For a forage seed is to have a chance of emerging and establishing, the seedbed must allow accurate seeding depth regulation and good seed-to-soil contact.
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Spring is around the corner and manure needs to be spread before the corn goes in.
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Michigan State University, Oppenheimer & Co., Inc. & Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center Cordially invites you and your friends to attend a free seminar featuring Dr. Robert Zubrin author of “Energy Victory”.
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No-till corn production would likely reap fewer rewards without good, cold-tolerant hybrids to choose from, says Don Robinson, a farmer who grows continuous no-till corn in northern Maryland.
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Intense rainfall that swept across much of the southern and eastern Corn Belt last week significantly reduces the odds that corn growers will be able to plant early in 2008, says Mike Palecki, regional climatologist at the Midwestern Regional Climate Center.
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Farmers who apply fungicide to corn and soybeans because they believe the chemical boosts yields could be treating their crops with little more than a placebo, a Purdue University Extension plant pathologist said.
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This week’s CropWatch has been posted to the Web.
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The soybean cyst nematode (SCN) can be managed effectively by growing SCN-resistant soybean varieties.
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If the risk of soybean rust development is high and the crop is before growth stage R6, fungicides may be needed.
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We will definitely have plenty of “corn on corn” in 2008!
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