The Chat 'n Chew Cafe offers an up-to-date "menu" with the latest crop production newsletters and news releases compiled from universities and other public Web sites across the U.S. Upcoming crop-related educational events are listed along the left side of the screen. The Cafe is owned and operated by your friendly neighborhood Extension corn specialist at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. Comments sent to him at rnielsen at purdue.edu are gladly received, always read and frequently acted upon.
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Soybean Rust Monitoring site .
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corn silking progress.
- (29 June)
- Ohio C.O.R.N. Newsletter
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- Summer Seeded Cover Crops
- Harvest aids for Wheat
- Recovery and Yield Potential of Root Lodged Corn
- Foliar Diseases in Soybean
- (28 June)
- Nebraska Crop Watch Newsletter
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- Using Fertigation for Efficient Nitrogen Application
- Timing of Post-Emergence Weed Control in Soybean
- Avoiding Glyphosate and Atrazine Runoff and Groundwater Contamination
- EPA Revokes All Carbofuran Tolerances
- Glyphosate Brands and Generics Perform Equally Well
- Roundup Ready® Crops Have Major Positive Impact on Tillage Practices
- Controlling Summer Grasses In Alfalfa
- Techniques for Using Hay Moisture Testers
- The Good and Bad of Too Much Sweet Clover
- (27 June)
- Crop-Pest Ontario
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- Soybean Aphids Populations Rising in Some Fields
- Getting Wheat Bins Ready
- There is Value in Wheat Straw!
- Soybean Cyst Nematode Symptoms Starting!
- (25 June)
- Purdue Pest & Crop Newsletter
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- Get to the Root(worm) of the Problem
- Leafhopper Populations Booming
- (25 June)
- the Bulletin:
Pest mgmt & crop developmt information for Illinois
- (25 June)
- Michigan Field Crop Team Advisory Alert
- (25 June)
- Wisconsin Crop Manager Newsletter
- (24 June)
- Iowa Integrated Crop Management Newsletter
- (23 June)
- Penn State Field Crop News
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- Haylage Harvest
- Marketing Update
- Small Grain Harvest Considerations
- Midseason Weed Control Issues
- Taking Care of Our Soils
- (23 June)
- Ohio C.O.R.N. Newsletter
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- Applying Urea as a “Sidedress” for Corn
- Scouting for late-season postemergence treatments in soybeans
- Corn growth “exploding” in many Ohio fields
- Concerns about corn injury from residual herbicides
- Macronutrients: Foliar Fertilizers vs. Dry Fertilizers
- Nutrient Value and Removal of Wheat Straw
- (22 June)
- Expectations for USDA Reports
- (21 June)
- Nebraska Crop Watch Newsletter
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- Watch for Bacterial Diseases in Corn
- Begin Scouting For 1st Generation Corn Borers
- Early Season Soybean Diseases Showing Up in Nebraska
- Planting Options After Winter Wheat
- Be Alert to Early Outbreaks of Sunflower Rust
- Is Your Pumping Plant Doing All it Can?
- University Researchers Study Weed Management Practices in Effort to Extend Glyphosate Cropping Systems
- Flaming: A New Weed Control Tool in Organic Crops
- Buckbrush Control in Pasture
- Managing Eastern Redcedar in Grasslands
- Managing Windrow Disease In Alfalfa
- Postemergence Weed Control In Alfalfa
- Nebraska Leads the Nation in Irrigated Acres
- (20 June)
- Purdue Pest & Crop Newsletter
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- Stink Bug Damage in Corn
- Japanese Beetles Emerging
- Lots of Little Black and Red Bugs in Soybeans
- Time to Park the Corn Planters
- It May Pay to Recheck Fields for Weeds
- Dealing with DON in Wheat
- (20 June)
- Crop-Pest Ontario
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- Soybean Aphids Making a Comeback?
- Assessing Soybean Stands
- Post Emergent Weed Control in Non-GMO Soybeans
- Attention Western Bean Cutworm Trap Network Participants!
