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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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(21 May)
Ohio C.O.R.N. Newsletter
The Ohio State Univ.
  • Wheat Disease Update: Week of May 20
  • Corn Planting Nearing Completion – Time to Troubleshoot Emergence Problems
  • Factors to Consider for Modified Relay Intercrop Soybeans
(21 May)
Nebraska Crop Watch Newsletter
Univ. of Nebraska.
(20 May)
Michigan Extension Field Crops News
Michigan State Univ.
(20 May)
Agricultural Pesticide Use Trends and National Interactive Maps Available, 1992 to 2009
Mike Gray, Univ. of Illinois
(20 May)
Western Corn Rootworm Hatch Expected to Begin over Memorial Day Holiday Weekend for Central Illinois
Mike Gray, Univ. of Illinois
(20 May)
Cereal Leaf Beetles and Aphids Present in Southern Illinois Wheat Fields – Overall Activity Low
Mike Gray, Univ. of Illinois
(20 May)
Supplemental Information about Soil-Residual Herbicides Applied to Emerged Corn
Aaron Hager, Univ. of Illinois
(20 May)
Corn and Soybean Prices Continue to Retrace 2012 Drought Rally
Darrel Good, Univ. of Illinois
(17 May)
Root Development in Young Corn
RL (Bob) Nielsen, Purdue Univ.
(17 May)
Wisconsin Crop Manager Newsletter
Univ. of Wisconsin
  • Alternate Forage Crops
  • Considerations for Switching Soybean Maturity Groups for Delayed Planting
  • Identifying the Hollow Stem and Jointing Growth Stages in Wheat Video
  • Hitting the Bull’s Eye when Switching Corn Hybrid Maturity
  • Update on Soil Profile Nitrate Concentrations
  • Soybean Planting into Cool Wet Soil
  • Wisconsin Winter Wheat Disease Update
(17 May)
Purdue Pest & Crop Newsletter
Purdue Univ.
  • Black Cutworm Development May Coincide With Emerging Corn
  • Black Light Trap Catch Report
  • Black Cutworm Adult Pheromone Trap Report
  • Control of Dandelion in No-till Corn and Soybean Plant
  • Update on Fusarium Head Bllight and Stripe Rust of Wheat
(17 May)
Control Emerged Waterhemp Prior to Planting
Aaron Hager, Univ. of Illinois
(15 May)
Considerations for Switching Soybean Maturity Groups for Delayed Plantings
Shawn Conley & John Gaska, Univ of Wisconsin
(15 May)
Control of Dandelion in No-till Corn and Soybean
Travis Legleiter & Bill Johnson, Purdue Univ.
(15 May)
Penn State Field Crop News
Penn. State Univ.
(15 May)
Michigan Extension Field Crops News
Michigan State Univ.
(14 May)
2013 Field Day Events in Illinois
Emerson Nafziger, Univ. of Illinois
(14 May)
Soil-Residual Herbicides Applied to Emerged Corn
Aaron Hager, Univ. of Illinois
(13 May)
Ohio C.O.R.N. Newsletter
The Ohio State Univ.
  • Will Planting Delays Require Earlier Maturing Corn Hybrids?
  • Impact of Low Temperatures on Corn Survival
  • Assessing Soybean Stands Under Cool Conditions
  • Soybean Plant Date Recommendations
  • Early Spring Field Crop Insect Issues
  • Mid-May Wheat Development and Disease Update
  • New-Look Scab Forecasting and Alert Systems 2013
  • Early Postemergence Application of Preemergence Corn Herbicides
  • TIPS TO GET THE MOST OUT OF PESTICIDES
  • We Want Your Pigweed
(13 May)
Freeze Damage on Winter Wheat
Chad Lee & Jim Herbek, Grain Crops Update, Univ of Kentucky
(13 May)
Iowa Integrated Crop Management Newsletter
Iowa State Univ.
(13 May)
Market Size for Us Corn and Soybeans
Darrel Good, Univ. of Illinois
(13 May)
Wet winter, spring make nitrogen carryover unlikely
Purdue/Ohio State AgAnswers
(11 May)
Nebraska Crop Watch Newsletter
Univ. of Nebraska.
(11 May)
Starter and Sulfur Fertilizer use for Corn:Spring 2013
Daniel Kaiser, Univ. of Minnesota
(11 May)
Stripe rust of wheat observed in Illinois
Carl Bradley, Univ. of Illinois
(11 May)
Brown Marmorated Stink Bugs Breaking Winter Dormancy
Mike Gray, Univ. of Illinois
(10 May)
Purdue Pest & Crop Newsletter
Purdue Univ.
