CROP ALERT – July 2, 2025
We are wrapping it up for the planting season this year. I see some corn acres still going in on the dairies. Some late soybeans may go in if the moisture is there. ...
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CROP ALERT – August 7, 2024
Soybean Yield Contest Deadline is August 14. Only 7 days left to enter! The entry process is only online and can be found at https://nycsga.memberclicks.net/2024yieldcontest#!/. Remember, if you are planning to sign up for ...
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CROP ALERT – July 31, 2024
Summer Crop Tour Next Week, August 8 The New York Corn & Soybean Growers Association Summer Crop Tour featuring keynote speaker Mitchell Hora of Continuum Ag is next week. The crop tour will be ...
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CROP ALERT – July 24, 2024
Waterhemp Herbicide Plot Tour August 9 in Waterloo Glyphosate-resistant (GR) weeds including waterhemp are an increasing concern for NY field crops. Growers, consultants and Industry representatives will have an opportunity to tour and observe ...
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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 28, 2023
Soybean Aphid Alert: Numbers are Growing Quickly I mentioned two weeks ago that I had started to see soybean aphids (SBA) flying from buckthorn into young soybeans. I received some calls from my colleagues ...
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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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