- (18 June)
- Time to Park the Corn Planters
- (18 June)
- Wisconsin Crop Manager Newsletter
- (18 June)
- Michigan Field Crop Team Advisory Alert
- (18 June)
- the Bulletin:
Pest mgmt & crop developmt information for Illinois -
- EPA Revokes All Tolerances for Carbofuran--Labeled Uses May Continue Throughout 2009
- New Report on GM Crops Available: Significant Economic and Environmental Impacts Achieved by Farmers Since Mid-1990s
- Insect Activity Sporadic and Variable Across the North-Central Region
- Soybean Rust Update
- Still Wet, and Corn Not Planted?
- Identifying Nutrient Deficiencies in Corn
- Early-Season Soybean Growth
- (18 June)
- Kentucky Pest News
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- Late Planted Soybeans Can Produce Late Season Insect Problems
- (18 June)
- Missouri Integrated Pest & Crop Management Newsletter
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- Nitrogen Loss: Again??!!
- Foliage Diseases of Alfalfa
- Early Season Soybean Diseases
- Sensor-Guided Sidedressing
- (15 June)
- Ohio C.O.R.N. Newsletter
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- Initial Reports Indicate Low Levels of Head Scab in Ohio
- Winter Storage of UAN Solution – Impacting what is Being Applied Today
- Soybean Aphids in Ohio
- Late corn and soybean plantings
- Scouting for Western Bean Cutworm
- (15 June)
- Nebraska Crop Watch Newsletter
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- Crop Damage Reports
- Factors to Consider with Hail- or Flood-Damaged Corn
- Replant Options Following Corn Pre-Emergence Herbicide Applications
- Replant Intervals for Common Corn Pre- and Post-Emergence Herbicides
- Assessing Post-Storm Soybean Stands
- Wheat Survey Reveals Low Disease and Insect Levels
- Assessing Wheat Damage
- Controlling Potato Leafhoppers in Alfalfa
- Replanting with Forages
- Planting Forage after Wheat
- (15 June)
- Iowa Integrated Crop Management Newsletter
- (12 June)
- Purdue Pest & Crop Newsletter
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- Stalk Borer Active
- Soybean Aphid: First Indiana Sighting
- Delayed Soybean Planting Decisions
- Corn And The Ugly Duckling
- Prevalent Purple Plants Possibly Puzzle Producers
- Cases of Possible Chloroacetamide Injury
- Wheat Diseases Present Throughout Indiana
- (11 June)
- Wisconsin Crop Manager Newsletter
- (11 June)
- Crop-Pest Ontario
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- Soybean Rust Update
- Is it Physiological or Disease in my Wheat?
- Corn and the ugly Duckling
- Wheat Leaf Disease Rating Scales
- (11 June)
- Michigan Field Crop Team Advisory Alert
- (11 June)
- Kentucky Wheat Science News
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- Wheat Fusarium Head Blight (FHB) Widespread in Kentucky
- Check Your Wheat Hay Before Feeding
- Harvesting, Drying and Storing Wheat Suspected of Vomitoxin Contamination
- DON (Vomitoxin) in Wheat Basic Questions and Answers ‐ North Dakota State University
- (11 June)
- Iowa Integrated Crop Management Newsletter
- (11 June)
- the Bulletin:
Pest mgmt & crop developmt information for Illinois -
- Corn Rootworm Larval Hatch Reported
- Black Cutworm Damage Observed in Northern Illinois
- European Corn Borer Moths and Larvae Active
- Soybean Aphids Found in Michigan Soybean Fields
- EPA Revokes All Tolerances for Carbofuran
- Maximum Corn Growth Stages for Postemergence Herbicides
- Soybean Planting Progress Update
- How Much Nitrogen Do I Need?
