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Upcoming Educational Events

Private Pesticide Applicator Recertification Programs

Commercial Pesticide Applicator CCH Programs (OISC)

(12 - 13 Sep)
Farm Drainage Field Day
Lenawee County, Michigan. Organized by Michigan Land Improvement Contractors Association and Michigan State University Extension.

(17 - 19 Sep)
Ohio Farm Science Review
Near London, OH. Organized by Ohio State Univ. College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.

(7 Oct)
Indiana State Corn Husking Contest
Glay Geyer Farm, 20565 Tyler Rd, Bremen, IN.

(19 - 20 Oct)
Nebraska State & National Corn Husking Contest
Hecox Farms, near Gothenburg, Nebraska.

(19 - 21 Nov)
Mid-Atlantic Crop Management School
Princess Royale Hotel, Ocean City, MD. Organized by the University of Delaware, University of Maryland, and West Virginia University Cooperative Extension Systems in conjunction with the Mid-Atlantic CCA Board, and the USDA-NRCS. Early-bird registration ends Sep 15, Pre-registration ends Nov 11. Maximum capacity is 300 attendees.

(3 - 4 Dec)
Kentuckiana Crop Production Seminar
French lick, IN. Organized by Purdue Extension, Kentucky Extension, AgriBusiness Council of Indiana, AgriBusiness Assoc Kentucky, and the Kentucky CCA Program. Pre-registration encouraged.

(6 Dec)
Bi-State Crop Management Conference
Beef House Restaurant near Covington, IN. Collaboratively organized by Purdue Extension and Univ Illinois Extension.

(17 - 18 Dec)
Indiana CCA Conference
Marriott East Hotel, Indianapolis, IN. Organized by Purdue Extension & the Indiana CCA Program. Pre-registration encouraged.

(17 - 18 Dec)
Conservation Tillage Conference
St. Cloud, MN. Organized by Univ Minnesota Extension.

(17 - 19 Dec)
Indiana Farm Equipment & Technology Expo
Indiana State Fairgrounds, Indianapolis, IN. Organized by Hoosier Ag Today and Farm World.

(7 - 8 Jan)
Southwest Ontario Ag. Conference
Ridgetown, Ontario, CANADA. Organized by Southwest Soil and Crop Improvement Associations, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food and Ministry of Rural Affairs, and University of Guelph Ridgetown Campus

(7 - 10 Jan)
National No-Tillage Conference
St. Louis, MO. Organized by No-Till Farmer Magazine.

(9 Jan)
Fremont Corn Expo
Fremont, NE. Organized by Univ. Nebraska Extension.

(10 Jan)
Purdue Top Farmer Conference
Beck Agricultural Center, near West Lafayette, IN. For more information, contact Sarah Zahn at smithse@purdue.edu.

(21 - 22 Jan)
Nebraska Crop Management Conference
Younes Conference Center, Kearney, NE. Organized by Univ Nebraska Extension.

(27 Jan)
Purdue IPM Crop Management Workshops
Ft. Wayne, IN. Organized by Purdue IPM and Purdue Extension. Attendance limited. Pre-registration required.

(28 Jan)
Purdue IPM Crop Management Workshops
Noblesville, IN. Organized by Purdue IPM and Purdue Extension. Attendance limited. Pre-registration required.

(29 Jan)
Purdue IPM Crop Management Workshops
Huntingburg, IN. Organized by Purdue IPM and Purdue Extension. Attendance limited. Pre-registration required.

(30 Jan)
Purdue IPM Crop Management Workshops
Beck Ag Center, near W. Lafayette, IN. Organized by Purdue IPM and Purdue Extension. Attendance limited. Pre-registration required.

(31 Jan)
Purdue IPM Crop Management Workshops
Beck Ag Center, near W. Lafayette, IN. Organized by Purdue IPM and Purdue Extension. Attendance limited. Pre-registration required.

(12 - 15 Feb)
National Farm Machinery Show
Kentucky Exposition Center, Louisville, KY.

(3 - 4 Mar)
Conservation Tillage & Technology Conference
Ohio Northern Univ, Ada, OH. Organized by Ohio Extension.

