June 2009 - Posts

Thursday, June 25, 2009 11:52 AM

Wet and Weedy in Central Illinois

Recent travel east of St. Louis, in south central Illinois, underscored the fact that this season has been very wet and frustrating indeed. The wet spring and summer means growers are facing delayed planting, thinning populations, postponed herbicide
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Tuesday, June 16, 2009 3:10 PM

Palmer pigweed reigns in Arkansas

A recent trip to Arkansas once again confirmed that Palmer pigweed is the top weed concern for growers in area. This season, those growers and consultants who used residual herbicides are seeing the benefits. For instance, the photo above shows an effective
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Wednesday, June 10, 2009 5:37 PM

What’s happening in northern Illinois

Driving around the Midwest, one can see a wide variety of scenarios - from planters still in the fields, to sprayers applying herbicides, to corn emerging (like the picture taken here from a northern Illinois field), to soybean fields that have just been
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Wednesday, June 03, 2009 3:49 PM

Don’t Count This Year’s Crop Out

As an update to last week's post, corn and soybean planting as well as emergence remain behind schedule according to yesterday's USDA-NASS Crop Progress report. Though things are a bit behind, progress has been made. Usually for this time of the
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