The Purdue University Crop Diagnostic Training and Research Center is offering a daylong program at the Feldun-Purdue Agricultural Center located just west of Bedford on Thursday September 1.
The Purdue University Crop Diagnostic Training and Research Center is offering a daylong program at the Feldun-Purdue Agricultural Center located just west of Bedford on Thursday September 1.
Tar spot continues to be found in Indiana and our first confirmation of southern corn rust happened this week (Figures 1 and 2).
On this episode of the Purdue Crop Chat Podcast, Purdue Extension Soybean Specialist Shaun Casteel and Corn Specialist Dan Quinn welcome Indiana State Climatologist Beth Hall to discuss the weather extremes farmers have faced and might continue to face this season.
Brad Shelton, Feldun-Purdue Agricultural Center Superintendent, informed me of high nitrate values in sorghum-sudangrass that were reported on a forage analysis.
July temperatures averaged 1◦F above normal but had a couple of periods of extreme heat.
Since early June, Indiana has been seeing abnormally dry and moderate drought conditions gradually expand and intensify across the state.
The Popcorn Board is excited to announce that the same valuable content from the PDF version of the Popcorn Agri-Chemical Handbook is now available in a convenient mobile app, accessible for Android users in Google Play and for Apple users in the App Store!
2020 Western Bean Cutworm Pheromone Trap Report
Everyone remembers last year; many are awaiting this year’s fall armyworm (FAW) attack. Still, at this time, there is little activity reported in the Midwest.
Although some other states in the US corn belt, and in Ontario, Canada are seeing higher moth flights, Indiana, like last year, is a “have-not” state for WBC this year.
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