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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(8 Mar)
Value of the U.S. Dollar and Corn Prices
Darrel Good, Univ. of Illinois
(8 Mar)
Nebraska Crop Watch Newsletter
Univ. of Nebraska.
(6 Mar)
Kentucky Pest News PDF-formatted document
Univ. of Kentucky.
  • Corn Seed Treatment for Nematodes
  • Choose Wisely…Avoid unprofitable strategies to manage moldy grain
  • Reminder: Furadan Use Cancelled on Food Crops
(6 Mar)
Handling Untilled Fields of Cornstalks
Emerson Nafziger,Univ of IL
(6 Mar)
Take Steps to Reduce Compaction Before Spring Planting
Ohio State Univ News
(3 Mar)
Missouri Integrated Pest & Crop Management Newsletter PDF-formatted document
Univ. of Missouri
  • Root-Knot Nematodes Damage Missouri Cotton
  • Minimizing Stand Establishment Diseases in 2010
  • Nitrogen Loss Cuts Into 2009 Corn Profits
(27 Feb)
If Early Fall Snows Stalled Corn Harvest, Try Grazing
Univ of Nebraska, IANR News
(27 Feb)
Facing the corn nematode problem in Illinois
Univ of Illinois, ACES News
(27 Feb)
Immobilization In Soils
George Rehm, Univ. of Minnesota
(27 Feb)
Glyphosate-Manganese Interactions in Roundup Ready Soybean
Bob Hartzler, Iowa State Univ.
(27 Feb)
Iowa Integrated Crop Management Newsletter
Iowa State Univ.
(25 Feb)
Ohio C.O.R.N. Newsletter
The Ohio State Univ.
  • Overholt Drainage School Offered in West Central Ohio
  • Applying Fertilizer Materials to Frozen, Snow Covered Ground
  • 2009 Northwest Ohio Corn Silage Test
  • Belay Insecticide Labeled on Soybean in Ohio
  • Seed treatments: the range of what they control
(22 Feb)
What's Cropping Up? PDF-formatted document
Cornell Univ (New York)
  • Safener Reduces Potential for Corn Injury with Sulfonylurea Herbicides
  • CruiserMaxx Seed Treatment: To Treat or not to Treat?
  • Impact of N Fertilizer Sources on Corn Silage Yield and Quality
  • Spring Topdress N Rate Studies on Winter Wheat
  • Research Restrictions on Public Scientists with GM Crops: A Problem for the Agricultural Community
(22 Feb)
Soft Red Winter Wheat Update
Darrel Good, Univ. of Illinois
(20 Feb)
Wisconsin Crop Manager Newsletter
Univ. of Wisconsin

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