As prospects for a timely start to spring planting diminish, growers need to re-assess their planting strategies and consider adjustments.
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Here’s the latest from The Ohio State University.
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Purdue’s Bob Neilsen has posted an assortment of great articles on corn emergence. Here are the links.
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Palle Pedersen, an agronomist with Iowa State University, believes old planting date recommendations for soybeans may be too late.
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The crane repellent Avitec is available again this summer for corn in Michigan (as well as Wisconsin & Minnesota) through the Section 18 process. The Section 18 is specifically to reduce crane damage in newly planted corn seed.
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Growers could cut back on fertilizer and reap economic and environmental benefits by using a rapid test recently discovered by scientists to accurately predict nitrogen levels
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Although a kernel of corn appears to be a pretty simple seed, it’s actually chock full of hundreds of different uses.
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The damage to wheat caused by this springs’ cold temperatures has many producers planning to replace their wheat crop with corn. While this may be a good agronomic alternative, it brings with it concerns for controlling insect pests. Two particularly important pests are (true) armyworm and black cutworm.
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The prolonged cool soil temperatures and wet conditions over the last several days slowed the metabolism and emergence of corn plants and allowed more exposure time of corn seed and emerging seedlings to herbicides in soil solution. Prolonged exposure to certain herbicides can lead to injury.
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