Western Bean Cutworm advances
July 31, 2006
The Western Bean Cutworm (WBC) is increasing its footprint in the cornbelt.
July 31, 2006
The Western Bean Cutworm (WBC) is increasing its footprint in the cornbelt.
July 31, 2006
Yesterday, soybean rust was confirmed on soybeans from a sentinel plot in Rapides Parish, Louisiana.
July 31, 2006
Here are a few more Great Lakes “Generations Ahead” field days, scheduled for early August in Kentucky.
July 31, 2006
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has extended the registration of two YieldGard insect-protected corn technologies developed by Monsanto Company (NYSE: MON).
July 31, 2006
Spider mites, usually 2-spotted, are increasing rapidly on some corn fields in the western Corn Belt now.
July 31, 2006
The National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) reminds growers that all entries for the 41st annual National Corn Yield Contest (NCYC) must be postmarked by Aug. 1.
July 29, 2006
Here’s a link to a PDF file from the University of Wisconsin on Pricing Drought-Stressed Corn.
July 28, 2006
Issue no. 18 of the Bulletin—pest management and crop development information for Illinois is now available on the Web.
July 28, 2006
A new issue of Michigan State University’s Field Crop CAT Alert has been posted.
July 28, 2006
Kevin Steffey, University of Illinois, says their weekly surveys of soybean fields in Woodford County (10 fields) and Stephenson County (10 fields) and six fields in between those two counties continue to reveal small numbers of soybean aphids.
July 28, 2006
Recent storms that swept through southern Illinois left heavy wind damage in many corn fields, leaving producers in a quandary about what to do with the downed corn, said a University of Illinois Extension animal systems educator.
July 28, 2006
Numerous reports of spraying fungicides on corn have come in, say Anne Dorrance, Dennis Mills, and Pierce Paul, Ohio State University.
July 28, 2006
The July 21 CropWatch has been posted to the Web.. You’ll also want to check out the daily updates of GDD and ET data for irrigation scheduling as well as precipitation data (available in maps and tables) on the CropWatch Weather page.
July 28, 2006
We have attached the most recent edition of Sangamon-Menard Extension’s “Crop Update” for your use.
July 28, 2006
This past week, we (University of Illinois) began our root digs at the Orr Research and Demonstration Center, located near Perry, as well as in Urbana.
July 28, 2006
Important information growers need to know to maximize their corn production and improve safety on the farm will be shared at the Southwest Ohio Corn Growers Association Field Day. The field day takes place from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Aug. 16 at the Fayette County Demonstration Farm in Washington Courthouse, Ohio.
February 9, 2010
“Here’s an article on new herbicides from Purdue >>”:http://www.btny.purd...
February 8, 2010
Producers wanting to add to or improve the forage species in their existing pastures should consider using either the frost seeding method in February and early March, or interseeding later in the spring months.
February 4, 2010
Get below the surface to probe why yields excelled.
February 3, 2010
Ohio growers may be concerned about moldy grain and vomitoxin development in storage, but they shouldn’t rely on chemical treatments to prevent any further contamination, said an Ohio State University Extension plant pathologist.