September 2009

(30 Sep)
Field Drydown of Mature Corn Grain
Bob Nielsen, Purdue Univ.

(30 Sep)
Kentucky Pest News
Univ. of Kentucky.
Stalk Strength Reminder Storing Diplodia Ear Rot-Affected Corn Bt Corn Refuge Requirement Confusion

(30 Sep)
Penn State Field Crop News
Penn. State Univ.
Soybean Aphid Two Year Cycle Corn Leaf Diseases Cut Costs, Don’t Eliminate Them! European Starling Control Measuring and Reducing Soybean Harvest Losses

(30 Sep)
Dow AgroSciences, Purdue, IEDC partner for life sciences venture at Purdue Research Park
Purdue Univ. News

(29 Sep)
Ohio C.O.R.N. Newsletter
The Ohio State Univ.
Is it Really Anthracnose Top Dieback? Harvest Aids for Corn and Soybeans Western Bean Cutworm Larvae Found Corn Ear Rot and Potential Mycotoxin Soybean Aphids Going to Buckthorn in Large Numbers Weather Update Soil Sampling This Fall Late-Season Northern Corn Leaf Blight

(28 Sep)
Stress During Grain Fill: A Harbinger of Stalk Health Problems
Bob Nielsen, Purdue Univ.

(28 Sep)
Nebraska Crop Watch Newsletter
Univ. of Nebraska.
Stalk Rots Already a Problem in Some Nebraska Fields Risk Factors and Stress Conditions Favoring Stalk Rots Selling Stover May Cost You More Than you Get Controlling Winter Annual Broadleaves in Winter Wheat Controlling Winter Annual Grasses in Winter Wheat Soil Test Now for Next Year’s Forages

(25 Sep)
Crop-Pest Ontario
Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food & Rural Affairs
First Detection of Kudzu in Ontario. What is the Implication for Soybean Rust? Frost Damaged Corn Silage Corn and Cold September Nights Beware of Nitrates in Corn Silage Frosted Soybeans?!

(22 Sep)
What's Cropping Up?
Cornell Univ (New York)
Corn Grain Hybrids for New York Field-scale Studies Evaluating the Agronomics and Economics of Selecting Double and Triple-stacked Hybrids Seeding Rates for Soft Red Winter Wheat? Laudis Registered for Annual Broadleaf and Grass Control in Corn Nitrogen Fertilizers for Field Crops

(22 Sep)
Penn State Field Crop News
Penn. State Univ.
Insect Pest Considerations in Winter Wheat Grain Bin Preparation and Maintenance Combining Soybeans in Mid—September Liming in Difficult Economic Times Fall Herbicide Applications Blue Green Algae poisoning and its Control

(21 Sep)
Ohio C.O.R.N. Newsletter
The Ohio State Univ.
Harvest Planning – When to Harvest Those Problem Fields "Blunt Ear" Syndrome Appearing in Ohio Corn Fields Timing Fall Herbicide Treatments Based on Weed Life Cycle Hessian Fly and Wheat Planting Dates Herbicide Resistance Meetings in Southwest Ohio

(21 Sep)
Soybean Rust Update and Spray Advisory for Selected Fields
Don Hershman, Univ of Kentucky

(17 Sep)
Purdue Pest & Crop Newsletter
Purdue Univ.
September Surprise, Soybean Aphid Continues in Southern Counties Harvest Restrictions for Soybean Aphid Insecticides Updated Map: Known Counties With Western Bean Cutworm Infestations Trochanter Mealybug in Southern Indiana Complacency Increases Helps to Spread Hessian Fly Cool Temperatures Impact on Soybean Yield and Maturity Wheat Planting Considerations: Impacts of 2009 Crop Harvests Yield Monitor Calibration: Garbage In, Garbage Out Reddish-Purple Corn Plants Late in the Season Corn Ear Damage Caused by Bird Feeding Plant Diseases Weather Update Dealing with Diplodia Ear Rot

(17 Sep)
Michigan Field Crop Team Advisory Alert
Michigan State Univ.
Ten fundamentals everyone should know about bioenergy: Part 8 Free herbicide-resistant weed screening for Michigan soybean producers Harvest-aid options in soybean Estimating grain yields in corn

(16 Sep)
Missouri Integrated Pest & Crop Management Newsletter
Univ. of Missouri
Corn Stalk Rots Late Season Soybean Diseases

(16 Sep)
Kentucky Pest News
Univ. of Kentucky.
Update on Fungicides for "Plant Health"

(16 Sep)
Soybean Aphid Remain Active, Mexican Bean Beetle Appears
Doug Johnson, Univ of Kentucky

(16 Sep)
Ohio C.O.R.N. Newsletter
The Ohio State Univ.
Troubleshooting Incomplete Ear Fill Problems in Corn Cooler Temperatures and Crop Maturity - Any Possible Problems This Fall? Soybean Aphids and Multi-Colored Asian Lady Beetles Overseeding Cover Crops Soybean Rust Find in Kentucky – One pustule in one lesion on one leaf out of 100 Bt Corn Stover…Does it Persist Longer? Prepare Grain Bins for Fall Harvest

(16 Sep)
Penn State Field Crop News
Penn. State Univ.
On—Farm Cover Crop Demonstration Plots Great Year for White Clover Small Grain Planting Considerations Please Keep an Eye Out for Western Bean Cutworm Injury Harvest This Fall with Residue Management in Mind

(16 Sep)
Pre-Harvest Considerations for Corn
Ryan Van Roekel and Jeff Coulter, Univ of Minnesota

(14 Sep)
Farewell to Norman Borlaug: World loses its leading hunger fighter
Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz y Trigo (CIMMYT)

(14 Sep)
Crop-Pest Ontario
Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food & Rural Affairs
BT Corn Stover...Does it Persist Longer? Blunt Ear Syndrome....Again Yield Monitor Calibration: Garbage In, Garbage Out

(14 Sep)
Corn and Soybean Supply Prospects
Darrel Good, Univ. of Illinois

(11 Sep)
Cool Temperatures Impact on Soybean Yield and Maturity
Shaun Casteel, Purdue Univ.

