Hi everyone – Here is the next issue of the Pest&Crop Newsletter for the 2008 season!
Read Entire Post »

Exceptionally dry weather has plagued many corn fields since early July.
Read Entire Post »

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.
Read Entire Post »

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.
Read Entire Post »

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:
Read Entire Post »

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.
Read Entire Post »

Here’s a great reference on silage options from Penn State University.

Follow the link to the most recent report.

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.
Read Entire Post »

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.
Read Entire Post »

Here’s the latest report from OSU.
Read Entire Post »