Armyworm Pheromone Trap Report – 2024
Armyworm Pheromone Trap Report – 2024
What a weather transition has occurred in the last month! Hay harvest, and corn and soybean planting were extended because of rain that seemed to be happening every third to fourth day.
Water quality, recreation, livestock, and food security will all be in the spotlight next week with the celebration of National Forage Week June 16-22.
Meteorological spring (March-May) roared to a close on May 31, and the data is in—it was the 26th wettest on record in 130 years of records, with 14.28 inches of precipitation statewide, over 1.5 inches above normal.
Taking large round and large rectangular bales and wrapping them with white plastic to make bale silage (baleage) has become a common practice.
Purple Corn: purple corn symptoms (Image 1) are caused by the accumulation of a purple pigment in the corn leaves known as anthocyanin.
The field crop pathology research program is continuing to track the distribution of corn and soybean field diseases in Indiana.
Corn growth stages are quite variable across Indiana but a number of areas with early planted corn about waist high.
You better not feed yew to the ewe (and other livestock) In memory of livestock that met “Their Maker” because they ate yew. It’s that time of year when the yew (pronounced like the letter “U”) is likely in need of a trim to look best as a landscaping plant. Yews have been used as a common landscaping shrub or small tree for decades. They have closely spaced, glossy, rather tough, dark green, linear pointed-end leaves that are 1.5 – 2 inches long. Hard-to-see male and female flowers are found on separate plants and form fleshy red to yellow fruits that contain a single seed. Many plants have poisonous compounds that can cause all kinds of concerns, and even death, if consumed. The interactions that I have had with veterinarians, suggest that the yew is right at or near the top of plants that cause livestock death. A disheartening scenario[Read More…]
Recent wet, rainy weather has created some weed management challenges for Indiana growers. In this article we will hit on a few key points to consider based on current challenges. Delayed weed control in corn. Indiana corn growers rely heavily on premixes in corn that contain some combination of group 15 herbicides (metolachlor, acetochlor, pyroxasulfone), atrazine, mesotrione (Callisto), clopyralid (Stinger), and bicyclopyrone. Rain will not have completely washed all of the herbicide away, but may have compromised overall activity. Scout fields as soon as possible to determine if weeds are escaping. Obviously giant ragweed is a big concern, but wet conditions and dilution of atrazine can result in failures to control velvetleaf, burcucumber, morningglories, waterhemp, cocklebur and others. If corn is less than 12 inches tall and you haven’t used all of the atrazine allowed by the label, it would be wise to add atrazine to the other postemergence herbicides[Read More…]
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