Frank Becker, CCA

Agriculture and Natural Resources Extension Educator with Ohio State University Extension - Wayne County. ATI and OSU Graduate

[Frank Becker, CCA @IPMPestScout]

Nerd alert; here is the first journal-published research project that I have been a part of. Thankful to work with some excellent people who brought me in on this effort!

[Frank Becker, CCA @IPMPestScout]

"Monitoring method shifts codling moth biofix timing across Midwest orchards: implications for pest management decisions"

https://t.co/RhE6UROaIJ

[Frank Becker, CCA @IPMPestScout]

"Monitoring method shifts codling moth biofix timing across Midwest orchards: implications for pest management decisions"

https://t.co/RhE6UROaIJ

[Frank Becker, CCA @IPMPestScout]

August outlook in agronomic and horticultural crops via @ocj_ohioagnet https://t.co/YCzzAXNa1L

[Frank Becker, CCA @IPMPestScout]

Always a pleasure to be back at @OhioStateATI! Thanks for allowing me the time to talk Integrated Pest Management and field scouting with the students today!

[Forrest Lang @ForrestLang78]

Always a great day @CFAES_OSU Wooster Campus when we get to host @IPMPestScout for class! Frank provided feedback to @OhioStateATI students' crop scouting reports & spoke on IPM practices in a variety of crops. We then headed outside for some insect scouting!
#ATI #CFAES #TeachAg

[Darcy Telenko @DTelenko]

Finding tar spot or southern rust in your corn? Check out the tables now included with our maps to help make a decision if a fungicide would provide a benefit based on crop growth stage. https://t.co/dCK2AqcRii https://t.co/e4YRTDPBav

[Frank Becker, CCA @IPMPestScout]

This year for the @ocj_ohioagnet and @OSU_Agronomy #OhioCropTour I was back in some corn fields north of Wooster in Wayne County. Yield estimates came in at 214 bu/A, and overall crop health was observed to be good, with just a few small flare ups of disease and insect pressure.

[Alex Lindsey @cropstressOSU]

🚨Article Alert! Our peer-reviewed article summarizing the effects of the 2023 haze and weather on crop maturation and yield in Ohio has just been published: https://t.co/PkKiasSONV

[Crop Protection Network @CropNetwork]

"Phytophthora root and stem rot...is a globally important [soybean] disease and has caused...yield losses of up to 100%..."

From the article https://t.co/phPmIDQkmU by @DylanMangel @AG__McCoy @W_Webster74 @alisonrISU @MartinChilvers1 @AlbertTenuta @dsmuelle @cropdoc08 +more

@cropdoc08 @baldpathologist @MandyBish1 @MahDuffeck @travisfaske @DTelenko @badgercropdoc @UNLExtension @ISUExtension @MSUExtService @OMAFRA @CFAES_OSU @NDSUExtension @UKExtension @PurdueAg @UMNExt @AR_Extension @ccecornell @txextension @UWMadisonExt #agtwitter #agx #Soybean @alabamaED

[Crop Protection Network @CropNetwork]

Potato leafhopper life cycle in alfalfa.

Scout weekly after the first harvest. Plant resistant alfalfa and use informed insecticide application.

Check with your local land grant Extension for threshold info.

@BobWrightUNL @erinwhodgson @kesheimerIPM @ashleyn_dean @DominicDReisig @ScottGraham72 @KStateEntom @PurdueExtEnt @BugStewart @OhBuggers @NYSIPM @bick_emily @PetersonInsects @justinmcmechan @nick_seiter @true_bug @NAFANews @MidwestForage #IPM #agtwitter @KStateEntom @PurdueExtEnt @CropAndSoil @tamuentomology @MSUEFieldCrops @southernipm @EntsocAmerica @USDA @USDA_NIFA

Illustration/post funded by @ncipmc

[Sally A Miller @OhioVeggieDoc]

Another report of downy mildew on cucumbers, this time in Wayne County, OH. Absent a prolonged dry spell, downy mildew looks to be a headache for OH cucurbit growers this season. See https://t.co/kTY4f0cgxp. Map is posted on https://t.co/wLNnxo2ita.

[Shawn Conley @badgerbean]

A Tank Full of Sugar Helps the Profits Go Down https://t.co/K8ldiGT0on

[Frank Becker, CCA @IPMPestScout]

Heads up! Cucurbit Downy Mildew has been officially confirmed for the first time in 2024 in OH.

https://t.co/Lv79FroJca

[Sally A Miller @OhioVeggieDoc]

Cucumber downy mildew was detected in Medina County, OH today. This is the first report in this state in 2024, corresponding to a first report in SE MI today. Management recommendations can be found at https://t.co/kTY4f0bIHR. Photo by Frank Becker.

[U.S. Farm Report @USFarmReport]

Strawberries aren’t the only berries that shine during the summer. https://t.co/lvGjTTfY40

[Frank Becker, CCA @IPMPestScout]

It was an absolute pleasure to share time today with @nactateachers learning about the Amish and Mennonite heritage of Wayne and Holmes Counties! A visit to Behalt and the Amish Heritage Center, followed up with stops at the Mt. Hope livestock auction and Farmers Produce Auction!

[Dan Linden @StuffLindenSays]

NACTA Conference tour of CFAES Wooster Secrest Arboretum by Curator Jason was informative and humorous.
#OhioStateATI
#CFAES
#OARDC
#hashtag

[Certified Crop Adviser @CCASoundAdvice]

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[Frank Becker, CCA @IPMPestScout]

@JLR_OhWx @bamwxcom I think this setup is more favorable for derechos...

[Laura Lindsey @StepUpSoy]

Take a look at our Freeze Damaged Corn planted on March 25 in West Central OH https://t.co/93WD0cs9gE @OSU_Agronomy @tdill25 @OhioCornWheat @JoeDavlin Soybean update coming soon! What does #TeamCorn think? @PurdueCorn @OrtezCornCrops #BattleForTheBelt

[Frank Becker, CCA @IPMPestScout]

Just got a new American Society of Agronomy credential via @Accredible for https://t.co/d2zPWsgayK via @CCASoundAdvice