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Easter Egg Hunts The Press-Dispatch OTWELL EASTER EGG HUNT Wednesday, April 11, 2012 A-7 VIDEO Click to see the ty Center. Tractors for Trenton along with the Otwell Community Center Board sponsored the event that drew a nice crowd and gave prizes to many kids the day before Easter. This was the first time in three years it had been held outside. Bad weather and wet grounds had forced the event into the community center gym the past two years. The kids went sprinting out after the Easter Eggs scattered all across the lawn at the Otwell Communi- Little Kinley Nixon goes down to get an Easter Egg at the Otwell event on Saturday. dy bar in one of his Easter Eggs in Otwell on Sat- urday. Cainan Russell is all smiles after finding a can- Alyssa Young, Keena Young and Kahle Young were among those winning prizes at the Otwell Com- munity Center Easter Egg Hunt Saturday. Pretty stuffed Easter toys and rabbits were among the prizes. Agronomist: Corn seeding depth matters, especially in dry soils play an important role in plant germination and could become even more vital if In- diana remains dry in the com- ing weeks, says a Purdue Ex- tension agronomist. Soil moisture levels and uniformity at planting depth can determine how rapidly and uniformly seeds germi- nate and eventually emerge. Even so, farmers often are content to leave planters set to the same seeding depth as the previous year—some- thing Bob Nielsen said they might want to reconsider. Corn seeding depth can that a seeding depth of 1.5 to 2 inches is a fairly all-purpose range that works well in most situations," he said. "Howev- er, certain conditions mer- it consideration of changing seeding depth, the most com- mon of which is soil moisture at seed depth." The recent warm, most- "Many agronomists agree ly dry weather has helped farmers to complete till- age and herbicide, nitrogen and fertilizer applications, and have sparked optimism about a rapid planting sea- son. In order for that to oc- cur, there would have to be little significant rainfall, which Nielsen said reinforc- es the need to re-evaluate seeding depth. "Therein lies the chal- will result in uneven germi- nation and emergence. "There will be situations lenge this year in choosing the proper seeding depth because soil moisture near the surface is already bor- derline adequate for seed germination in some fields," he said. Planting corn at the usual 1.5- to 2 inch seeding depth might place seed into soil too dry for germination, or even worse, into soil that is unevenly moist and that where growers should place seed deeper to minimize the risks of uneven germination." Nielsen said it's important to remember that corn is ca- pable of emerging from plant- ing depths much greater than what planters can even plant. Part of the reason farmers hesitate to plant too deeply has to do with the fact that soils in some fields can devel- op a dense surface crust after heavy rain. That crust can in- terfere with emergence, and for 36 months Financing fees may apply financing 0% Memmer's cated on Highway 64 near intersection of Highway 61 at Arthur. A grant from Region 15 funded the building that was designed by Midwest Engineers of Loogootee and built by Jasper Lumber Company. They are planning an open house in June. 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"My opinion is that the con- sequence of surface crusting is mostly influenced by the timing of crust development relative to the timing of the emergence process, and less so by the depth of seeding," Nielsen said. "In other words, a dense surface crust can im- pede penetration of the seed- ling whether the seed was planted 1.5 inches deep or 3 inches deep if the crust de- velops shortly after planting." Something else farmers need to consider is that ade- quate seed depth could vary widely this year. Nielsen said the risks and benefits of deep seed placement are influenced by the soil mois- ture uniformity and temper- ature at the seed depth, and the 6-10-day rainfall and tem- perature forecasts. He said a combination of adequate soil moisture to- day, inadequate or variable moisture at 2 inches and lit- tle or no rainfall expected in the next couple of weeks sug- gests a seed depth greater than 2 inches might be war- ranted.