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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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Current News & Information
The articles that follow are listed from newest to oldest. You may need to "reload" or "refresh" your browser screen to display the latest articles. CLICK HERE for previous Cafe postings, archived by year and month or use the Google search box below to search through the Cafe archives. CLICK HERE for archived Corny News articles written by yours truly. Links to newsletters from universities not regularly posted at the Cafe can be found on KingCorn's Timely Information Web page. When in doubt about the applicability of the information to your geographic area of the country, please contact the author(s) of the articles or consult with your own university Extension specialists. The primary field crop Extension specialists at Purdue University are listed at http://www.kingcorn.org/cafe/experts.html.
- (22 May)
- Hot & Dry: Toll on Young Corn?
- (22 May)
- Ohio C.O.R.N. Newsletter
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- Asiatic Garden Beetle or Grub
- Head Scab Risk Low, but Stripe Rust Showing up
- Grass Sawfly
- True Armyworms
- Factors Contributing to Uneven Corn Emergence
- (22 May)
- Missouri Integrated Pest & Crop Management News
- (22 May)
- Michigan Extension Field Crops News
- (22 May)
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Kentucky Pest News
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- Early Appearance of Southern Corn Rust in the Deep South
- (18 May)
- Purdue Pest & Crop Newsletter
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- VIDEO: Assessing Early Bean Leaf Beetle Feeding
- Poison Hemlock (Conium maculatum) - A Mini Review
- Seedling Blights Observed in Indiana Cornfields
- Prevalent Purple Plants Perennially Puzzle Producers
- Corkscrewed Mesocotyls & Failed Corn Emergence
- Corn Replant Decisions
- A Recipe for Crappy Stands of Corn
- (18 May)
- Wisconsin Crop Manager Newsletter
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- New video helps with corn replanting decisions
- Managing Hail Damaged Alfalfa and Red Clover
- Fusarium Head Blight Risk Remains Low
- (18 May)
- Nebraska Crop Watch Newsletter
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- Soil Crusting in Soybean Fields Causing Concerns
- Rootworm Egg Hatch has Begun in Southeast Nebraska
- Forecasting Stalk Borer Growth Stage
- Wheat Disease Update: Increased Levels of Leaf Rust
- Freeze Hits Wheat Just as Heads Emerging
- Planting Surges Ahead with Warm, Dry Conditions, Little Rain
- USDA to Collect Crop Acreage Data in Early June
- Dry Conditions Add to Wheat Stress in Western, Central Kansas
- (18 May)
- Michigan Extension Field Crops News
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- Black cutworm feeding damage being found in some southwest Michigan corn fields
- Regional reports on Michigan field crops – May 17, 2012
- When you’re scouting fields, go looking for trouble
- Rotary hoes as a crust-busting aid
- Alfalfa weevil pressure in alfalfa stunted by frost injury
- Water control devices and sub irrigation: two different, yet similar systems
- Western bean cutworm traps are popping up across Michigan
- Protecting wheat from leaf and head diseases
- (18 May)
- Kansas Agronomy E-update
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- Weed control strategies in grain sorghum
- Irrigated cropland insurance eligibility and drought: Questions and answers from RMA
- Chemical control of roughleaf dogwood
- (18 May)
- the Bulletin:
Pest mgmt & crop developmt information for Illinois
- (17 May)
- A Recipe for Crappy Stands of Corn
- (17 May)
- Corn Replant Decisions
- (16 May)
- Iowa Integrated Crop Management Newsletter
- (16 May)
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Kentucky Pest News
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- Fungicides Best Used in Corn at Reproductive Stage
- (16 May)
- Crop-Pest Ontario
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- Pre-Plant Dandelion Control in Soybeans
- WBC Trapping Network
- Alfalfa Weevil and Black Cutworm
- 2012 Testing Results for Herbicide Resistant Weeds
- Everyone Knows It's Windy
- Weevils and Whatnot!
- Efficacy of Wheat Fungicides
- (15 May)
- Penn State Field Crop News
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- Wheat Crop Update
- Corn Crop Developing Nicely
- Scout for Slug and Black Cutworm Damage
- Keep Resistance to Bt Hybrids by Western Corn Rootworm in Mind This Season
- Roughstalk Bluegrass Running Rampant This Year
- Multiflora Rose Control in Pastures and Herbicide Label Updates
- (15 May)
- Ohio C.O.R.N. Newsletter
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- Slugs Causing Concern Earlier Than Normal
- Evaluate Alfalfa Stands
- Scab is at Low Risk for the Week of May 14 – What to do with the Fungicide
- Other Field Crop Insect Concerns
- Misc. Emergence Problems in Corn
- (11 May)
- Purdue Pest & Crop Newsletter
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- Rootworm Hatch Underway...It's Early!
