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Pre-Harvest Herbicide Timing in Soybeans
A pre-harvest herbicide treatment can make harvest more efficient when there are an unacceptable number of weeds in a soybean crop. Both conventional and glyphosate tolerant fields that are weedy can benefit from a pre-harvest herbicide. Drier plant matter will pass more easily through the combine, lowering seed losses and reducing seed staining… […]Read More…
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Alfalfa Fall Rest Period
The fall rest period (sometimes called “critical fall harvest period”) for alfalfa is 450 growing degree days, base 5°C (where plant development occurs at 5°C or higher), or approximately 6-weeks before the average date of the first killing frost (-4°C for several hours), when alfalfa stops growing. Not cutting during this period allows alfalfa plants…
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Field Crop News for Week of August 24, 2026
Late-Season Soybean Diseases: Diagnosis Matters As Ontario soybean crops move through grain fill and head toward harvest, the focus of disease management shifts. Instead of protecting yield potential with in-season applications, growers should now be assessing how diseases may affect yield, grain quality, harvestability, and help make management decisions for next year. While the hot…
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