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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When is it Too Late to Plant Soybeans? We are getting to the very end of planting season. When should we call it quits on soybeans? Cornell recommends June 20th as the last date ...
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Black Cutworms Continue to Arrive Cutworm moths continue to fly into our region this week. Traps in Castile and Spencerport caught 50 and 55 moths. The storm on Monday was a million-dollar rain for ...
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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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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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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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Take Another Look at Soybean Aphids Soybean aphids (SBA) were very plentiful across the region and some fields were above threshold. Take another look! The hot, rainy, muggy weather were perfect for a ...
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Wheat Harvest is Ready to Begin Malting barley fields were harvested last week and wheat is very close. I am concerned as this rainy weather pattern holds that sprouting could be an issue. ...
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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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