Corn
Caution Flag for Ag Economy
Jun 23, 2009 10:45 AM | By Kent Thiesse
For many Midwest farm operators, 2009 is turning into one of the most stressful years in farming during the past couple of decades. Obviously, crop producers in Illinois, Indiana, northern Minnesota and other areas are facing potential crop losses in 2009 ... More
Little Planting Progress Last Week
Jun 23, 2009 10:39 AM | Source: Brock Associates
Because of persistent and often generous rains in the southern Corn Belt and Midsouth, only another 4% of the soybean crop got planted last week. USDA reported Monday afternoon that 91% of the crop had been planted as of this past weekend... More
Rainfall, Ethanol Growth Are Welcome
Jun 9, 2009 9:36 AM | By Kent Thiesse
After one of the driest May’s in recent memory in many portions of southern and western Minnesota, some welcome rainfall was received across much of the region from June 6 to 8... More
Satisfactory Crop Conditions
Jun 2, 2009 4:35 PM | By Kent Thiesse
Nearly all corn and soybeans across southern Minnesota were planted by June 1, with a large majority of the corn and soybeans emerged... More
In Weed Control Vs. Planting, Experts Choose Weed Control
May 26, 2009 4:58 PM | Source: Purdue University
Weed specialists at Purdue University and Ohio State University are worried farmers will put weed control on the back burner in order to get their crops planted, and it could come back to bite them later in the growing season... More
Corn News
2009 Corn Acreage up from Previous Estimates
Jun 30, 2009 4:22 PM | Source: National Corn Growers Association
Despite weather challenges at key planting times, U.S. corn growers planted 2 million more acres this season than previously expected, USDA reported today. In its annual report on planted acres, USDA estimated 87 million acres planted in ... More
You Can’t Afford to Ignore the Threat of Glyphosate Resistance
Jun 30, 2009 10:31 AM
What makes this study, “U.S. Farmer Awareness of Glyphosate-Resistant Weeds and Resistance Management Strategies” (2009, Vol. 23:308-312), especially important is that it is one of only a few that have compiled information on a broad scale about farmers... More
Bt
Welcome, Western Bean Cutworm
Feb 1, 2009 12:00 PM | By Mark Moore
When western bean cutworm (WBC) moths first started showing up in Wisconsin traps in 2004, it was a novelty. The pest had been known to creep into an... More
BT Successful in South
Sep 1, 2008 12:00 PM | By Larry Stalcup
As southern growers get used to having more corn on their former cotton acres, they are finding that Bt corn can work as well as Bt cotton to control... More
Biotech traits
Future of Ag Biotechnology
Sep 3, 2008 3:11 PM | By Kent Thiesse
Within the past couple of years, USDA released a report about the future of biotechnology in agriculture that is quite interesting. This report, “Opportunities and Challenges in Agricultural ... More
Traits Worth the Wait
Sep 1, 2008 12:00 PM | By Susan Winsor
Since designer genes first debuted in 1996, exciting new corn seed traits have steadily advanced. Over the next five to seven years, the trait package... More
Conservation tillage
A Nod To No-Till
Feb 15, 2009 12:00 PM | By Loretta Sorensen
It didn't happen overnight, but Bismarck, ND, farmer Gabe Brown raises 140-bu. corn with fewer than 15 lbs. of commercial fertilizer. He has successfully... More
Now All No-Till
Feb 1, 2009 12:00 PM | By Meggie Foster
Politicians and green gurus preach how conservation is the right thing to do for the environment. But for most farmers, a long-term conservation system... More
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Corn rootworm traits
A Front-Row View
Apr 1, 2009 12:00 PM | By Mark Moore
Don't let crop scouting slip down your priority list. Truth is, with the plethora of resources available at your fingertips, scouting is probably one... More
Scouting Made Simple
Apr 1, 2008 12:00 PM | By Jen Bennett
Sweltering temperatures and pollinating corn don't make you say, Let's go scouting! But, those are generally the conditions under which scouting for corn... More
Disease
Coddle Your Corn
Mar 1, 2009 12:00 PM | By Jen Bennett
Unpredictable. Change of pattern. We'll see what the weather brings. That's what entomologists and pathologists say when it comes to pests and diseases... More
Glyphosate tolerance
You Can’t Afford to Ignore the Threat of Glyphosate Resistance
Jun 30, 2009 10:31 AM
What makes this study, “U.S. Farmer Awareness of Glyphosate-Resistant Weeds and Resistance Management Strategies” (2009, Vol. 23:308-312), especially important is that it is one of only a few that have compiled information on a broad scale about farmers... More
Volunteer Corn Management In Corn And Soybean
Jun 8, 2009 2:47 PM | Source: University of Minnesota Extension
Large populations of volunteer corn are being reported in some fields in Minnesota this year. What impact the volunteer corn will have on this year’s crop yield and the viable management options available will depend upon in which crop the volunteer corn is present... More
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Pests
Spray Drift Potential Increases During Warm-Weather Applications
Jun 17, 2009 9:46 AM | By Mark Hanna and Kristine Schaefer, Iowa State University Extension
Recent rains over much of the state are encouraging crop and weed growth and pesticide applications will be a primary focus as soon as fields are suitable. In a May 15, 2009 ICM news article, management factors to reduce... More
Be On The Lookout For Black Cutworm
May 15, 2009 11:49 AM | Source: Purdue University
Late planting, weeds, the practice of no-till and the fact the many Indiana fields are in a corn-following-soybean rotation all combine to favor an increase in black cutworm activity, says Christian Krupke, a Purdue University specialist... More
Seed
Don’t Skimp on Seeding
Mar 1, 2009 12:00 PM | By Larry Stalcup
As corn margins squeeze production even tighter, cutting costs is important. But don't count on reducing seeding rates or plant populations to slash inputs.... More
Expert explains five key steps for selecting corn hybrids
Dec 10, 2008 5:01 PM | Ohio State University
Expert explains five key steps for selecting corn hybrids... More
Strip-till
Spring Forward to Strip-Till
Mar 1, 2009 12:00 PM | By John Russnogle
When Jeff Reints started strip-tilling nearly a decade ago, he used a homemade rig built with parts he already had. He built a strip-till bar using shanks... More
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