June 2008 - Posts

Friday, June 27, 2008 5:32 PM

More Flooding Along the Mississippi?

“No,” says Jim Pogue, Memphis Army Corps of Engineers press liaison, in this recent article in Delta Farm Press . “Only those with crops on the riverside of the Mississippi River levee need to worry.” After severe flooding in March,
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Thursday, June 26, 2008 1:43 PM

Herbicide Applications in Wet Weather

Growers across the Midwest are expressing frustration with the effects of this year’s wet weather, finding it difficult to access their fields and apply herbicides to their crops. Weed specialists at Purdue University look at answers to the weather
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Friday, June 20, 2008 5:04 PM

Weed Species Matters

It is estimated that one in every 10 billion individual weed plants contains a glyphosate-resistant trait, and growers use a variety of methods to help prevent these weeds from growing in their fields. Recent research at Iowa State University has shown
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Thursday, June 19, 2008 4:47 PM

Crop Invaders Coming to a Field Near You

Glyphosate-resistant Palmer pigweed, common in parts of North Carolina and South Carolina and Georgia, may be a weed for Virginia growers to keep an eye on. Many growers use crop and chemical rotations to manage resistance, but experts say that alone
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Friday, June 13, 2008 4:36 PM

1 Crop, 2 Crop, 3 Crop Clock

Crop rotation is widely accepted as a successful strategy for managing resistant weeds. But how many crops should be rotated—and which ones? Growers share their crop rotation secrets, unique to different regions throughout the United States—today,
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Thursday, June 12, 2008 7:30 PM

Bring on the Heat!

As recent wet weather across the Midwest continues to chase people from their homes and devastate personal possessions, it may be most obviously noticed in the fields of what used to be corn and soybeans across the state. Growers are looking for sunshine
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Friday, June 06, 2008 4:01 PM

Adjusting to Wet Weather

In 2008 wet spring weather has become an issue across the Corn Belt, and corn planting is behind. According to the USDA, only 20 percent of Midwest corn acres were planted by May 4, compared to the 5-year average of 60 percent by that time. If a pre-emergence
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Wednesday, June 04, 2008 2:54 PM

Profiting from Early Season Weed Control

Why control weeds pre-emergence in corn? The 2007 Syngenta Learning Centers mimicked farm conditions across the Corn Belt, and trials showed that controlling weeds with a pre-emergence herbicide followed by glyphosate delivered an average yield increase
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