November 23, 2005
Corn producers can calculate the economic return to nitrogen (N) application with different N and corn prices using a new regional Web-based tool located at the Iowa State University Extension Agronomy website.
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November 22, 2005
YieldGard® Plus Corn and Roundup Ready® Corn 2 both received high marks in a 2005 grower survey, with over 90 percent of surveyed farmers saying they were satisfied with the maximum in-plant insect protection of YieldGard Plus and with the effective weed-control of the Roundup Ready Corn 2 System.
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November 21, 2005
Kentucky has reported the first ever state positive for soybean rust. This find is on kudzu in Caldwell county.
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November 18, 2005
This will be the final GLH Performance Update until the National Corn Grower’s releases their Yield Contest winners in Mid-December. Enjoy!
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November 17, 2005
Hi everyone — here is the last issue of the Pest&Crop Newsletter for 2005 – Issue 27.
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November 15, 2005
Asian soybean rust – a potentially serious fungus of soybean crops – has been found for the first time in Texas. Dr. Tom Isakeit, Texas Cooperative Extension plant pathologist, found the fungus on kudzu leaves he collected on Nov. 2 near Dayton in Liberty County.
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November 15, 2005
A combine can harvest six acres of corn in about 45 minutes. It took a team of Monsanto employees nearly 100 days, working 10-12 hour shifts, because they were picking and shucking six acres worth of corn – about 120,000 ears – by hand!
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November 14, 2005
In 2005, with the cooperation of Monsanto Company, we evaluated corn rootworm larval injury to nine different YieldGard Rootworm (MON 863) hybrids and a non-Bt isoline (check) that were planted on April 29 (four-row plots, 45 ft long, four replicates) into a plot area that had been planted to a trap crop in 2004 (late-planted corn intercropped with pumpkins).
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November 14, 2005
C.O.R.N Newsletter
Nitrogen Prices and Management
Seed Decisions for 2006 – The Patholog...
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November 14, 2005
First Year Western Corn Rootworm Sampling 2005
Curtis Young, Ron Hammond, Bruce Eisley
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November 10, 2005
“In This issue ":http://www.ipm.uiuc.edu/bulletin/index.php
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November 7, 2005
The final results are in from every F.I.R.S.T region that Great Lakes Hybrids was entered in. The final results are below:
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November 7, 2005
Here’s the latest update on F.I.R.S.T. Summaries and other key locations that have been harvested in the past several days.
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November 4, 2005
See how 6550Bt took second place in gross income for the Indiana South Regional Summary of the F....
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November 4, 2005
Circumstances have forced us to delay publication of issue No. 24 of the Bulletin on the Web until November 10, 2005. We thank you for your understanding for the delay, which should allow us time to publish the most current information available for our educational programs, as well as our most current field research data. You will be notified on November 10 when issue No. 24 has been posted.—Kevin Steffey
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November 4, 2005
Note: While we do mention the “1.2 rule” in this article, we here note that the nitrogen rate guidelines are changing for Illinois. Reference Dr. Emerson Nafziger’s recent article in the U of I PMCDB
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November 3, 2005
Early Season
5961BtRW places 2nd
5711Bt places 5th
Full-Season
6202Bt places 7th
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November 2, 2005
… and so does the excellent results from Great Lakes Hybrids!
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