- What An Incredible Black Cutworm Catching Season
- Nematode Updates - Corn Nematodes
- Timing Of Post-emergence Corn Herbicide Applications
- Effects Of Flooding Or Ponding On Young Corn
- Sulfur Deficiency In Corn
- (11 May)
- Kansas Agronomy E-update
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- Causes of wheat stress in western and central Kansas
- Evaluating corn early-season growth
- Sorghum planting management
- (11 May)
- Iowa Integrated Crop Management Newsletter
- (11 May)
- the Bulletin:
Pest mgmt & crop developmt information for Illinois
- (9 May)
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Sulfur deficiency in corn
- (8 May)
- Effects of Flooding or Ponding on Young Corn
- Cafe proprietor's note: Previously published article; still good information.
- (8 May)
- Penn State Field Crop News
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- Thin Alfalfa Plantings: Deciding When to Give Up
- Maturity and Diseases on Winter Grains
- Preemergence Soil Residual Herbicides for Soybean
- Two Caterpillars to Consider: Black Cutworm and Armyworm
- Residual Corn Herbicides in Post Applications
- Slug Populations are Ramping Up, Alfalfa Weevil Ramping Down
- Lots of Mustard Family Weeds Bringing Color to the Landscape
- (8 May)
- Ohio C.O.R.N. Newsletter
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- Powdery Mildew and Septoria leaf blotch: This Year the Story is Different
- Ponding Effects on Corn and Soybeans
- Soybean Seedling Diseases – What to Look for in 2012
- POST Corn Treatments with Residual Activity
- Now is the Time to Calibrate Your Sprayer
- Protecting Honey Bees From Pesticides
- (7 May)
- Corn Prices in Three Parts
- (4 May)
- Purdue Pest & Crop Newsletter
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- Critical Time For Black Cutworm Scouting
- Asiatic Garden Beetle Grub Is Back
- Be On The Lookout For A New Wheat Disease
- Early-Planted Corn Developing Slowly
- Winter Wheat As A Forage
- More Frozen Wheat: To Keep It or Not?
- (4 May)
- Nebraska Crop Watch Newsletter
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- Risk of Fusarium Head Blight in Wheat
- Nebraska Corn at Elevated Risk for Stewart's Wilt and Flea Beetle Damage
- Scout Emerged Corn for Early Season Insects
- Kill Cereal Rye Early to Avoid Problems from Its Alleopathic Effect
- Expect Potato/Tomato Psyllids Earlier Than Normal
- Delay Planting Summer Annuals Until Warmer Temperatures are the Norm
- Corn Planting Midway; Soybean Planting Started
- WIth Prices Like This, Who Needs to Know the Cost of Production?
- (4 May)
- the Bulletin:
Pest mgmt & crop developmt information for Illinois
- (1 May)
- Penn State Field Crop News
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- Be Careful Planting Soybeans in Cold Soil
- Drill and Planter Calibration for Soybeans
- Insect Pests to Keep in Mind: Black Cutworm, Alfalfa Weevil, and Cereal Leaf Beetle
- Weed Control Options When Replanting New Alfalfa Seedings
- Prepare for Earlier Hay Harvest This Year
- Corn Emergence, Development and Soil Temperatures
- Continue to Monitor Barley and Wheat for Freeze Damage
- Using the Head Scab Prediction Tool for Wheat
- (1 May)
- Ohio C.O.R.N. Newsletter
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- Ohio Wheat Crop is Ahead of Schedule. Is that Good or Bad?
- Wheat Head Scab Forecasting and Alert Systems 2012
- New Wheat Disease found in Kentucky - Could it be in Ohio?
- Corn Emergence and Heat Unit Accumulation
- Corn Replanting Considerations
- Some Weed Management Odds and Ends
- (1 May)
- Michigan Extension Field Crops News
- (1 May)
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Kentucky Pest News
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- Barley Yellow Dwarf Evident in Some Wheat Fields
- Barley Yellow Dwarf: A Product of Warm Winter?
- Leaf Rust Brewing in Some Wheat Fields
- (1 May)
- Iowa Integrated Crop Management Newsletter
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