Fellow ohio guy, central ohio has been hit hard too. My clover plots were toast. I was fortunate enough to get corn in the ground early enough to take advantage of some rain. 4 acres in a u shape planted with an acre of so so rr soy beans. I got that top dressed with my fall mix in mid July after my last spraying of gly. The dead weeds in the beans held enough moisture from morning dew to help keep them going. Two kill plots planted with beans that had little to no weeds to cover the seed. The last good rain got a late planting of raddish, clover, oats, and rye. Got healthy fertilizer and prayed for rain. They look better than I could have hoped. My old field habitat seems shorter, need to plant some GM for more structure in the future.
I've had my first visual case of EHD yesterday, a nice buck that I've watched late season the past few years was 10 feet from the road. Walking in circles, one ear down, drooling like a dog. The land owner and a sheriff were there to deal with it.
Good news for hunters, grain prices are way low. The last time I checked corn was around $3 a bushel. Probably the cheapest year ever to feed if you have a grain elevator to buy from. That being said, soy beans are lower than ever too, how would they be as feed in comparison to corn? Probably get them at the same price.
