CROP ALERT – August 28, 2024
Corn Updates I saw my first chopper chewing up some corn on Tuesday. It is that time. We had a corn silage dry-down day in Yates on Monday and Seneca on Tuesday. Most of ...
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Tag Archives: Planting Soybeans
CROP ALERT – August 21, 2024
Soybean Update The summer is coming to an end. Many fields of late 0 and very early 1’s are starting to turn yellow. They have done all they can do, have raced quicker through ...
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CROP ALERT – August 14, 2024
Last Day to Enter the 2024 NY Soybean Yield Contest! Today, August 14 is the final day to enter the NY Soybean Contest. The entry process is only online and can be found at ...
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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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