CROP ALERT – October 4, 2023
Tar Spot Update for N.Y. We have been watching for tar spot in corn fields all summer and it has been hard to find. In the past couple of weeks, it has really come ...
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Tag Archives: Wheat Growth
CROP ALERT – July 12, 2023
Wheat Harvest Has Begun Many growers started wheat harvest around the region on Monday. The western half of our NWNY region has been drier and moistures were running 14.5 -18%. South and east had ...
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CROP ALERT – July 6, 2023
Soybean Aphids Increasing Some pictures have been coming in with soybean leaves puckered on top with some edges turning yellow. Soybean aphid numbers are rapidly multiplying and injuring the top couple of trifoliates. Again, ...
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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 21, 2023
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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CROP ALERT – June 14, 2023
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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CROP ALERT – June 6, 2023
Black Cutworms Continue to Arrive Much of the NWNY region has reached the 300 degree days for the first significant cutworm flight on May 3rd to be large enough to completely cut corn plants. ...
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CROP ALERT – May 31, 2023
Black Cutworms Cutting Plants By this weekend much of the region will exceed 300 degree days since May 3. However, I’m already receiving reports and picture confirmations of corn injury from BCW feeding from ...
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CROP ALERT – May 24, 2023
Cereal Leaf Beetle Eggs Have Hatched Found the first CLB larvae in wheat on Monday. Larvae are shiny and black and almost look slug-like. They cover themselves in their own excrement and are actually ...
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CROP ALERT – May 17, 2023
Cereal Leaf Beetles are Abundant and Laying Eggs in Wheat Cereal leaf beetles (CLB) were easy to find in the wheat I scouted in Ontario and Livingston Counties this week. One field had a ...
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