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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by Mike Stanyard See What You Missed at this Winter’s Virtual Corn, Soybean & Small Grains and Forage Congresses. Even though we could not hold any of our winter meetings in person this ...
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The 2020 New York Hybrid Corn Grain Performance Trials Results are Now Available. This report includes a summary of our 2020 commercial hybrid corn grain trials. It shows results from four locations in New ...
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Due to the ongoing uncertainty related to the Coronavirus pandemic, the Northwest NY Dairy, Livestock and Field Crops Team has decided to transition the 2021 Corn Congress into a virtual conference scheduled for January ...
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by Jodi Putman Management practices such as variety selection, fertility, and drainage within fields and over time can be evaluated with the use of yield data. However, management decisions using these data are less ...
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by Jodi Putman During mid-October and early November, rain events can create difficult conditions not only for the timely harvesting of corn and soybeans but also the effect harvesting has on the soil. Coupled ...
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Seeding Rates for Winter Wheat USDA NASS NY’s September 27 report is showing that 34% of the wheat has been planted. This is right at the five-year average. Seeding rates should increase as the ...
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by Jodi Putman In certain respects, corn can be considered a luxury consumer of nitrogen (N), much the same as alfalfa is a luxury consumer of potassium: if the nutrient is available in the ...
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Soybean Harvest Aids Many of the early maturity soybeans have been harvested and plenty are starting to turn yellow. One thing that has been really noticeable is the amount of weedy soybean fields. There ...
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by Ali Nafchi Before the beginning of each harvesting season, the forage harvester should be entirely inspected. This inspection is to make sure that the machine is in excellent working condition, to avoid costly ...
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