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Midwest crop update: Prioritize your corn fields before you start combining

2016-09-16 18:15:00| Corn & Soybean Digest

The Midwest crop update shows that late season rain in some states helped to boost the yields in both corn and soybean fields. read more

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Scout corn fields for stalk, ear rot diseases

2015-08-28 17:17:00| Corn & Soybean Digest

Source: University of Nebraska-Lincoln While most of the corn crop looks good, Extension experts in Nebraska are beginning to see early evidence of problems developing, in particular, stalk and ear rot diseases. Farmers should watch for early symptoms and consider monitoring high-risk corn fields for stalk and ear rot diseases as harvest approaches. read more

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Monitor Corn Fields for Stalk Quality Problems

2013-09-28 02:36:00| Corn & Soybean Digest

Source: DuPont Pioneer Growers should monitor their fields as harvest approaches, to identify stalk quality problems and prepare to harvest before field losses can occur. Weak stalks can be detected by pinching the stalk at the first or second elongated internode above the ground. If the stalk collapses, advanced stages of stalk rot are indicated. read more

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GMO corn failing to protect fields from pest damage: report

2013-08-28 20:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: Researchers in the key corn-growing state of Illinois are finding significant damage from rootworms in farm fields planted in a rotation with a genetically modified corn that is supposed to protect the crop from the pests, according to a new report. Evidence gathered from fields in two Illinois counties suggests that pest problems are mounting as the rootworms grow ever more resistant to efforts to fight them, including crop rotation combined with use of the biotech corn, according to the report...

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Scout Fields for Corn Rootworm

2013-07-26 20:59:00| Corn & Soybean Digest

Corn & Soybean Digest editor Kurt Lawton went on a root dig this week on a northeast Iowa farm. He explored a Mycogen rootworm test plot with district agronomist Jeff Housman. Check out these scouting tips for corn rootworm damage on roots as well as silks. Housman estimated a 40-50-bu. loss in this test plot based on early indications of rootworm severity. read more

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