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In this issue you will find the Weather Outlook, which favors a warming trend as we move through the month, winter wheat and early corn development conditions around the state, the Five Acre Corn Club entry registration, recommendations to scout for slugs and black cutworms and an alert about potential early hatch of western corn rootworm and resistance to Bt hybrids, a report on Roughstalk bluegrass (Poa Trivialis), weed management of multiflora rose and updated herbicide labels, a Grain Marketing Update and lastly, Upcoming Events.
In this issue you will find the Weather Outlook, articles covering thin alfalfa plantings and maturity and diseases on small grains. Also covered are articles on black cutworm and armyworm, slugs and mustard family weeds.
In this issue you will find the Weather Outlook, which may remain cool and drier than normal over the next month; reminder about the importance of soil temperatures when planting soybeans; drill and planter calibration recommendations for soybeans; keeping watch on some insect pests including black cutworm, alfalfa weevil, and cereal leaf beetle; suggestions for weed control in new alfalfa seedings; information on preparing for an early forage harvest; early season chill injury on corn; monitoring barley and wheat for freeze damage; an on-line tool for predicting head scab in wheat; sharpening your skills at grain marketing; and upcoming events.
In this issue: Dry weather period my change, but there is some uncertainty, forage seedlings under stress, is it just the dry weather or are seedcorn maggots to blame, watch out for salt injury from manure applications and starter fertilizer applications in dry periods, scouting tips for corn emergence problems, consider forage sorghum to increase forage production as forage supplies are looking like they may be tight, grain marketing opportunities and upcoming events.
In this issue you will find the Weather Outlook which may remain drier than normal over the next month; recommendations to scout those winter cereal and ryegrass fields planted to forage or cover crops and timely plan your harvest or control; make sure you have your corn and soybean seed needs already ordered as supplies may be short; check your wheat and barley for freeze injury from the recent cold nights we have experienced; scout those fields that were flooded last fall for alien weed invaders that may have been left behind; wonder about that small white flowered weed growing in your fields and flowerbed, it may be hairy bittercress; check the growth stage of your wheat or barley before applying an herbicide, it may be too late for some products; here’s a quick update on some insect and disease considerations; and finally upcoming events.
In this issue: Paul Knight provides us with the spring outlook and a peek at the summer trends. Wait! Don’t plant your corn yet, it’s still March. Weed and cover crop management tips, How to manage gullies in no-till fields, On-farm research tips, Grain Marketing and Upcoming Events.
As spring-like weather arrives this week you may be considering winter annual weed control in alfalfa and small grains, we’ve got you covered. This week’s issue also includes articles on disease management for small grains and a manure management regulations update. Before things get too busy you better go over your baler in the shop to save down time when you really can’t afford it. Maybe you need a few more pesticide recertification credits, upcoming Crop Management webinars can help. Also check out our Upcoming Events for programs in your area.
Does the weather have you thinking about going out to the field to get some work done? This week’s issue provides several timely topics relevant to things you may be considering. But check out Paul Knight’s forecast first. Some thoughts on grain markets and a reminder about FSA program deadlines rounds out this edition. Don’t forget to check out some meetings that are coming up soon in Upcoming Events.
The first edition of Field Crop News for 2012 is loaded with information for crop producers. You’ll find timely articles on grain marketing and new herbicides, rootworm resistance to Bt corn, results of the Soybean Yield Contest and details on the Manure Management Plan requirement for all livestock farms. In addition, you can find information about the many Penn State crop production programs slated for the next few months.
Web links and brief overviews of Corn Silage Hybrid, Soybean Variety and Weed Control (by weeks end) trials kick-off this week’s edition. Reminders for protecting stored grain and some insight on grain markets follow. If your fields had a lot of down corn this fall, read some tips on controlling volunteer corn in 2012. Check out the items now added in Upcoming Events.
This issue of Field Crop News contains the following articles; "How Late Can I Control Perennials in the Fall", "Tidbits on Fall Control of Chickweed and Horseweed", "Fall Manure Applications to Forage Stands", "Price Expectations of Unsold Grain", and "Nutrient Removed from Baling Corn Stover". Also included is Weather Outlook and Upcoming Events.
