Every year, I get a lot of phone calls from folks wanting to know why their neighbor’s fields of corn ended up with such poor uneven lousy-looking stands.
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Here’s the latest report from The Ohio State University.
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South Dakota State University is continuing its testing program for soybean cyst nematode and is especially interested in testing more samples from areas where SCN is not a well-known pest.
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The United States Department of Agriculture reports that as of Sunday, April 20, 2008, 4% of the U.S. corn crop was planted.
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University of Illinois researchers are breeding aphid resistance into commercial soybean seed varieties.
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Last week, very few farmers in Iowa were able to start planting, due to cool, wet soils, says Roger Elmore, Iowa State University (ISU) Extension corn specialist. This week, conditions may change enough in some parts of the state to allow field work and planting to go forward.
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Calculating the right amount of seed to be seeded and calibrating your planter are to important first steps to start the season right.
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Here’s the link to last Friday’s report >

We are approaching the ideal planting window for both corn and soybeans.
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Click below to download the latest edition from the University of Missouri.
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