Numerous reports of spraying fungicides on corn have come in, say Anne Dorrance, Dennis Mills, and Pierce Paul, Ohio State University.
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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.
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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.
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A new issue of Michigan State University’s Field Crop CAT Alert has been posted.
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Issue no. 18 of the Bulletin—pest management and crop development information for Illinois is now available on the Web.
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Hi everyone—Pest&Crop Issue 18 is ready for viewing.
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With the air conditioner on the fritz down at the Chat ‘n Chew Café, the few faithful patrons sweltering in the heat and humidity of the lunch time ambiance have been questioning whether the corn crop is suffering as much as they are. The simple answer is “…probably not.”
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Issue 16 of the Pest&Crop Newsletter is now available here »

Here’s a “tangled web” of a thought process on soybean aphids…
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The Kiplinger Agriculture Letter: Ethanol plants will use 23% of the U.S. corn crop next year, more than double their use in 2004.
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