Harvest Progress Underway
September 29, 2006
Harvest is underway across the country. Here, the managers of F.I.R.S.T. (Farmer’s Independent Research of Seed Technologies) will provide a weekly snapshot of how corn and soybeans are yielding.
News Archives for September 2006
Scientists engineer root-knot nematode resistance
September 29, 2006
University of Georgia professor Richard Hussey has spent 20 years studying a worm-shaped parasite too small to see without a microscope. His discovery is vastly bigger. Hussey and his research team have found a way to halt the damage caused by one of the world’s most destructive groups of plant pathogens.
Federal Class Action Lawsuit Alleges Monsanto Illegally Maintained Glyphosate Monopoly
September 29, 2006
Plaintiffs say company unfairly dominates market years after Roundup patent expired.
U of I Extension Update
September 29, 2006
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.
New insights into how Bt kills insects
September 29, 2006
MADISON — The world’s most widely used organic insecticide, a plucky bacterium known as Bacillus thuringiensis or Bt for short, requires the assistance of other microbes to perform its insect-slaying work, a new study has found.
Huge Soybean Aphid Flights
September 28, 2006
On Sunday/Monday, there was a huge flight of soybean aphid gynoparae (winged females) from soybeans to buckthorn.
Performance Update Part 2 – September 28
September 28, 2006
Here’s even more great performance data from GLH.
Performance Update – Sept 28
September 28, 2006
Once again, Great Lakes Hybrids are showing nice performance advantages in our own GAP (Generations Ahead Plots) and NET (New Experimental Trials) plots. The early F.I.R.S.T. data that has been coming in independently backs up our performance as well.
GLH Rocks Macomb IL FIRST Trials
September 27, 2006
For the second year in a row, 5711Bt Wins the Macomb Early F.I.R.S.T. Trial!
Purdue: Take Notes from Corn Hybrid Plots
September 27, 2006
Corn harvest is slow to get going this year, with only 5% of the state’s crop reported harvested as of 24 Sep (USDA-NASS, 25 Sep 2006).
FIRST – Grand Ridge
September 26, 2006
5711Bt placed SECOND at the Grand Ridge F.I.R.S.T. Trial – Early Season. 5961G3 placed 9th ...
Managing Stored Grain to Minimize Risk of Storage Losses
September 26, 2006
Grain harvest is in full swing across the state. It is not too late to review basic on-farm grain storage principles for maintaining quality of stored commodities.
Consider Storing Your Own Grain
September 25, 2006
How do you plan to market your 2006 grain crop? Futures prices remain relatively strong, yet a wide basis makes for a discounted cash price in many areas for the time being.
This fall, make a clean break from dirty grain bins
September 25, 2006
Before Indiana farmers get swept up in harvesting corn and soybean crops this fall they should take a broom to the storage bins where they’ll put all that grain, said a Purdue University agricultural engineer.
U of I Extension Update
September 22, 2006
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.
The last MSU Field Crop CAT Alert for 2006
September 21, 2006
The last issue of the 2006 season of the Field Crop CAT Alert has been posted.
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Soybean Aphid Numbers Quite Low Overall
July 29, 2010
Soybean aphid population densities continue to be quite low statewide, and overall have not reached the economic threshold of 250 aphids per plant.
Soybean sudden death syndrome (SDS) – Fusarium virguliforme
July 29, 2010
Soybean sudden death syndrome (SDS) can cause significant yield losses.
Western Bean Cutworm Egg Masses and Larvae Found in Ohio
July 29, 2010
WOOSTER, Ohio – For the first time since the trapping of Western bean cutworm moths in corn began in 2006, Ohio State University research entomologists have identified egg masses and larvae.
Limited Late-Season Marestail Control
July 29, 2010
Given this season’s frequent and excessive precipitation, many Illinois soybean fields have experienced later-than-normal applications of post-emergence herbicides.
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