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Use Care With Weed Control In Stressed Corn

May 17, 2010 | Posted in Crop Protection
Whether or not corn was damaged by frost, it will be under stress following the recent period of cool, wet weather. Whenever possible, it is best to avoid applying herbicides to stressed corn since the crop is less efficient at metabolizing the herbicide to non-toxic compounds.
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Pioneer Gets Refuge-In-Bag Approval

May 3, 2010 | Posted in Crop Protection
DuPont announced the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) granted the historic commercial registration of Optimum® AcreMaxTM 1 insect protection for Pioneer® brand corn hybrids. This marks the EPA's first approval of an in-the-bag solution for insect refuge management, offering reduced corn rootworm refuge and a more convenient path to refuge compliance for growers.
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Stripe Rust Concerns Growing In Plains

May 2, 2010 | Posted in Crop Protection
Major stripe rust epidemics have not occurred in Nebraska since 2005. However, given the unusually high levels of stripe rust reported in the southern states and the cool, wet weather we are experiencing, the risk of stripe rust development in the state is high.
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You’ve Got to Start With Clean No-Till Fields

There’s no substitute for a two-pass herbicide program to keep weeds from stealing nutrients and sunlight and hurting yield potential
By Jim Leverich posted on May 1, 2010 | Posted in Crop Protection
One of the most important steps in no-till weed control is to start with a clean field. This means you should use a burndown treatment to make sure the field is clean at or shortly after planting.
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Is There A Good Alternative Soybean?

Non-GMO and specialty soybeans offer growers the possibility of solid yields, management of glyphosate resistance and good financial returns — if they can identify a market
By Dan Zinkland posted on May 1, 2010 | Posted in Crop Protection
Soybeans that tolerate glyphosate have accounted for more than 90% of U.S. soybean acreage for much of the past decade. But no-tillers may be able to find conventional soybeans or alternatives to Roundup Ready that are more profitable due to premiums and offer the added bonus of managing for glyphosate resistance by using herbicides with differing modes of action.
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8 Areas to Focus on for Higher Wheat Yields

Residue management, proper seeding rates, timely nitrogen applications and scouting for diseases are some of the keys to pushing no-till wheat yields to worthwhile levels
By Dan Zinkland posted on May 1, 2010 | Posted in Crop Protection, Residue Management, Seeding & Planting
From the Pacific Northwest to the Great Plains to the Eastern Corn Belt, no-tillers John Aeschliman, Dan Forgey, Allen Dean and Romey Bardwell grow different varieties of dryland wheat in different soils in areas receiving vastly different amounts of rain.
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