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., listed in order beginning with the most recently published news. 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

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(13 Sep)
Purdue Pest & Crop Newsletter
Purdue Univ.
Don’t Let Thin Livestock Happen – Sample, Test, Allocate and Balance 2019 Corn Earworm Trap Report

(12 Sep)
North Dakota Crop & Pest Report
North Dakota State Univ.
Green Cloverworms Feeding on Pods of Dry Beans 2019 ND IPM Survey Results in Small Grains 2019 ND IPM Survey Results in Soybean and Sunflower Cover Crop Tour NDSU Campus Fargo Predicting Corn Maturity and Grain Moisture Potato Periderm Disorder Syndrome, Previous Called Pink Eye Update on Sugarbeet Diseases and harvest Observations from the 2019 Corn Disease Survey Scout Millet Fields for Palmer Amaranth Fall 2019 Wheat Drying

(12 Sep)
Michigan Extension Field Crops News
Michigan State Univ.
Management guidelines for immature and frosted corn silage Late-planted crops may need irrigation into October Planting wheat on prevented planted ground Cover crop recipes: Post soybean, use cereal rye MSU seeks farmer input on wildlife damage to crops

(11 Sep)
Late season corn and soybean disease notes for Minnesota
Dean Malvick, Univ. of Minnesota

(11 Sep)
Iowa Integrated Crop Management Newsletter
Iowa State Univ.
Key Tips to Prepare for a Variable Crop Harvest Grain Drying Considerations this Fall Plan Ahead for Potential Harvest and Storage Challenges this Fall Plan Ahead to Minimize Soil Compaction During Harvest Nutrient Removal When Harvesting Corn Stover

(10 Sep)
Ohio C.O.R.N. Newsletter
The Ohio State Univ.
The Agronomic Crops Team will welcome you to the Farm Science Review Late Season Foliar Diseases Have Started in Soybeans Sorting Out the Soybean Herbicide Resistance Traits Reminders about Pre-harvest Herbicide Treatment

(9 Sep)
South Dakota Pest & Crop Newsletter
South Dakota State Univ.
Fall Frost and September Climate Outlook for 2019 Prevent Plant: Its Effect on Fall and Spring Fertilizing Plans Should I Spray for Soybean Aphids? What’s the Threshold? Winter Wheat Decisions

(6 Sep)
Purdue Pest & Crop Newsletter
Purdue Univ.
Green Stink Bug, Worth a Look in Seed-Filling Soybean Fields 2019 Corn Earworm Trap Report Indiana Climate and Weather Report – 9/06/2019

(6 Sep)
Kansas Agronomy E-update
Kansas State Univ.
Alfalfa management: Deciding on last cutting this fall Recommendations for fall planting of alfalfa Early planting of wheat can lead to several problems Ag-Climate Update for August 2019

(6 Sep)
the Bulletin: Pest mgmt & crop developmt information for Illinois
Univ. of Illinois
Insect monitoring in soybean: what to look for during pod fill Corn and soybean crops limp towards the finish line

(5 Sep)
Michigan Extension Field Crops News
Michigan State Univ.
Harvesting soybeans for forage Options for immature corn Cover crop recipes: Post corn, use cereal rye

(4 Sep)
the Bulletin: Pest mgmt & crop developmt information for Illinois
Univ. of Illinois
Late season tar spot- what is on the horizon?

(3 Sep)
South Dakota Pest & Crop Newsletter
South Dakota State Univ.
Sudden Death Syndrome Starting to Develop in Soybeans Cereal Rye Cover Crop Between Corn and Soybean

(3 Sep)
Ohio C.O.R.N. Newsletter
The Ohio State Univ.
Agronomy Beyond 2019: Prepare for 2020 at FSR Agronomy College Harvesting Immature Corn as Silage Harvesting Late Planted Corn for Silage Field Wilting Corn for Silage Harvest Unusual Ears Appearing in Corn Fields Harvest Management of Summer Annual Forages Time to Take a Last Cutting ODA Sponsored Agricultural Pesticide Collection Day PAT Credits offered at Independent Ag Equipment Field Day Pesticide Container Recycling Collection Program Oat Crown Rust on Forages

(30 Aug)
Nebraska Crop Watch Newsletter
Univ. of Nebraska.
Determining the Seeding Rate for Winter Wheat Fall Wheat Disease Management Strategies to Reduce Losses in 2020 Pre-Harvest Hail across Western Nebraska Necessitates Breaking the Green Bridge Management Decisions Impact Wheat Stem Sawfly Populations Update on Wheat Varieties for Nebraska 2019: Another Unusual Year 2- and 3-Year Average Winter Wheat Trial Data Winter Wheat Crop Budgets Available for 7 Systems Managing Wheat Residue and Controlling Weeds Water Flowing Again in the Gering-Fort Laramie and Goshen Irrigation Canal Cover Crop Considerations Following Late-Season Hail Cover Crop Field Day Sept. 13 at UNL Rogers Memorial Farm Incorporating Drought or Hail Stricken Dry Edible Beans in Livestock Feed Grain Sorghum Field Day Near Gordon Sept. 5

