OSU: Dry Weather May Lead to Stalk Lodging Problems in Corn
August 28, 2008
Exceptionally dry weather has plagued many corn fields since early July.
August 28, 2008
Exceptionally dry weather has plagued many corn fields since early July.
August 28, 2008
Hi everyone – Here is the next issue of the Pest&Crop Newsletter for the 2008 season!
August 27, 2008
The cool weather has been ideal for soybean aphids, and we’ve seen populations explode from nothing in July to well over the economic threshold of 250 aphids per plant in many area soybean fields.
August 27, 2008
The evolution of corn in North America, spanning about 1,000 years, will be part of a new exhibit at Ohio State University’s Farm Science Review, Sept. 16-18 at the Molly Caren Agricultural Center in London, Ohio.
August 27, 2008
Managing your nitrogen (N) properly has never saved you so much money. Bob Hoeft University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign professor of soil fertility, offers these pointers for squeezing every penny out of your input dollar:
August 27, 2008
Here’s a great reference on silage options from Penn State University. Follow the link to t...
August 27, 2008
Texas A&M University – Agricultural Communications (25-Aug-2008) ETTER – At the end of the day, drought tolerance in corn has to equate to good yields and good quality, not just good looks, said a Texas AgriLife Research scientist.
August 25, 2008
With the crop nearly made for this year many individuals are now looking at the fall, getting equipment ready and even locking in fall crop inputs.
August 25, 2008
The following stories have been posted to CropWatch. Tom Dorn, Extension Educator in Lancaster County, offers recommendations for reducing energy costs when grain drying in two CropWatch stories this week.
August 25, 2008
New articles in the ICM Newsletter for the week of 8/18/2008 – 8/24/2008.
August 21, 2008
OK, since you survived the blog on glyphosate yellowing, you may recall that we talked about discussing some of the other issues that may be causing yellow areas in our bean fields.
August 21, 2008
We continue to see slower-than-normal progress in corn development, with only 12% of the Illinois crop in the dent stage by August 17, compared to the 5-year average of 45%.
August 20, 2008
As is typical for Kentucky, symptoms of common rust can be found on corn leaves in many fields at this time of the season.
August 20, 2008
Farmers in 11 states who plant a majority of their corn acres using hybrid seeds featuring YieldGard Plus with Roundup Ready Corn 2, YieldGard VT Triple and YieldGard VT Triple PRO technology could lower their crop insurance premiums in 2009.
August 20, 2008
With the deadline for entries to the 2008 National Corn Yield Contest having come and gone, staff at the National Corn Growers Association are reaping a bumper crop of entries that surpasses the record number of entries seen last year.
August 19, 2008
Here’s a recent report from Penn State on late season stalk quality.
August 18, 2008
New articles in the ICM Newsletter for the week of 8/11/2008 – 8/17/2008.
August 18, 2008
Symptoms of sudden death syndrome of soybean (SDS; caused by the fungus Fusarium virguliforme, formerly known as Fusarium solani f. sp. glycines) are beginning to appear in some soybean fields in Illinois.
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.