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  • Crop Report for Week of September 7, 2026 

    Cover crop integration after corn and soybeans Establishing cover crops after corn and soybeans offers a unique opportunity for soil improvement. For the many Ontario acres that don’t receive the benefits of a third crop in rotation, it is one way to help maintain soil productivity. Winter cereals, such as winter cereal rye, are the…

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  • Field Crop News for Week of August 31, 2026

    Pre-Harvest Herbicide Timing in Soybeans Co-authored by Mike Cowbrough and Horst Bohner Pre-harvest herbicides can improve harvest efficiency when weeds interfere with combining. They help dry down green weeds and plant material, making harvest smoother and more predictable. They can also improve field conditions for fall operations such as no-till winter wheat planting. What pre-harvest…

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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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