(30 Aug)
Michigan Extension Field Crops News
Michigan State Univ.
Using climatology to estimate first freezing temperatures of the fall season 2019 Soybean Harvest Equipment Field Day will take place Sept. 24 Seeding the 2020 winter wheat crop Make sure to calibrate your yield monitor prior to harvest Now is the time to plant fall cover crops for grazing Cover crop recipes: Post wheat, use oats and radish mix

(30 Aug)
Kansas Agronomy E-update
Kansas State Univ.
In-furrow starter fertilizers for wheat Reclaiming flooded land: Erosion and sediment management Reclaiming flooded land: Woody debris Grasshoppers - Eating their way through Kansas Kansas insect activity update

(30 Aug)
Iowa Integrated Crop Management Newsletter
Iowa State Univ.
Can Weed Seed Production be Reduced with Late-season Herbicide Applications?

(29 Aug)
Wisconsin Crop Manager Newsletter
Univ. of Wisconsin
2019 Pest Management Update Meeting Series Announced A “Post-Mortem” Of The 2019 Corn Planting Season And What We Can Do About It Now The “Normal” Pattern Of Corn Forage And Grain Develop- Ment

(29 Aug)
North Dakota Crop & Pest Report
North Dakota State Univ.
NDSU Extension Cover Crop Field Day No Soybean Gall Midge Detected in ND Scout for Green Cloverworms in Soybeans and Dry Beans Pyrethroid Resistant Soybean Aphids in ND Intercropping of Alfalfa in Corn, Decision Tool Low Falling Numbers in Wheat a Concern Fall Fertilizer Applications Palmer Amaranth Confirmed in Lincoln County Minnesota Labor Day, College Football, and Reflection on Weed Management in 2019

(29 Aug)
Purdue Pest & Crop Newsletter
Purdue Univ.
Soybean Defoliating Caterpillars Late in the Season 2019 Corn Earworm Trap Report Field Crop Disease Update for Indiana “New” Pest Of Hemp May Have Been Here For Years Indiana Climate and Weather Report – 8/29/2019

(29 Aug)
KyGrains.info
Univ. of Kentucky
Effects of Rainfall or Drought in the Abundance of Aphids in Winter Wheat Ryegrass Control in Wheat Begins at Planting Soil Nitrogen and Fall Wheat N Nutrition Selecting Wheat Varieties Trends in Stored Grain Management

(28 Aug)
Planning fall fertilizer following prevented planting situations
Dan Kaiser, Univ. of Minnesota

(27 Feb)
Strip-Till Implementation in Illinois
Sarah Sellars, Gary Schnitkey Dale Lattz, and Laura Gentry, Univ of Illinois farmdocDAILY

(27 Aug)
Corn Development and Yield: Dry Conditions Can Reduce Kernel Size
Jeff Coulter, Univ. of Minnesota

(26 Aug)
South Dakota Pest & Crop Newsletter
South Dakota State Univ.
Frogeye Leaf Spot Developing in Soybeans Bacterial Stem Rot, Sclerotinia Basal Rot and Sunflower Rust Developing in Sunflower

(23 Aug)
Purdue Pest & Crop Newsletter
Purdue Univ.
Annoying Swarms of “Bees” and Mystery “Worms” on Corn! 2019 Corn Earworm Trap Report Estimating Corn Grain Yield Prior to Harvest Grain Fill Stages in Corn Effects of Severe Stress During Grain Filling in Corn Indiana Climate and Weather Report – 8/22/2019

(23 Aug)
Nebraska Crop Watch Newsletter
Univ. of Nebraska.
2019 Corn Yield Forecasts as of August 21 Frogeye Leaf Spot in Northeast Nebraska Scheduling the Last Irrigations in a Year with Delayed Crop Maturity Irrigation Tunnel Collapse Found to be an Insurable Event Update on Canal Repairs Affecting Growers in Nebraska and Wyoming Some Fields Doing Better Than Expected Without Irrigation, Some Not

