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With companies offering different packages of transgenic traits to protect against insects and herbicides, the choices can become confusing.
The Mid-Atlantic 4R Nutrient Stewardship Association is offering a cost share of $15 per acre for Chesapeake Bay watershed producers who add a split application in their overall corn nitrogen management.
The best solution for fall armyworms will be getting a frost, which should kill the caterpillars, but that may not be happening any time soon in some parts of Pennsylvania.
With supply chain issues involving many aspects of production ag these days, some are asking if it is wise to purchase bulk inventory of herbi…
Farmers are exposed to a wide variety of respiratory hazards on the farm from vapors and mold to dust and gases.
Black cutworm populations are usually very patchy, and adjacent fields can have quite different populations depending on presence of cool-season weeds.
Columnist Leon Ressler discusses determining whether this pest species is active in your timothy fields in this week’s Now is the Time.
Insecticides are the last resort for pests in no-till corn, she said. A spray is called for only when the economic loss of crop damage looks like it’s going to exceed the cost of an insecticide application. The only way to figure that out, she said, is to know what’s in the field. Scouting is the best way to do that.
During the past week or so, Extension entomologist John Tooker reported an increase in calls asking about the potential yield effects of insect pests feeding on maturing soybean plants. This is particularly a concern for the soybeans in growth stages R5 plants or later.
With the recent rainy weather, first cutting alfalfa harvest has been disrupted. Some areas of the state are still waiting to harvest, while others have regrowth of what will be the second cutting.