CROP ALERT – May 5, 2022
2022 National Wheat Contest It is not too late to enter. The final deadline for late registration is May 15. It costs $125 to enter and you must be a member of the National ...
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2022 National Wheat Contest It is not too late to enter. The final deadline for late registration is May 15. It costs $125 to enter and you must be a member of the National ...
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The Cornell Weed Ecology lab is conducting a survey on the most common weeds and the most difficult to manage weeds on dairy and field crop farms in New York State. If you ...
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Fall Armyworm Alert Ken Wise from the NYS IPM Program reported a large infestation of fall armyworm larvae in a 50 acre alfalfa field in Eastern NY. Ken’s comments follow: “The larvae completely ...
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Gypsy Moth Larvae are Everywhere Gypsy moth larvae are serious pests of deciduous trees and even conifers. They were really bad last year in the Finger Lakes and west. They are back in impressive ...
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Time to Get Serious About Scouting Corn for Black Cutworm Feeding Black Cutworm (BCW) catches continue to be high in Wyoming and Livingston counties. See the degree day accumulations from the first major flight ...
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Black Cutworm and Common Armyworm Moth Numbers Rising in Western Counties Black Cutworm (BCW) catches significantly increased, especially in our western counties. We started monitoring degree-days (base 50°F) on May 9. Every location is ...
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Black Cutworm and Common Armyworm Moth Numbers Rising Both Common Armyworm (CAW) and Black Cutworm (BCW) catches are still relatively low in our area but rising. There are some bigger numbers of BCW caught ...
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Black Cutworm and Common Armyworm Moths Still Low but Increasing Both Common Armyworm (CAW) and Black Cutworm (BCW) are still low compared to most years. I sure do not mind. There was an uptick ...
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Low Flights of Black Cutworm and Common Armyworm Moths By this time last year we had several significant flights of both Common Armyworm (CAW) and Black Cutworm (BCW). It has been relatively quite so ...
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2021 National Wheat Contest Remember, the national wheat contest now has a raw yield category which puts NY into the ball game. We had our first field entered into the contest last year. ...
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