CROP ALERT – June 18, 2025
The rush was on to get as much planted as possible this week. Unfortunately, some places got hit hard with rain over the weekend while others saw no rain. Many have called it ...
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The rush was on to get as much planted as possible this week. Unfortunately, some places got hit hard with rain over the weekend while others saw no rain. Many have called it ...
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Another week of more rain and even some hail! This has been one of the most frustrating springs I have ever seen. Some farms have just finished while others are just struggling to ...
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It seems like summer has finally arrived. The heat is welcome, and it looks like farms were finally able to get back in the field on Tuesday. Still a lot of first cut ...
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Time to Think about White Mold The rain and warm weather have pumped-up soybean growth. Most of the fields I looked at were full flower (R2) this week. Some canopies have already closed on ...
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Corn is Beginning to Tassel! I saw corn tasseling in Yates County and even some silking and Ontario County on Monday. Corn looks great across the region with many plants over my head. This ...
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Slugs Damaging Corn & Soybean Seedlings The recent cool wet weather has been perfect for slugs in reduced and no-till fields. The cloudy conditions allow them to be out all day feeding on ...
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Pheromone Trap Updates – Cutworm and Armyworm We continue to get some good flights of black cutworm with four traps with significant flights this past week. I was able to find some cut plants ...
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Black Cutworms and Armyworms Continue to Arrive The NWNY region has reached the 300-degree days for the flights that came in on April 24, May 1 and May 7 and will hit that mark ...
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Cereal Leaf Beetle Eggs have Hatched Found the first CLB larvae in wheat on Tuesday. Larvae are shiny and black and almost look slug-like. They cover themselves in their own excrement and are pale ...
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Triticale Harvest has Begun! A lot of early planted triticale acres were chopped this week. Average yields are being reported. I looked at some today in Wayne County and the flag leaf was poking ...
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