CROP ALERT – July 10, 2024
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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Tag Archives: Corn
CROP ALERT – June 12, 2024
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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CROP ALERT – June 5, 2024
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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CROP ALERT – May 29, 2024
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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CROP ALERT – May 22, 2024
Start Scouting for Cutworm Injury in Corn Many counties will hit the 300-degree day mark today, (5/22), and that means the first wave of BCW are big enough to start cutting corn plants. I ...
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CROP ALERT – October 4, 2023
Tar Spot Update for N.Y. We have been watching for tar spot in corn fields all summer and it has been hard to find. In the past couple of weeks, it has really come ...
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CROP ALERT – September 13, 2023
Free Soybean Cyst Nematode Sampling Do you have an area in your soybean field that consistently matures earlier, is shorter, or always yields less? Do you have a field that has a history of ...
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CROP ALERT – August 23, 2023
2023 Cornell Winter Grains Variety Trial Results Winter small grains planting is right around the corner. Do you know what varieties you are going to plant? Cornell just released their yield results for this ...
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CROP ALERT – August 9, 2023
Corn Updates Yesterday, despite the rainy weather, the NY Corn and Soybean Growers Association Corn Yield Tour happened across ten counties in the NWNY region. Yield potential looked good across the region though maturity ...
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CROP ALERT – August 2, 2023
Waterhemp Herbicide Plot Tour this Friday, August 4 in Waterloo Glyphosate-resistant (GR) weeds including waterhemp are an increasing concern for NY field crops. Growers and Industry representatives will have an opportunity to tour and ...
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