop I’ve seen in terms of stand estab lishment. I’ve never seen any thing this severe or this widespread,” said Lipps. “We like our wheat to be planted on time so that it produces three to four tillers before winter dor mancy, and our evaluations of fields so far indicate that we are lucky to have one or maybe two tillers. That’s about half of what we need to produce the 80-90 bushel yields we are used to.” Lipps said that the poor ger- Bobcat Makes The Right Loader For Your Needs. 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