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Scout for common stalk borer in corn seedlings
2014-06-02 22:29:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
Source: Iowa State University, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Corn growers should start scouting for common stalk borer, say experts at Iowa State University and University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Scouting for migrating larvae in corn should begin now to make timely treatment decisions, says Erin Hodgson, Iowa State University associate professor of entomology. read more
Do you sidedress nitrogen on corn?
2014-05-30 23:13:59| Corn & Soybean Digest
Fertilizer research shows strong value in sidedressing nitrogen for greater efficiency when the corn crop needs it more. We'd like to know if you sidedress nitrogen on your corn crop. Is it something you don't even want to consider because of the risk of not getting into the field? Or, do you sidedress all of your corn acres? Do you fall somewhere in between? Take our poll and let us know. Please leave a comment with how many corn acres, or what percentage of your acreage, you sidedress with nitrogen. No desire to try it; too risky waiting to apply nitrogen. I'm considering trying it on some corn acres. I sidedress nitrogen on part of my corn acres. I sidedress all of my corn acres. Go to result page on submit: 0
Cover crops do not rob from corn and soybean yields
2014-05-29 22:43:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
Rick Juchems, Plainfield, Iowa, is surprised that cereal-rye cover crops did not reduce his corn or soybean yields. He and 11 other Iowa farmers participated in a five-year trial to determine whether rye causes yield hits in the cash crops that follow it. It doesnt. Bottom Line read more
May 27 Crop Progress: Corn, soybean planting back on pace; corn, soybean emergence close to average
2014-05-27 23:57:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
Farmers across the Corn Belt made strong progress in the fields in the past week, returning to normal corn planting pace and shifting ahead of the five-year average planting pace for soybeans. Warm weather helped corn and soybean crops emerge and push to near-average emergence pace. read more
$2,000 buys this corn farmer aerial scouting technology
2014-05-22 18:16:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
Crop consultant and farmer Marc Burggraff found an unmanned aerial vehicle that can fly GPS patterns with his sons GoPro camera. Content Classification: Curated Bottom Line read more
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