Tuesday, June 26th, 2007
Photo by Mark Pummell/The Daily Standard

Todd Mangen, OSU Extension agent for Mercer County, checks soybean plants in a sentinel plot of soybeans on the Carmel Church Road farm of Brad Suhr. The sentinel plot program is designed to give agriculture officials early warning of Asian soybean rust and other plant diseases and insect pests.

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Sentinel plots of soybeans meant to give local producers early warning of Asian soybean rust are growing in Mercer and Auglaize counties.
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