(9 Sep)
Corn Ear Damage Caused by Bird Feeding
Bob Nielsen, Purdue Univ.

(9 Sep)
Yield Monitor Calibration: Garbage In, Garbage Out
Bob Nielsen, Purdue Univ.

(9 Sep)
Ohio C.O.R.N. Newsletter
The Ohio State Univ.
Wheat Seed Size, Seeding Rate and Seed Treatment Summary of Western Bean Cutworm for 2009 in Ohio Late Bean Leaf Beetle Populations in Soybean Those 60 mph Field Surveys Fall Cutting of Alfalfa FSR CCA College Sign Up Due This Week Soybean Cyst Nematode Field Night

(8 Sep)
Reddish-Purple Corn Plants Late in the Season
Bob Nielsen, Purdue Univ.

(8 Sep)
Penn State Field Crop News
Penn. State Univ.
Controlling weeds prior to cover crop establishment Poisonous plants and the fall harvest Mexican bean beetle Bt Corn Stover.. Does it Persist Longer? Selling Considerations; Shell versus Silage don’t forget the nutrients! Teff; injury, disease or cold weather?

(8 Sep)
Corn and Soybean Storage Decisions
Darrel Good, Univ. of Illinois

(7 Sep)
Iowa Integrated Crop Management Newsletter
Iowa State Univ.
Degree Days - Will it be Septembrrrrrr?? Getting Ready for Fall Fertilization Corn Yield Simulations – Late August 2009 Fall Combine Harvest Considerations

(4 Sep)
Purdue Pest & Crop Newsletter
Purdue Univ.
Western Bean Cutworm Damage Range Expands Aphid Update Cool Days, Cold Nights, Slow Corn, What's Next?

(4 Sep)
Wisconsin Crop Manager Newsletter
Univ. of Wisconsin
Soil Quality Field Day Invasive rule NR40 now official in Wisconsin Recommendations for Winter Wheat Establishment in 2009 Hail Damaged Corn – Risk of Molds and Mycotoxins? A Cool Year

(4 Sep)
Michigan Field Crop Team Advisory Alert
Michigan State Univ.
Ten fundamentals everyone should know about bioenergy: Part 7 annual and perennial life cycles Do the chilly temperatures have you wondering just how cold it got last night? Farmers invited to submit proposals to NCR-SARE

(4 Sep)
the Bulletin: Pest mgmt & crop developmt information for Illinois
Univ. of Illinois
AG Masters Conference--Mark Your Calendars for December 1 and 2 Soybean Aphids Reach Economic Levels in Some Illinois Soybean Fields, Most Notably in Southern Counties Preharvest Herbicide Applications Fungal Ear and Stalk Rots Can This "Turtle" 2009 Corn Crop Get to the Finish Line? Time and Heat Still Required for Soybean Yield Phosphorus and Potassium Applications for the 2010 Crop Sulfur Research: We Need Your Help

(2 Sep)
Penn State Field Crop News
Penn. State Univ.
2009 Corn Silage Harvest Arrested Ear Development. A Nagging Problem That Won’t Go Away Soil Quality Maintenance in Corn Silage Soil Compaction Threat Appears on the Scene Monitoring Hay Bale Temperature Insects: Soybean Aphids, Western Bean Cutworm, Japanese Beetles, and Bean Leaf Beetle These Cool Nights Signal Perennial Weed Susceptibility Time to Clean up Field Boundaries, Alleyways, and Lanes When Tillage Happens Cover Crops are a Must Late Season Cornstalk Nitrate Test

(2 Sep)
Missouri Integrated Pest & Crop Management Newsletter
Univ. of Missouri
Field Crop Disease Update Ear and Kernel Rots of Corn Pest of the Month: Corn Earworm Soybean Aphids Present in Most Soybean Fields The Missouri Corn Stalk Nitrate Test Challenge

(1 Sep)
Cool Days, Cold Nights, Slow Corn, What's Next?
Bob Nielsen, Purdue Univ.

(1 Sep)
Ohio C.O.R.N. Newsletter
The Ohio State Univ.
Estimating Preharvest Silage Yields Corn Silage Harvest Timing Harvest of Silage Corn Dodder (Cuscuta spp.) in Western Ohio Red Clover Stands

(1 Sep)
Iowa Integrated Crop Management Newsletter
Iowa State Univ.
Think about Stored Grain Pests Before Harvest Risk of Mycotoxins Associated with Hail Damaged Corn Degree Days - Crops in the Cooler Again

(1 Sep)
Kentucky Pest News
Univ. of Kentucky.
Scout for Lodging Potential When Grain Matures Soybean Aphid Populations Continue to Rise