This week's issue of Field Crop News starts with the "Weather Outlook and is followed by the "Marketing Outlook". John Tooker has an article covering "Brown Marmorated Stink Bug and Stay-green in Soybeans". Alyssa Collins covers "What to Expect with Disease Issues for this Harvest Season". The remaining articles in this issue cover "Upcoming Events" and "New Herbicide Resistance Training Modules Available On-line from the Weed Science Society of America".
In this edition of Field Crop News you will find the following articles; "Winter Wheat Planting Underway", "Adhere to Fly-free Dates to Avoid Hessian Fly in Small Grains", "Watch for Aphids in Recently-planted Small Grains", "Estimate Your Cost of Drying Corn", "Forage Sorghum: Worth a Second Look", "Yellow Alfalfa in Low Areas?", "Marketing Decisions". You'll also find the "Weather Outlook" and "Upcoming Events".
This weeks edition of Field Crop News contains articles covering "Biennial and Perennial Weed Control is Best in the Fall", "Keep an Eye Out for Palmer Amaranth", and "Marketing Decisions". Other articles include "Watch for Bean Leaf Beetle Feeding on Soybean Pods", "Herbicides for Grassy Weed Control in Small Grains", "A New Disease of Soybeans", and "Soil Compaction Concerns Continue".
This issue of Field Crop News starts with an article covering How Late is Too Late to Plant Forage Crops. Next up is an Alfalfa Weed Control Update followed by Calibrating Grain Drill Prior to Fall Seeding. John Tooker has an article discussing Things to Consider About Brown Marmorated Stink Bugs and Your Senescing Soybeans. This issue closes with articles concerning Soil Compaction and Erosion Issues and the results for the Precision Ag. Survey.
In this issue of Field Crop News, you'll find articles covering the Late Season Cornstalk Nitrate Test, insect updates covering the Brown Marmorated Stink Bug, Western Bean Cutworm and Soybean Aphid. Other articles cover Wind Damaged Corn, Hullless Barley Opportunity, Resistance to Bt Corn Hybrids Discovered. You'll also find two articles on herbicides and covercrops; Corn and Soybean Herbicides and Fall Cover Crop Establishment and, Corn Herbicide — Cover Crop Experiment Initiated in 2010.
This edition of Field Crop News begins with the Weather Outlook for the next week. Next up is an article by Dwight Lingenfelter titled "Watch Out for These Weeds". Next up is an update on the Pennsylvania Soybean Board Brown Marmorated Stink Bug Monitoring Project followed by "Cover Crop Seedings this Fall. This issue closes with articles on Marketing, The Commercial Applicator Training Day, a Cover Crop Upate and Upcoming Events.
A number of corn-related articles appear in this issue of Field Crop News. The first article covers continuing drought issues in some areas of Pennsylvania. The second article covers preparation for Corn Silage Harvest while the last article covers Nitrate Concerns in Corn Silage and Sorghum-Sudan Species. Additional articles include Summer Seeded Oats for Forage Production, Should You Apply Fungicides in Your Soybeans, and Keep an Eye Out for Stinkbugs. This issue closes with the Marketing Update, Winter Wheat Variety Evaluation Data Posted and Upcoming Events.
This week's edition of Field Crop News looks at Corn Development and Drought Stress. Corn Diseases and the 2011 Corn Crop are also covered. Additional topics include Cover Crop Options After Small Grain Harvest, Educational Farm Visits Coming to the Chesapeake Watershed, Vertical Tillage, Ugly Forage Stands and Marketing
To conserve soil and nutrients and protect water quality, a team comprised of Penn State Extension and USDA-ARS scientists are demonstrating shallow-disk manure injection and cover crop rolling with eight cooperating Pennsylvania farms. With funding from the USDA-NRCS Conservation Innovation Grant program, the team bought four shallow-disk manure injectors and two cover crop roller-crimpers for use in four regions of PA. Additional farmers are invited to evaluate either or both practices on their farms. For more information see: http://extension.psu.edu/cropping-systems/about
