Field work has progressed significantly in the past couple of weeks due to warmer temperatures.
Field work has progressed significantly in the past couple of weeks due to warmer temperatures.
The warmer temperatures in the past couple of weeks have allowed winter wheat fields in Indiana to green up and resume growth.
Taking large round and large rectangular bales and wrapping them with white plastic to make bale silage (baleage) has become a common practice.
Although in the Midwest the black cutworm is considered to be one of the most major pests of corn.
In looking over the black cutworm and armyworm pheromone reports, it is obvious that many moths have arrived into Indiana.
Armyworm Pheromone Trap Report – 2020
This webinar brings a group of six experts in grain post-harvest from industry, the North Central and South regions of US land-grant universities to directly address questions and discuss solutions that may arise related to grain handling and storage on-farm or at the elevator.
The short answer to the question posed by the title of this article is: “Whenever you want to begin planting corn.”
It’s getting to be quite a challenging start in the year from getting out of a late wet harvest season to now dealing with the disruptions of life and services as we know it due to COVID-19 pandemic.
Some of these challenges include severely delayed planting of hemp (and most other crops), labor shortages for some growers, “hot” hemp crops (THC > 0.3%), and harvested hemp left in barns and warehouses while some of the larger hemp processing companies filed for bankruptcy.
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