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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
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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