- Factors That Limit Nutrient Availability
- Taking Stock of the 2009 Corn Crop
- Wheat as Harvest Approaches
- (9 June)
- Penn State Field Crop News
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- Time to monitor diseases in wheat and barley
- Forage Update
- True armyworm a risk to corn fields
- Corn Sidedress Nitrogen Management Tips
- Watch for K Deficiency
- Horseweed/Marestail Escaping Control
- Late planting of corn and soybeans
- (8 June)
- Crop-Pest Ontario
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- Soybean Growers Needed for New Soybean Aphid Threshold Project
- Can I Apply Post-Emergent Herbicides to soybeans before the 1st Trifoliate Stage?
- Will Fusarium be a problem in the 2009 Spring Wheat Crop?
- Armyworm Larvae Have Been Spotted
- Avoid Getting Burned by Herbicide Residues
- (8 June)
- Ohio C.O.R.N. Newsletter
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- Assessing hail damaged corn
- Hail damage may result in tied leaf whorls in corn
- Corn and The Ugly Duckling
- Lack of rain on preemergence herbicides
- Wheat Scab Update June 8 2009: Southern States Got Hit Hard - The Value of Planting Resistant Varieties Highlighted in News Release
- Modified Relay Intercrop Field Day on June 23
- Soybean Aphids Found in Michigan
- (8 June)
- Will the U.S. Run Out of Soybeans?
- (8 June)
- Prevalent Purple Plants Possibly Puzzle Producers
- Updated last year, but have been getting reports this year.
- (7 June)
- Corn and the Ugly Duckling
- (7 June)
- Nebraska Crop Watch Newsletter
- (4 June)
- Wisconsin Crop Manager Newsletter
- (4 June)
- Purdue Pest & Crop Newsletter
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- Nematode Updates, Corn Nematodes
- Corn Rootworm Hatch is Underway in West Central Indiana
- Wet Soils Favor Seedling Blights in Corn
- (4 June)
- Penn State Field Crop News
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- Pokeweed Management
- Spray Tip Selection
- Scab Risk Update
- Too Late for Seeding Forage Crops
- Cereal Leaf Beetle Causing Headaches
- Garden Symphylans
- (4 June)
- Michigan Field Crop Team Advisory Alert
- (4 June)
- Iowa Integrated Crop Management Newsletter
- (4 June)
- the Bulletin:
Pest mgmt & crop developmt information for Illinois
- (2 June)
- Ohio C.O.R.N. Newsletter
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- Scab Risk Update and Fungicide Efficacy against Scab after Flowering
- Ammonia Volatilization Losses from Weed ‘n’ Feed Applications
- Early season soybean and corn diseases.
- Armyworm in Corn
- Miscellaneous weed management issues and questions
- Staging vegetative growth in corn.
- Predicting leaf stage development in corn.
- Estimating Soybean Stands
- (2 June)
- Missouri Integrated Pest & Crop Management Newsletter
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- Take-All Of Wheat
- Bean Leaf Beetles in Soybean; Flea Beetles in Field Corn
- Stewart’s Bacterial Wilt of Corn
- Crazy Top of Corn
- Tips for Troubleshooting Field Crop Problems
- (2 June)
- Kentucky Pest News
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- Bin Preparation Is the Most Important Aspect of Good Wheat Storage
- Wheat Fusarium Head Blight (FHB) Widespread in Kentucky
- Insect Damage to Corn Seedlings
- (2 June)
- Solving Mysteries
- (1 Jun)
- Nebraska Crop Watch Newsletter
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- Loose Smut Found in Wheat Fields
- Scout Your Fields Now
- Skip-Row Planting of Sorghum for Improved Drought Tolerance
- Controlling Volunteer Corn in Soybean
- Ranking Weed Competitiveness in Soybean
- Raise Cutting Height When First Alfalfa Harvest Is Delayed
- Pasture Grubs More Common
- Countering Heat Damage To Moist Hay
- Control Hoary Vervain in Early June
- Controlling Western Ragweed in Pasture
- (1 Jun)
- Crop-Pest Ontario
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- Fusarium Update
- Wind Idiots Part 2
- We Catch Your Drift
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