  • Black Cutworm Moth Catches Increasing
  • Slugs Reported in Cover Crops Before Planting
  • Black Cutworm Adult Pheromone Trap Report
  • Black Light Trap Catch Report
  • Time to Monitor Risk of Fusarium Head Blight (Scab) in Wheat
  • The Pace of Corn Planting Progress Over Years: Another Conundrum
  • Weather Outlook by NWS OHRFC
(10 May)
Wisconsin Crop Manager Newsletter
Univ. of Wisconsin
  • Planting Dates Effects on Corn Silage Yield and Quality
  • Evaluation of Ascend®: Hormones that Stimulate Corn Growth
  • Soybean Emergence and Germination Common Issues
  • Alfalfa Removal in Spring
  • Seedcorn maggot degree days and corn and soybean risk in cool, wet soils
(10 May)
Missouri Integrated Pest & Crop Management News
Univ. of Missouri
(10 May)
Iowa Integrated Crop Management Newsletter
Iowa State Univ.
(10 May)
Conditions favorable for Fusarium head blight (scab) in southern Illinois
Carl Bradley, Univ of Illinois
(7 May)
The Pace of Corn Planting Progress Over Years: Another Conundrum
RL (Bob) Nielsen, Purdue Univ.
(7 May)
Penn State Field Crop News
Penn. State Univ.
(7 May)
Iowa Integrated Crop Management Newsletter
Iowa State Univ.
(7 May)
Ohio C.O.R.N. Newsletter
The Ohio State Univ.
  • Slug Situation this Spring
  • Alfalfa Weevil on Alfalfa
(6 May)
the Bulletin:
Pest mgmt & crop developmt information for Illinois
Univ. of Illinois
(6 May)
A Mixed Rate of Corn Consumption, But Does It Matter?
Darrel Good, Univ. of Illinois
(4 May)
Deer feed pulled from Rural King shelves
Purdue Ag. News
(4 May)
Nebraska Crop Watch Newsletter
Univ. of Nebraska.
(3 May)
Purdue Pest & Crop Newsletter
Purdue Univ.
  • Will Insect Pest Pressure Be "Normal" This Year?
  • Black Cutworm Adult Pheromone Trap Report
  • Black Light Trap Catch Report
  • Hybrid Maturities for Delayed Planting
  • Weather Outlook by NWS OHRFC
(3 May)
Armyworm Moth Flight Increases in Princeton and Lexington Traps
Doug Johnson, Grain Crops Update, Univ of Kentucky
(3 May)
Maximizing forage in winter injured and killed stands
Craig Sheaffer, David Nicolai and Doug Holen, Univ. of Minnesota
(3 May)
Kansas Agronomy E-update
Kansas State Univ.
  • Winter canola and recent freezes: Response and recovery
  • Effect of delayed planting on corn yield
  • Considerations for planting corn under wet conditions
  • Wheat disease update: Stripe rust detected in southeast Kansas
  • Update on sulfur deficiency in wheat
(3 May)
Wisconsin Crop Manager Newsletter
Univ. of Wisconsin
  • The “Double-Whammy” of Delayed Corn Planting
  • Maximizing Forage in Winter Injured and Killed Stands, Spring of 2013
  • Watch for Imbibitional Chilling Injury to Soybean in 2013
  • Optimum Corn Planting Dates are Later ‘Up North’
  • Strong genetic differences noted in winter wheat winterkill assessments
  • Damping Off and Root Rot of Alfalfa Caused by Phytophthora and Pythium
  • Fertility and Soil Nitrogen Credits Following Winter-Killed Alfalfa
  • Heavy rainfall causes loss of carryover nitrogen on some fields
(3 May)
Penn State Field Crop News
Penn. State Univ.
(3 May)
Using Grid Soil Sampling to Guide Manure Application
Jose Hernandez, Univ. of Minnesota
(3 May)
Update on Iron Deficiency Chlorosis Research for Soybean
Daniel Kaiser, Univ. of Minnesota
(3 May)
Michigan Extension Field Crops News
Michigan State Univ.
(3 May)
Resist Mudding in Corn... or at Least Try to Minimize Problems when you Do
Chad Lee, Grain Crops Update, Univ of Kentucky
(3 May)
Stripe Rust found in west Kentucky
Don Hershman, Grain Crops Update, Univ of Kentucky
(3 May)
Kentucky Pest News
Univ. of Kentucky.
  • Checking for Pests of the First Alfalfa Cutting
  • Summary of Fungicide Effects on Corn Silage
(3 May)
Iowa Integrated Crop Management Newsletter
Iowa State Univ.
(3 May)
the Bulletin:
Pest mgmt & crop developmt information for Illinois
Univ. of Illinois

Articles previously listed on the Chat 'n Chew Cafe are archived as "Leftovers".