Soybean inoculation is critical to optimum yields.

When scouting for army cutworms, use a treatment threshold of 4 or more cutworm larvae per square foot for winter wheat or alfalfa, or 2 or more if the wheat is thin or the alfalfa is newly established.

This year’s corn crop will be a record and along with it we will produce a record amount of corn stover. Stover production has been increasing over time as corn yields have increased

There is plenty of information on fall herbicide treatments in the C.O.R.N. newsletter archive and on other university websites. Our philosophy on this has not changed much over the past decade. A few brief reminders follow.

As we gear up for planting this week and next there are two insect pests that need to be on our radar.

Fungicide seed treatments may help with wheat stand establishment in certain situations.

We have published articles about fall herbicide treatments in C.O.R.N. over most of the last five years or more. Readers can check the archives for those articles, as our suggestions about fall weed control have not really changed much from year to year. Maybe the best thing we can do here instead of regurgitating the same information is to list some of the questions we have received this year about fall treatments, with answers of course.

When managing soybean production in no-till conditions, growers need to consider several management strategies, including variety selection, insect management, disease management, fertility management and weed management.