NYS IPM Weekly Field Crops Pest Report: May 12, 2016
Contents 1 View from the Field 2 Weather Outlook – May 12, 2016 3 Early Season Foliar Diseases of Small Grains 4 Black Cutworm in Field Corn 5 How to Monitor Alfalfa Weevil in ...
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NNYADP Announces 14 Projects Focused on Crops in 2016
Northern New York. The farmer-driven Northern New York Agricultural Development Program has announced 26 research projects prioritized for attention on farms in Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Jefferson, Lewis and St. Lawrence counties in 2016. Ten ...
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Buckwheat for NYS Growers
This year, low commodity prices have some corn growers looking for alternative crops. Buckwheat will be attractive to a few because there are scenarios where buckwheat makes money and corn loses money. This note ...
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NYS IP Weekly Field Crops Pest Report
May 5, 2016 Volume 15: Number 1 Contents 1 Welcome Back! 2 View from the Field 2.1 Frost Damage to Small Grains 3 Weather Outlook: May 5th, 2016 4 A Mild Winter and Insect ...
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‘Measure’ is Message from Cornell Crop Nutrient Researcher at NNYADP Meetings
‘Measure yield’ is the number one thing growers can do to help themselves improve crop production that Dr. Quirine M. Ketterings told farmers attending the 2016 Northern New York Agricultural Development Program annual meetings. ...
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NNYADP Snout Beetle Project Boosts Agribusinesses, Field Survey Underway
Northern NY. Regional agribusinesses are the latest beneficiaries of the nearly 30 years of research dedicated by the farmer-driven Northern New York Agricultural Development Program to finding a solution to alfalfa snout beetle, an ...
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NNYADP Farm Research Evaluating Why Some Corn Fields Exceed Yield Expectations
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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Fusarium Head Blight Alert – June 1, 2015
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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Cost-Sharing Available to Protect NNY Alfalfa Crops; Farmers Must Register by May 15
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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Crop Alert: Northwest New York Dairy, Livestock & Field Crops Team – 3/18/2015
The first Crop Alert from the Northwest New York Dairy, Livestock, and Field Crops Team for the 2015 season has been posted. Topics include: Evaluating Winter Small Grain and Alfalfa Winter Damage Early Nitrogen ...
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