This seasonal newsletter is being distributed every two weeks and deals with agronomic issues in the Northern Business Unit of Helena Chemical Company. It is meant to provide helpful information for growers, dealers, crop consultants, and salesmen to help in decision making.

The FieldLink Newletters
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July 18, 2008
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

June 13, 2008
Corn replant decisions; glyphosate resistant (tolerant) weeds; soybean seedling disease; black cutworm; soybean delayed planting; corn bill bug; armyworm in wheat

May 16, 2008
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

April 7, 2008
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

February 8, 2008
2008 focusing forward, atrazine, glyphosate, etc., shortages; residual herbicides for soybeans; nitrogen and sulfur; potassium

April 20, 2007
Cold damage, zinc's role in corn production, winter kill on wheat, growth staging wheat, bugs on the run

March 19, 2007
Inoculants, new longevity on inoculants, soybean seed treatments, alfalfa weevil, wheat tillering, wheat over wintering, wheat stand counts

May 30, 2006
Soybean emergence issues, stand evaluation, seedling diseases; zinc deficiency in corn; millipedes & wireworms; aphid update; cutworm; corn growth staging; soybean growth

May 1, 2006
Inoculants; alfalfa weevil; soybean treatments; wheat--barley yellow dwarf, armyworm, late season nitrogen

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

July 22, 2005
Soybean N redistribution--SDS & BSR, soybean aphids, 'speed scouting' for aphids, spider mites, corn rootworm beetle, corn ear development

July 1, 2005
Bean leaf beetle and bean pod mottle virus management, rust product update, plant health and R1, foliar nutrition in soybeans

June 17, 2005
Herbicides and cold weather, aphids spotted in Indiana, poor color quality in soybeans, tailgate diagnostics--"ask Dr. Willoughby"

May 27, 2005
Malformed wheat heads, innoculation to minimize flood damage to soybeans, Nitrogen timing & diet for optimum corn, poor color quality of soybeans...

May 13, 2005
Cold weather damage affecting many areas...

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The FieldLink Editors:
Dr. Greg Willoughby, North Central Division Agronomist
Mr. Steve Curley, Midwest Division Agronomist