CROP ALERT – July 17, 2024
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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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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CROP ALERT – July 3, 2024
Soybeans are Beginning to Flower I saw my first flowers in soybean fields this week. This is the R1 stage. This is a critical stage of application of the traited post-emergence products. Glyphosate products ...
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CROP ALERT – June 26, 2024
Black Cutworm and Armyworm Traps Done for the Year We pulled all the pheromone traps yesterday. Wyoming, Yates and Livingston traps continue to catch significant numbers of black cutworm but most of our corn ...
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CROP ALERT – June 20, 2024
Armyworm Update Still hearing reports of armyworm in wheat and hay (front of the mower) this week. Blackbirds are still very visible diving into fields and letting us know where to look. Scouting wheat ...
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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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