9/8/2010 12:00:00 AM
The August 2010 corn yield forecast by the USDA-NASS is 179 bushels per acre (bu/acre) for Iowa. If this yield is realized, 2010 will boast the third highest yield in Iowa's history. Read more on this forecast, the methodology and Roger Elmore and Lori Abendroth's opinion on it from this Integrated Crop Management article.
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9/8/2010 12:00:00 AM
In 2010, contract area for harvest of the five major processing vegetables (tomatoes, sweet corn, snap beans, green peas, and cucumbers) is expected to total 1.09 million acres-down 11 percent from a year ago. Read more on the outlook for processing vegetables from this article starting on page 11 of the Vegetables & Melons Outlook.
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9/8/2010 12:00:00 AM
Don't plan your harvest strategies this year based on average calendar dates for corn maturity from past years. Grain moistures may be considerably lower than you might expect. Read more on dry down rates and the earlier crop from this C.O.R.N. Newsletter article.
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9/7/2010 12:00:00 AM
Diseases have been common this year in Nebraska corn fields. Producers and crop consultants should continue to scout to monitor for development of stalk rots. Read more on identifying the problem, harvest adjustments, and more from this Crop Watch article at the link below.
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9/7/2010 12:00:00 AM
With the good August heat, corn in many areas matured ahead of normal. For growers cutting corn for silage, this dryer corn can be a concern. Read more on making silage from dry corn from this Crop Watch article.
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9/7/2010 12:00:00 AM
The cotton harvest is running early in the upper Southeast and that is good news. The bad news, however, is that yields will probably be down because of poor growing conditions during the summer months. Read more on the cotton harvest and conditions of other upper Southeast crops from this Southeast Farm Press article.
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9/3/2010 12:00:00 AM
Pest managers, especially in southern Indiana counties, should monitor crops that are still green for fall armyworm presence and their damage. With the unprecedented moth numbers being captured in Kentucky, targeted crops by the larvae will be defoliated quickly. Read more on this pest from this Pest & Crop article at the link below.
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9/3/2010 12:00:00 AM
With the continued high corn earworm trap catches, be sure that a spray is applied as soon as ear shanks are visible on plants (before you see any silk). Once fields are silking, you will need to check both blacklight and pheromone trap catches for silk spray schedules since the spray schedules can quickly change. Find information on trap catches from this Weekly Crop Update article at the link below.
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9/3/2010 12:00:00 AM
By now everyone has heard about the brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB) Halyomorpha halys that was accidentally introduced into the United States in shipping containers arriving from Asia. Read more on this pest from this Weekly Crop Update at the link below.
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9/3/2010 12:00:00 AM
Pest managers occasionally observe peculiar-looking caterpillars feeding on the leaves of corn and soybean this time of the year. Most caterpillars found this late on corn or soybean foliage are of minor importance from their defoliation. Read more on the different caterpillars to be watching for though from this Pest & Crop article.
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