The 2015 New York Weed Science Field Day on July 15th has been cancelled. If you would like to arrange for a private showing of the plots, please contact: Vegetable Crop Weed Control: Robin ...
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With research in the past 10 years showing notable exceptions in how well predictions of corn yield potential matched actual yields on North Country farms, the farmers of the Northern New York Agricultural Development ...
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From Gary Bergstrom – Extension Plant Pathologist – Cornell University Nearly all winter wheat in New York is now past the stage for application of fungicides. The focus now shifts to spring cereals, particularly ...
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From Gary Bergstrom – Extension Plant Pathologist – Cornell University The previously consistent forecast of ‘low’ risk of Fusarium head blight is now changing to ‘moderate’ or even ‘high’ risk in several locations in ...
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From Gary Bergstrom, Extension Plant Pathologist, Cornell University Generally dry conditions over the past 10 days, when most winter cereals initiated flowering in New York State, have resulted in a low forecast risk of ...
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From Gary Bergstrom, Extension Plant Pathologist, Cornell University Fusarium head blight commentary, May 21, 2015: Many winter wheat and malting barley fields in New York State are approaching head emergence. The next 10 days ...
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Northern NY. The Northern New York Agricultural Development Program, Cornell Cooperative Extension, and the Shields Lab at Cornell University are partnering to offer farmers a cost-sharing opportunity to encourage more growers to treat fields ...
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Four new disease management reports have been posted with data on disease control in small grain cereals with fungicides, resistant varieties, and integrated management in New York in 2014. They are available on FieldCrops.org.
Northern New York farmers grow 156,221 acres of corn; five of the six northernmost counties each grow more than 24,000 acres of corn, according to the 2012 Census of Agriculture. Corn is an essential ...
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The Capital Area Ag Report for March 2015 is now available online. Inside this Issue: Announcements FYI Salesmen Low Lignin Alfalfa RR Alfalfa Alfalfa Comparison Total Tract NDFd Sorghum Click here for the issue in ...
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