(23 Aug)
Kansas Agronomy E-update
Kansas State Univ.
Estimating soybean yield potential Sudden Death Syndrome (SDS) in soybeans - 2019 update Maintaining grassed waterways - Maximize the benefits Insect activity update - Soybean and sorghum pests Save the date for the 2019 Agronomy Fall Field Day, September 20 in Manhattan Western Kansas Fall Field Day scheduled for August 27, Tribune Soil Health Summer Tour Field Day, September 3

(23 Aug)
Iowa Integrated Crop Management Newsletter
Iowa State Univ.
Upper Soybean Leaves Began Showing Potassium Deficiency Symptoms Since Early August in Some Iowa Fields

(22 Aug)
Wisconsin Crop Manager Newsletter
Univ. of Wisconsin
Insect Updates In Field Crops On-Farm Rye Forage Comparison: Progas Hybrid Forage Rye Vs. Vns Rye 1 Results Of Intensive Winter Wheat Manag- Ment - 2019 Integrated Wheat Management Selected Inputs Interaction Trial - 2019 Response Of Four Oat Varieties To A Plant Growth Regulator And Foliar Fungicide Combination - 2019 Top 8 Recommendations For Winter Wheat Establishment In 2019 Cover Crops Workshop September 4, 2019

(20 Aug)
Ohio C.O.R.N. Newsletter
The Ohio State Univ.
Frogeye Leaf Spot - Is It Worth Spraying in 2019? Corn Earworm in Field Corn; Watch for Molds Assessing The Risk of Frost Injury to Late Planted Corn Hot Night Temperatures Can Decrease Corn Yield Harvest Management of Sorghum Forages Profile of Organic Corn Growers in a Four-State Region What is Your Soil Wearing?

(19 Aug)
South Dakota Pest & Crop Newsletter
South Dakota State Univ.
Northern Corn Leaf Blight Developing in Corn Green Cloverworms Causing Defoliation in Soybean Soybean Gall Midge Showing Up in More Counties Differentiating Two Species of Sunflower Seed Weevils Watch for Red Sunflower Seed Weevils

(19 Aug)
Applying manure in late summer or early fall? Try cover crops
Melissa Wilson and Liz Stahl, Univ. of Minnesota

(19 Aug)
Assistance requested with plant sample collection to study soybean SDS pathogen distribution in Minnesota
Dean Malvick, Univ. of Minnesota

(19 Aug)
Site-specific estimation of corn yield response to nitrogen fertilizer
Vijaya Joshi, Jeff Coulter, Kelly Thorp, Gregg Johnson, Paul Porter, Jeff Strock, and Axel Garcia y Garcia, Univ. of Minnesota and USDA-ARS

(19 Aug)
Michigan Extension Field Crops News
Michigan State Univ.
European corn borer in Michigan hop GreenSeeker tool might help reduce your nitrogen costs Pricing standing corn silage

(19 Aug)
the Bulletin: Pest mgmt & crop developmt information for Illinois
Univ. of Illinois
Diagrams to help you rate foliar disease on corn

(19 Aug)
Questions about Corn Crop Continue
Todd Hubbs, Univ of Illinois farmdocDAILY

(16 Aug)
Nebraska Crop Watch Newsletter
Univ. of Nebraska.
Gap Growing Between Irrigated, Rainfed Crop Yields USDA Reports 400,000 Acres of Prevented Plant Cropland in Nebraska Dicamba Off-Target Injury Continues in 2019 in Nebraska Update: Tunnel Repair Continues "Round the Clock" Potential Economic Impact of Tunnel Collapse is $89 Million Terminating a Verbal Farm Land Lease

(16 Aug)
Kansas Agronomy E-update
Kansas State Univ.
Managing low-quality wheat seed following a season with severe Fusarium head blight (head scab) infection Make an informed decision when selecting the best wheat variety Volunteer wheat control: Protecting Kansas wheat Control seed-borne diseases in wheat with fungicide seed treatments Check terraces now for needed repairs and maintenance Planning your wheat fertility program: Start now by soil testing Correlation of soil test nitrate level and wheat yield Status of disease pressure in corn and soybeans First reports of sugarcane aphid on grain sorghum in Kansas Germination testing of wheat seed

(16 Aug)
Effects of Severe Stress During Grain Filling in Corn
RL (Bob) Nielsen, Purdue Univ.

(16 Aug)
Estimating Corn Grain Yield Prior to Harvest
RL (Bob) Nielsen, Purdue Univ.: Worth considering for some late-planted fields in 2019.