Upcoming GLH field days and research station plot tours for August:
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The National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) now has available a cell phone number for National Corn Yield Contest (NCYC) entrants to call on weekends when their entry fields top 300 bushels.
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What better setting than a corn field to learn about a fungus affecting corn crops in Southern Illinois?
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U.S. farmers have adopted genetically engineered (GE) crops widely since their introduction in 1996, notwithstanding uncertainty about consumer acceptance and economic and environmental impacts.
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Japanese beetles are dining on some corn and soybean fields in Indiana this summer. Fortunately for farmers, their eating habits aren’t as bad as they look.
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Here’s the latest report from the University of Missouri.
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Extension Update is a weekly summary of news from Extension, government, and other attributable sources, focused on marketing, farm management, and other issues that are of interest to Midwestern farm owners and operators.
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Cornfield condition is good in southern Wisconsin, while severely stressed fields are common in the northern two-thirds of Wisconsin.
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The July 14 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.
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With memories of a major outbreak in 2003 still fresh in the minds of some farmers, the last thing soybean growers want to hear is confirmation that aphids are back this year.
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