PSU’s Field Crop Newsletter
April 30, 2008
This publication is now viewable online at the link below.
April 30, 2008
This publication is now viewable online at the link below.
April 30, 2008
Rain-delayed corn planting is no reason for your growers to switch their crop, says a University of Missouri (MU) agronomist.
April 30, 2008
A University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension crop scout training course will provide crop scouts an opportunity to enhance their skills.
April 30, 2008
Farmers are getting anxious about the delays occurring for corn planting this year.
April 29, 2008
Corn requires about 100 growing degrees days (GDDs) to emerge (but emergence requirements can vary from 90 to150 GDDs).
April 28, 2008
New articles in the ICM Newsletter for the week of 4/21/2008 – 4/27/2008.
April 28, 2008
This week’s CropWatch has been posted to the Web. The next full issue of CropWatch is scheduled for May 2.
April 28, 2008
As spring planting begins to pick up pace, some agricultural producers may consider placing fertilizer with the seed during planting.
April 28, 2008
Like the start of a big race, or the beginning of a championship game, farmers in Minnesota and Iowa are anxiously awaiting the initiation of full-scale fieldwork.
April 25, 2008
The alfalfa is finally greening up enough to do adequate stand assessments in most of the state.
April 25, 2008
The 2007-2008 winter, and the early portions of the spring season, has brought substantial moistu...
April 25, 2008
Considering the cost of nitrogen, we can ill afford to allow weeds to use this expensive input.
April 25, 2008
Shawn Conley and Paul Esker recently developed and launched The Soy Report.
April 25, 2008
Issue no. 5 of the Bulletin—pest management and crop development information for Illinois is now available on the Web.
April 25, 2008
With only 1% of the Illinois corn crop planted as of April 20, it is clear that we are off to a slow start in 2008.
April 25, 2008
Hi everyone – Here is the next issue of the Pest&Crop Newsletter for the 2008 season!
April 24, 2008
The first half of April was cool, but in the last week the daytime temperatures have really started to warm up.
April 24, 2008
Common lambsquarters is one of the most common and problematic weeds that we deal with in Pennsylvania.
February 8, 2010
Producers wanting to add to or improve the forage species in their existing pastures should consider using either the frost seeding method in February and early March, or interseeding later in the spring months.
February 4, 2010
Get below the surface to probe why yields excelled.
February 3, 2010
Ohio growers may be concerned about moldy grain and vomitoxin development in storage, but they shouldn’t rely on chemical treatments to prevent any further contamination, said an Ohio State University Extension plant pathologist.
February 2, 2010
At the Jan. 8 Ag Research Update session at the Southwest Research and Outreach Center at Lamberton, Dean Malvick, University of Minnesota Extension plant pathologist, told Minnesota crop consultants there’s a new disease needing attention.