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Welcome to Sangamon-Menard Extension’s June 23rd edition of “Crop Update.” This publication is updated weekly during the growing season.
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Drought conditions are beginning to settle into the central Cornbelt as rainfall in most of this region has been less than half normal levels in the last 30 days.
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Anthracnose is one of the most common stalk rot diseases faced by corn growers in the United States. In fact, yield losses due to anthracnose stalk rot can reach as high as 40 percent through reduced ear size and stalk lodging.
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Bayer CropScience AG, Monheim, Germany, and FMC Corporation, Philadelphia, USA, announced today that Bayer CropScience has acquired the rights to FMC’s insecticides discovery pipeline.
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When Monsanto Co. developed its newest strain of engineered soybeans, the company did not use gene splicing. It used math.
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What the oil companies won’t do, Wal-Mart may. The world’s largest retailer said last week it may offer ethanol-based E-85 fuel at nearly 400 of its gas stations in the U.S.
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The first days of summer were hot, humid and generally quiet in terms of weather. Scattered rain showers this week brought varying amounts of moisture to the state and the response by corn and alfalfa was immediate.
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Low numbers of first generation corn borer larvae have infested non Bt corn in Nebraska and most of the High Plains.
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It may be a heck of an aphid year! Here’s an update:
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