September 28, 2007
Some call it corn, others call it maize, but at Michigan State University (MSU), it’s what is driving research to fuel the emerging bioeconomy.
September 28, 2007
Iowa State University has confirmed the presence of soybean rust infection from plant samples taken this week from a soybean field in Dallas County in central Iowa.
September 28, 2007
Here are several articles about whether to leave hybrids to dry in the field or harvest now and drydown on the farm.
September 28, 2007
Farmers typically delay harvest to reduce grain moisture and save on drying costs.
September 28, 2007
Drought stress, combined with uneven emergence and development problems, has resulted in smaller than normal ears, and a greater percentage of “nubbin” ears in many Ohio corn fields.
September 27, 2007
This is the last weekly bulletin for the 2007 growing season.
September 27, 2007
Asian soybean rust was discovered in a field in southern Illinois this week.
September 26, 2007
Information from entomologists at the University of Tennessee Experiment Station at Jackson indicates several counties in west Tennessee are experiencing outbreak levels of fall armyworm in pastures.
September 26, 2007
Farmers are facing pressure from sales representatives to place their seed orders earlier each year, but the problem with this is that the current year’s yield trial information is not yet available, said a Purdue University expert.
September 26, 2007
A new pilot program recently approved by the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation will provide farmers an opportunity to pay lower premiums if they plant a majority of their corn acres using hybrid seeds that feature YieldGard Plus® with Roundup Ready® Corn 2 or YieldGard VT Triple™ technology from Monsanto Company.
September 25, 2007
CHS Inc., a Fortune 200 grains, energy and foods company, will again offer a special contract program to producers and elevators for low linolenic trait soybeans.
September 25, 2007
It’s hard to believe its still September, considering the amount of corn harvest done already.
September 25, 2007
It may be tempting to squeeze out one last cutting of alfalfa in mid-October, especially if a late rain encourages late growth, but producers must consider the long-term effects of such a decision, said Jim Shroyer, Kansas State University Research and Extension crop production specialist.
September 25, 2007
Keeping a season-long log of how various hybrids and varieties perform and respond to stresses is always a good idea.
September 24, 2007
This is the time of year when many farmers visit and evaluate hybrid demonstration plots planted by seed companies and county Extension personnel, among others.
September 24, 2007
One of the most important choices a grower will make during the process of raising corn is deciding which corn hybrids to plant for next season.
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.
July 29, 2010
Soybean sudden death syndrome (SDS) can cause significant yield losses.
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.
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.
