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Loading ...Spring Canola and Boron – Does it Pay?
There has been a great deal of debate about the need for boron on spring canola. It is well documented that boron plays a critical role in proper canola pollination and seed set. This has created quite a bit of interest from growers who have been experimenting with foliar boron applications at early... Continue reading
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Making Hay in a Bullish Grain Market – Stepping Up our Game
There is a great deal of optimism out there amongst cash croppers, as markets flirt with $6 corn and $12 soybeans. Side effects of this bullish market are higher fertilizer prices, increased demand for corn and soybeans land, and higher land rental rates. How will this impact our ability to produce ... Continue reading
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Post Plant Nitrogen Applications in Corn
Fields that usually get nitrogen applied prior to planting and incorporated may have been planted this year without any nitrogen in order to speed up the process. Post planting N application of UAN (28%) is a good option in these situations but there are a few things to consider. Nitrogen applicatio... Continue reading
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Was this post helpful? Loading ...Do We Need to Apply a Fungicide in Spring Cereals
May 2011 has been one of those wet starts to the growing season. Wet and warm weather provides good disease growing conditions. Disease pressure makes for poor spring cereal yields and grain quality.
Is Fungicide Always Warranted?
The question is, "when are fungicides warranted on spring cereals?"... Continue reading
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Was this post helpful? Loading ...Stem Canker in Soybean
The conditions this year have resulted in a number of soybean diseases starting early and northern stem canker is one such disease. In most years, stem canker symptoms become apparent later in the seasonafter flowering. This year stem canker started earlier with seedling damping off and early season... Continue reading
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Was this post helpful? Loading ...Management Tips for Dwarf Bunt
The following harvest and storage management tips for dwarf bunt infected fields can help increase sample quality:
Cut high with the combine
Wheat infected with dwarf bunt will be substantially shorter than healthy plants. Raising the header will reduce the amount of bunt balls harvested.
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(+1 rating, 1 votes) Loading ...To Switch or Not to Switch Hybrids
Rain! Rain! Go away and come back another day (preferably June, July and August)! At this time it would be premature to switch from adapted hybrids to shorter season hybrids. When field conditions delay planting and necessitate switching to less than full-season hybrids, factors to consider in this ... Continue reading
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Was this post helpful? Loading ...Top Counties Catching WBC Moths So Far
Trap counts sent in to the network this week from last week’s moth catches indicate that moth flight increased dramatically. And from tweets on Twitter and emails coming in from participants, even higher numbers are being caught this week in some traps. So we haven’t quite reached peak moth ... Continue reading
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Tagged Corn Pests, dry bean pests, Pest Alerts, trap results, western bean cutworm
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Coragen Granted Approval for Use in Dry Beans for WBC
The official announcement came through today. Coragen Insecticide is now also approved for use in dry beans and other legumes (except soybeans) for WBC control in Canada through the URMULE system. Rate is 250 to 375 mL/ha. Use a minimum of 100L/ha of water for ground app. 1 day PHI. Clic... Continue reading
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Western Bean Cutworm Activity Increasing
Was this post helpful? Loading ...Coragen Insecticide Also Registered for WBC in Corn
I have been negligent in not mentioning the newest insecticide to be registered for WBC control in corn. I have no excuse except that I been conveying product information through links to Publication 812, Field Crop Protection Guide and the product didn't get registered for WBC control in time to ... Continue reading
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Was this post helpful? Loading ...Western Bean Cutworm Action Thresholds
Many questions are starting to come in regarding WBC. Just to help clarify what the action thresholds for western bean cutworm are, here is a quick summary:
In Corn: Scout 10 plants in a row in 10 areas of the field. In non-Bt corn or transgenic corn that does not provide any protection against... Continue reading
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This Week’s Insect Activity
There is a lot happening out there. I am sure I am not aware of half of the infestations that are going on but at least I will report on what I do know.
Western bean cutworm - Hot spot egg mass locations continue to be in the Bothwell area with now fields in the Tillsonburg area also showing up wit... Continue reading
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Bothwell Area – Some Fields at WBC Eggmass Threshold – SCOUT
Was this post helpful? Loading ...Without Rain Comes Spider Mite Problems
Chris DiFonzo from MSU and I both have this pest on our radar. I was hoping to see more areas get some of the rain that touched Ontario yesterday but sadly that didn't happen. It is typically a little early for mites given the stage of the soybean crop but with this heat and dry conditions, it w... Continue reading
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