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Alabama
Alabama Cotton, Soybeans: Insects Mostly Quiet, Redbanded Stink Bugs a Concern
Cotton Overall insect activity in Alabama is quiet. We are finding low levels of aphids in many fields, and a few tarnished and clouded plant bugs in nearly every field. […]
Arkansas
Arkansas Soybeans: Discovering Best Practices in Integrated Weed Management – Video
Weed management comes with the territory, you could say. Best practice is to stay ahead of it by taking a long-term approach. Thanks to the Arkansas Soybean Promotion Board’s invested […]
California
Almonds: Australian Industry Sees Slowdown In Planting But More Room For Growth
The Almond Board of Australia (ABA) has released its wrapup report for the country’s 2019-2020 season. ABA released the overview in its “Almond Insights” newsletter. The assessments were based on […]
Georgia
Georgia Pecans: Scorch in Young Trees, Fruit Thinning, Crop Status – Podcast
So far this has been one of the best growing seasons for young trees. In this episode of the South Georgia Pine podcast, Extension pecan specialist Andrew Sawyer discusses scorch […]
Illinois
Corn: Basis Levels Largely Ignore Illinois River Closure – DTN
All basis, like all politics, is local. A spring wheat farmer in Montana probably doesn’t care that corn basis at the Gulf of Mexico is 57 cents over the nearby […]
Indiana
Indiana Corn: Scout Pollen Heavy Areas for Rootworm Beetles
Much of the corn has pollinated throughout the state, but there are the late-planted fields that have yet to do so. Those are the fields that potentially act as a […]
Iowa
Iowa: Recorded Essential Row Crop Management Webinars Available
ISU Extension and Outreach field agronomists, Meaghan Anderson and Angie Rieck-Hinz, recently partnered with their extension colleagues at the University of Minnesota to organize and deliver the second webinar series, Essential Row […]
Kansas
Kansas: Wheat Variety Disease and Insect Ratings for 2020
One of the most important decisions wheat growers make each year is deciding what varieties to plant. Some have greater resistance to certain diseases than others. Some yield well despite […]
Louisiana
Louisiana Rice Yield Reports, July 17-31, 2020
Reported Louisiana rice yields July 17-31, 2020. Variety Acres Yield bbl/A bu/A lb/A Cheniere 120 49 177 7,987* XP753 96 54 194 8,748 7501 103 54 194 8,748 PVL02 150 […]
Michigan
Michigan: Corn Water Needs Heading into August
The water needs of corn peak in July and taper off in August as we near dent stage. Irrigated corn has its highest water use and realizes its greatest potential […]
Minnesota
Minnesota: Manure Management Tips – Podcast
In this episode of the Nutrient Management Podcast, we discuss manure management. What manure-related events and educational programming are coming up? What’s the latest on the liquid swine manure sidedressing […]
Mississippi
Mississippi: Recent Troublesome Pigweed Escapes – Podcast
Larry Steckel from the University of Tennessee joins Bobby and Jason on the Call in line to discuss his recent reports of Pigweed Escapes after Auxin application, what this means […]
Missouri
Dicamba: Environmental Factors that Influence Application Success – Video
Specific weather and environmental factors are commonly associated with off-target dicamba movement. Can we identify which of these factors are most important for successful dicamba applications and quantify those factors?
Nebraska
Nebraska Corn, Soybeans: Managing Spider Mites
Spider mite damage to corn and soybeans is being reported in Nebraska. The following story addresses management. The companion story, Identifying Spider Mite Damage and the Species Responsible, includes a guide […]
North Carolina
North Carolina Soybeans: Applying Foliar Fertilizers – Video
Should you apply a foliar fertilizer to your soybean crop this year? NC State University’s Soybean Extension Specialist, Dr. Rachel Vann, has some important information for anyone considering this practice. […]
Ohio
Ohio: NRCS Seeks Comments on 590 Nutrient Management Standard Update
USDA’s Ohio Natural Resources Conservation Service is inviting input, until August 31, 2020, during a 30-day comment period on their draft revisions to the Nutrient Management Practice Standard (Code 590). […]
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania: White Mold in Soybeans Sporecaster Forecasts and Scouting – July 28, 2020
White mold is a soybean disease that occurs when spores from the fungus Sclerotinia sclerotiorum infect susceptible flowers, leading to growth throughout the soybean plant (Figure 1). Signs of white […]
South Carolina
South Carolina Cotton: Remain Alert For Bollworms But Add Stink Bugs To Your List
Captures of bollworm moths in pheromone traps have increased dramatically, as have sightings of adults and larvae in the field. We are finding much more injury to non-Bt cotton than […]
Tennessee
Tennessee Cotton, Soybeans: Get Ready to Manage Bollworms
Although current moth activity remains relatively low, I’m expecting a peak of moth activity sometime beginning around August 5th through 10th. Bollworm (a.k.a., corn earworm) poses a significant threat to […]
Texas
Texas Plains IPM: Lygus Numbers Rise, Drought Stress Continues
General Status A few more rain showers visited most of our fields this last week, but again the real beneficial amounts were very isolated. In the area of Tulia, some […]
Virginia
Virginia Cotton: Tropical Storm a Welcome Delay
The fast moving tropical storm is going to cause the problem that everybody has been hoping for. In the drier areas, folks have been waiting on the rain before investing […]
