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Watch Out for Volunteer Corn in 2012

December 8, 2011 | Posted in Crop Protection

Source: By Dwight Lingenfelter, Penn State University

Over the past couple weeks we have received calls about the concern over volunteer corn in next season's crops and what are some possible control options to consider.

Rootworm Damage To Monsanto Corn Found In 4 States

December 5, 2011 | Posted in Crop Protection

Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Federal monitors said this week they have found more evidence that Monsanto's genetically engineered corn is failing to kill the insects it is designed to repel.

EPA Warns Monsanto About Rootworms, Resistance

December 4, 2011 | Posted in Crop Protection

Source: The Wall Street Journal

Monsanto Co. isn't doing enough to monitor for signs that widely grown corn plants that the company genetically modified to thwart a bug are falling prey to that insect again, Environmental Protection Agency scientists said.

What I've Learned from No-Tilling

5 Factors Help No-Tiller Come Out Ahead

Watching weather conditions at critical growing points, and annual soil testing, has helped Doug Goehring succeed at no-till.

By Doug Goehring posted on December 1, 2011 | Posted in No-Till Farming 101, Crop Protection, Water Management

Sometimes it's not the hybrid, it’s the farmer or subtle weather conditions that are the reason yields weren’t the best that they could be. Too many times, I see producers abandon a perfectly good hybrid or variety without understanding why it performed the way it did that season.

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Resistant Weeds Continue Their March

December 1, 2011 | Posted in Crop Protection

The 2011 growing season served a grim reminder that the fight against resistant weeds in the U.S. isn’t going well.

Study: 2,4-D May Affect Plants Thought To Be Resistant

November 29, 2011 | Posted in Crop Protection

Source: Purdue University

Purdue University researchers have discovered a fine-tuning mechanism involved in plant root growth that has them questioning whether a popular herbicide may have unintended consequences, causing some plants to need more water or nutrients.

Study To Examine Weed-Suppression Potential Of Cover Crops

November 27, 2011 | Posted in Cover Crops, Crop Protection

Source: St. James (Mo.) Leader-Journal

The University of Missouri's Bradford Research and Extension Center is embarking on the university's first nationally funded organic farming research project.

Moldy Corn And Upright Ears

November 25, 2011 | Posted in Crop Protection

Source: By Peter Thomison, Pierce Paul, Bruce Clevenger and Glen Arnold, Ohio State University

As corn harvest nears completion across the state, moldy ear problems have been reported in NW Ohio especially in certain corn hybrids planted late after June 1.

Tidbits On Fall Control Of Chickweed And Horseweed

November 13, 2011 | Posted in Crop Protection

Source: By Dwight Lingenfelter, Penn State University

With the recent stretch of nice fall weather, we continue to get questions about control of certain winter annual weeds, namely common chickweed and horseweed/marestail.

New Farm Subsidy Proposed To Replace Direct Payments

November 8, 2011 | Posted in Crop Protection

Source: Associated Press

Corn and soybean farmers are pushing for— and Congress is moving to create— a whole new subsidy that could maintain farm incomes at a nearly four-decade high should prices fall or crops be destroyed by weather.

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