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July 9, 2010
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Growing degree days; foliar diseases; westen bean cutworm moths; late planted soybeans; soybean diseases; soybean aphids; high levels of head scab in wheat |
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June 23, 2010
| Growing degree days; late nitrogen needs; foliar diseases; gray leaf spot; northern corn leaf blight; common and southern rust; soybeans: manganese deficiency, white mold and saturated soil conditions; volunteer corn in soybeans; cleaning spray tanks; wheat harvest |
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June 9, 2010
| Growing degree days; rapid corn growth; tissue sampling; sulfur, nitrogen, and potassium deficiencies; soybeans nodule development; cleaning spray tanks; storm crop damage |
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May 24, 2010
| Growing degree days; corn growth stage; wet field conditions; soybean emergence; head scab alert in winter wheat |
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May 5, 2010
| Growing degree days; evaluating corn; seedling blight watchout; early cutworm activity; high yield wheat |
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April 22, 2010
| Growing degree days; corn germination and emergence issues; winter annual weed pressure; yellowing wheat and sulfur deficiency |
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April 12, 2010
| Planting reminders; starter fertilizer placement; stand establishment; soybean seedling rates; winter wheat evaluation; weed control in wheat |
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March 2010
| Time to Plan for 2010; Key Learnings from 2009; Agronomics and Farm Level Economics; Manganese Nutrition; Research Application Corner |
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March 1, 2010
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Spring fertilization; fall tillage; no-till planting; planter maintenance and calibration; starter fertilizer
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January 15, 2010
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Key learnings from 2009; Dealing with poor grain quality; Plan for 2010 plantings
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October, 2009
| Fertilizer decisions critical; ASK & soil fertility for the next 3-4 years; ferrilene update; CoRoN in fall nitrogen program; grain drydown or lack of; research application corner
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October 20, 2009
| October frost; corn drydown; grain storage tips: key reminders for grain storage this fall; test weight for corn generally lower this year; crop removal and soil fertility; yield comparison data will be abundant this fall; soil insecticide comparison in W Central IL--adding soil insecticide to rootworm trait
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September 28, 2009
| Ear rots prevalent in corn fields this fall--tips for minimizing losses: diplodia, fusarium, gibberella; sprouting earns of corn; stalk lodging is still a concern for fall; soybean rust has been identified in Kentucky and southern parts of Illinois and Indiana
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September 14, 2009
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Growing degree day accumulation continues to be below normal; threat of early frost or freeze; western bean cutworm; HyGround soil sampling; ASK fertilizer recommendations; fall herbicide programs, stalk decomposition
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August 17, 2009
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Accumulated growing degree days (GDD) and the corn crop; corn pollination; soybean aphid watch; soybean diseases becoming more prevalent: downy mildew, brown stem rot (BSR), sudden death syndrome (SDS), frogeye leaf spot
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August 3, 2009
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How is the corn crop impacted from our cooler temperatures?; corn pollination occurs mostly in the late morning; soybeans have experienced some interesting challenges this year; late planting has led to smaller soybeans in some areas; manganese deficiciency; bacterial blight on soybeans; soybean aphid watch
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July 20, 2009
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Potassium deficiency symptoms in area corn fields; have you checked your corn fields for common leaf diseases?: gray leaf spot, common rust, northern corn leaf blight; take action against stalk and root lodging now; soybean aphids have arrived in Michigan
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July 18, 2008
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Rust in corn arrives early; fungicides could do more than control disease; arrested ear development; brown stem rot in soybean plants; early and late zinc deficiency in corn
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July 18, 2008
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Rust in corn arrives early; fungicides could do more than control disease; arrested ear development; brown stem rot in soybean plants; early and late zinc deficiency in corn
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July 18, 2008
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Rust in corn arrives early; fungicides could do more than control disease; arrested ear development; brown stem rot in soybean plants; early and late zinc deficiency in corn
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June 13, 2008
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Corn replant decisions; glyphosate resistant (tolerant) weeds; soybean seedling disease; black cutworm; soybean delayed planting; corn bill bug; armyworm in wheat
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May 16, 2008
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Water, water STILL everywhere;
wheat disease report for KY, IN, MI, WI, OH, KS; soybean seedling
diseases; cold weather weather and corn emergence problems; checking
for black cutworm damage; delayed soybean planting effect on yield;
seed corn maggot; cool temperatures and GDD |
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April 7, 2008
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Water, water everywhere; corn planter
setup & yield; Nitrogen - how much do I have left?; wheat stands,
counts & nitrogen; destroying non-viable wheat fields; wheat
fungicides; residual herbicides for soybeans; soybean fungicides;
soybean seed treatment fungicides; seed - mechanical damage |
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February 8, 2008
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2008 focusing forward, atrazine, glyphosate, etc., shortages; residual herbicides for soybeans; nitrogen and sulfur; potassium
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April 20, 2007
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Cold damage, zinc's role in corn
production, winter kill on wheat, growth staging wheat, bugs on
the run |
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March 19, 2007
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Inoculants, new longevity on inoculants,
soybean seed treatments, alfalfa weevil, wheat tillering, wheat
over wintering, wheat stand counts |
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May 30, 2006 |
Soybean emergence issues, stand evaluation,
seedling diseases; zinc deficiency in corn; millipedes & wireworms;
aphid update; cutworm; corn growth staging; soybean growth |
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May 1, 2006
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Inoculants; alfalfa weevil; soybean
treatments; wheat--barley yellow dwarf, armyworm, late season nitrogen |
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August 5, 2005 |
Soybeans: sudden death syndrome, brown
stem rot, growth staging late season, aphids--when is enough...enough;
Corn: standability, factors affecting stalk quality, scouting for
stalk quality |
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July 22, 2005 |
Soybean N redistribution--SDS & BSR,
soybean aphids, 'speed scouting' for aphids, spider mites, corn
rootworm beetle, corn ear development |
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July 1, 2005 |
Bean leaf beetle and bean pod mottle
virus management, rust product update, plant health and R1, foliar
nutrition in soybeans |
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June 17, 2005 |
Herbicides and cold weather, aphids
spotted in Indiana, poor color quality in soybeans, tailgate diagnostics--"ask
Dr. Willoughby" |
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May 27, 2005 |
Malformed wheat heads, innoculation
to minimize flood damage to soybeans, Nitrogen timing & diet for
optimum corn, poor color quality of soybeans... |
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May 13, 2005 |
Cold weather damage affecting many
areas... |
