The initial cool wave of September is likely over as we welcome warmer temperatures for the next several weeks.
The initial cool wave of September is likely over as we welcome warmer temperatures for the next several weeks.
2019 Corn Earworm Trap Report
What a year it has been so far! Was there mud as livestock were fed this past winter? Did winter-damaged alfalfa fields occur and did pastures where livestock spent the winter look like a mud volleyball tournament had been played?
2019 Corn Earworm Trap Report
Expect increased possibilities of above normal precipitation through the mid-September, particular in northern regions of the state
For the last couple of years, especially last season, there has been a noticeable population of green stink bug in some Indiana soybean fields.
As the growing season progresses and hemp farmers gear up for harvest, we are continuing to learn more about pests and pathogens affecting hemp in Indiana.
The painted lady butterfly, Vanessa cardui, is mostly orange mottled with black and white markings.
Soybeans We are starting to see a number of diseases in soybean across Indiana. This week in our plots in both northern and southern Indiana initial foliar symptoms of sudden death syndrome are making an appearance. In addition, we continue to see frogeye leaf spot and Septoria brown spot – the levels of both of these diseases were very low and our soybean are about R4 (beginning pod) to R5 (full pod). I suspect that if we continue to receive intermittent rain, we might start to see a bit more disease in soybean. Corn Tar Spot – We have confirmed 11 counties with active tar spot as of August 28 for the 2019 season. These counties all had a previous history: Elkhart, Jasper, Kosciusko, La Porte, Lagrange, Lake, Marshall, Noble, Porter, Pulaski, and St. Joseph (figure 1). I have included the 2018 tar spot map from Indiana for your reference[Read More…]
The big story this week was the much-needed rain throughout most of Indiana that fell on Monday (August 19th).
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