MSU: Starter fertilizer for corn production
March 16, 2010
There are several reasons for using starter fertilizers when planting corn:
May 26, 2006 Agronomy
Their origin is still unknown, but spores found in a spore trap near Houston, Texas are thought to be Asian soybean rust. According to a Dow Jones Newswire story, the spores were discovered May 11 in a trap operated by Syngenta.
The spores do not prove rust has actually developed in a given area, however similar discoveries in other areas preceded rust infections the first year that the traps were deployed.
Experts say that rust from a Texas source is more likely to spread to Midwest soybean producing areas than a rust infection source in the southeastern United States.
Meanwhile, a DTN story says 650 acres of seed soybeans are affected by Asian soybean rust near Tampico, Mexico, about 200 miles south of Texas. Those soybeans were harvested and the plants destroyed.
Experts are less worried about spread from that infection because of the planting gap between that part of Mexico and the United States.
March 16, 2010
There are several reasons for using starter fertilizers when planting corn:
March 16, 2010
The risk of Stewart’s bacterial wilt and leaf blight is predicted to be low throughout much of Ohio’s corn crop this year.
March 15, 2010
New articles in the ICM Newsletter for the week of 3/8/2010 – 3/14/2010.
March 12, 2010
Welcome to a new year of the Pest&Crop Newsletter! Here is the link Issue 1.
March 11, 2010
ANAHIEM, Calif. (DTN) — While a few companies will shoulder the brunt of criticism in upcoming discussions on the competitive climate — or lack of one — in agriculture, the reputation for all of agriculture may be at stake.