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Alabama
Alabama Corn: What to Know About Stink Bug Management – Video
Alabama Extension entomologist Dr. Katelyn Kesheimer and Eddie McGriff examine a corn field that was decimated by stinkbugs. We’ll discuss scouting for stinkbugs in corn, the damage they do, and […]
Arkansas
Arkansas Rice: Mid-Season Nitrogen – Soil-Applied or Foliar?
As has been common this time of year the past few years, there are recommendations being made to apply nitrogen (N) using a foliar spray application piggy-backed with a fungicide […]
California
California Almonds: Hull Split Spray Considerations in a Tight Fiscal Year
In a tight fiscal year, the decision of whether or not to make a hull split spray is an easy one: do it. However, the number of hull split sprays, […]
Florida
Florida: Irrigation – 5 Steps for Maintaining Water Application Uniformity
Field evaluation of water application uniformity is essential for farming operations using center pivot and linear irrigation systems. Irrigation systems require attention and maintenance, like other farm equipment, to guarantee […]
Illinois
Illinois Grain Farms: Conservation and Farmland Tenure
Most grain farms in Illinois over 500 acres rent most of their land base. Moreover, the majority of rented farmland is controlled by larger acreage farms. In 2017, farms of […]
Iowa
Iowa Field Reports: Corn Pollinating, Soybeans Range from Flowering to Setting Pods
Corn started pollinating within the last week, and soybeans range from full flowering (R2) to beginning pod (R2). The hot topics this past week across the state included foliar fungicide […]
Louisiana
Louisiana Soybeans: Late-Season Nitrogen Application – Does It Work?
Nitrogen (N) is the most yield limiting nutrient for any row crop including soybean. Since soybean, like other legume crops, can fix atmospheric N symbiotically through Rhizobium bacteria (Bradyrhizobia japonicum), […]
Minnesota
Minnesota: 2 Counties Designated Natural Disaster Areas to Drought
This Secretarial natural disaster designation allows the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) to extend much-needed emergency credit to producers recovering from natural disasters through emergency loans. […]
Mississippi
Mississippi Watermelons: Weather Ruins Majority of State’s Crop
One month ago, watermelon production in southeast Mississippi was on track. Now, growers there have lost much of their crop to the summer’s wet weather. “The weather and what it […]
Nebraska
Winter Wheat: Control Volunteer Wheat to Protect Next Year’s Crop
Did you know you can lose two wheat crops from one hailstorm? It could be yours or your neighbor’s.
New Mexico
New Mexico: 33 Counties Designated Natural Disaster Areas to Drought
This Secretarial natural disaster designation allows the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) to extend much-needed emergency credit to producers recovering from natural disasters through emergency loans. […]
North Carolina
North Carolina Corn: Effect of Xyway Fungicide on Germination – Video
Does applying Xyway fungicide (flutriafol) in-furrow at planting negatively affect seedling germination in corn? NC State Extension gives an independent report on what happens when we compare seedling emergence in […]
Ohio
Ohio Wheat: Late Harvest, Grain Quality Concerns
Most of the winter wheat in Ohio has been harvested. However, persistent wet weather has delayed harvest in some areas of the state. Late harvest coupled with excessive rainfall means […]
South Dakota
South Dakota: 11 Counties Designated Natural Disaster Areas to Drought
This Secretarial natural disaster designation allows the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) to extend much-needed emergency credit to producers recovering from natural disasters through emergency loans. […]
Tennessee
Tennessee: Hickman County Designated Natural Disaster Area to Floods
This Secretarial natural disaster designation allows the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) to extend much-needed emergency credit to producers recovering from natural disasters through emergency loans. […]
Texas
Texas Field Reports: Fall Armyworms on the March
Cooler temperatures and widespread rain events across Texas have forage and crop producers scrambling to fight armyworms, according to a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service expert. Vanessa Corriher-Olson, Ph.D., AgriLife Extension forage […]
