Now Open: Survey on Common Farm Weeds
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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Tag Archives: Corn
2022 Virtual Corn Congress – Registration is Now Open!
Due to the ongoing uncertainty related to the Coronavirus pandemic, the Northwest NY Dairy, Livestock and Field Crops Team has decided to use the virtual format again for the Corn Congress scheduled for January ...
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Tar Spot in Corn Confirmed in WNY
Gary Bergstrom has confirmed that tar spot has been found and confirmed in corn in two locations in Erie County. We have been talking about the possible arrival of tar spot for years. Earlier ...
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Fall Armyworm Alert
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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Regional Dry-Down Day in Wyoming County on 9/9/21
Corn silage harvest is drawing near. The way corn silage is harvested and stored is a single event that affects your operation for the entire next year. Dry Matter dictates when harvest should ...
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CROP ALERT – August 19, 2021
Lorsban (chlorpyrifos) Ban in NY The New York State DEC has adopted changes to the state pesticide registration regulations prohibiting chlorpyrifos in New York State effective July 31, 2021. Notice of the regulation ...
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CROP ALERT – August 12, 2021
Corn and Soybean Yield Contest Entries Due by August 30, 2021 The deadline for the NYS Yield Contests is coming quickly! Despite the wacky weather we have had this year there are some ...
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CROP ALERT – July 29, 2021
Yellow Soybeans: How’s Your Nodulation? The region has had a lot of heavy rain in the past two weeks. Many soybeans were under water and have been sitting in saturated soils with wet ...
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CROP ALERT – June 24, 2021
Soybean Aphid Scouting The last three growing seasons have not been big soybean aphid years, which has been great! However, I saw the winged forms flying off buckthorn three weeks ago. We are hoping ...
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CROP ALERT – June 17, 2021
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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