by Kitty O’Neil, Ph.D., Regional Field Crops and Soils Specialist
- Temperatures and growing degree-day accumulations continue to hover above normal across NYS since April 1. Soils across the state are at least adequately moist; very few areas report dry soils.
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– – Accumulations from April 1 to July 6, 2014 – – |
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Precipitation, inches |
GDD Base 50 °F |
GDD Base 40 °F |
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Total |
DFN1 |
Days2 |
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Total |
DFN1 |
Total |
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| Watertown Int’l Airport |
12.60 |
+3.65 |
47 |
939 |
+230 |
1723 |
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| Fort Drum |
14.02 |
+3.57 |
45 |
939 |
+125 |
1709 |
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| Massena |
11.25 |
+1.54 |
43 |
897 |
+101 |
1657 |
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| Malone |
13.90 |
+3.58 |
46 |
774 |
+149 |
1505 |
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| Plattsburgh Int’l Airport |
13.09 |
+3.08 |
40 |
866 |
+79 |
1650 |
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| Tupper Lake |
16.72 |
+5.31 |
50 |
662 |
+155 |
1324 |
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1 DFN = difference from normal; 2 precipitation days = number of days with ≥ 0.01” precipitation.
- Corn and soybeans are in and progressing well across the North Country. Continue to monitor weeds in both crops. Few insect pests have been problems so far this season in either crop, but monitor soybeans for soybean aphids.
- Second cutting is progressing slowly. Recent thunderstorms, wind and hail did not cause much damage to hay fields. Scout alfalfa for potato leafhopper as a few have been found in alfalfa and soybean fields.
- Western Bean Cutworm moths are being trapped and monitored across the North Country and the state. The first moths of the season have now begun to appear in the last 10 days. Populations have been increasing in the North Country in recent years and peak flight is expected in late July/early August.
Additional resources:
- Weekly Crop Progress & Condition Report. 2014. New York USDA-NASS. http://www.nass.usda.gov/Statistics_by_State/New_York/Publications/Crop_Progress_&_Condition/index.asp
For more information about field crop and soil management, contact your local Cornell Cooperative Extension office or Kitty O’Neil, Regional Field Crops and Soils Specialist, Cornell University Cooperative Extension, 315-379- 9192 x253; kao32@cornell.edu.
