Field Crop News

2007 Article List

Vol. 07:01 - January 23, 2007

• Weather Outlook
• Nutrient Management and Soil Conservation Requirements for Smaller Farms
• Corn on Corn Considerations
• Is Your Planter Ready?
• What’s New for Weed Control in 2007
• 2007–2008 Agronomy Guides Now Available
• Looking for a Meeting?

Vol. 07:02 - February 14, 2007

• Newsletter Survey
• Resident Canada Geese Control
• Limestone and Gypsum
• White Grubs in Pastures
• Glyphosate Stewardship Publication Series Available
• Commodity Marketing Meeting Features Jerry Gulke
• Third Annual Pennsylvania No-Till Alliance Conference

Vol. 07:03 - March 6, 2007

• Weather Outlook
• Getting the Most From Your Manure
• The Potential for Winter Damaged Crops is Here
• Roller Study News and Update
• Picking Apart the Differences in Glyphosate Products
• Corn Growth Stage Resource
• Northeast Pasture Survey on Seeding and Seed Mixtures
• 2007-2008 Penn State Agronomy Guide Now On-Line
• 2007 Risk Management Planning/Crop Insurance Deadline

Vol. 07:04 - March 20, 2007

• Weather Outlook
• Alfalfa-Grass Mixtures Reduce PLH Damage
• Court Stops Spring Planting of All Roundup Ready Alfalfa
• Grain Marketing Plans for 2007
• CTIC produces 2006 tillage survey results
• Carbon - a new commodity for farmers
• 2007 Pennsylvania Custom Rates
• Perspectives on the Upcoming Corn Season
• 2007 Early Spring Fertility Challenges
• New Tax Incentives for Preserving Your Land

Vol. 07:05 - April 3, 2007

• Weather Outlook
• Timothy Mites Active in Southeast Pennsylvania
• Cellulosic Ethanol Update
• Acreage Report and the Impact on PA
• 2006 Field Trials Research Report Available On-Line
• Spring Weed Control in Alfalfa
• Managing Cover Crops This Spring

Vol. 07:06 - April 11, 2007

• Weather Outlook
• Know the Record Keeping Rules if You're Selling or Transporting Hay
• Soybean Rust Update
• Natural Gas Leasing
• Determining Pasture Yield
• Optimizing Gramoxone and Glyphosate Burndown
• Small Grain Herbicides and Nitrogen Fertilizer Carriers
• Corn Populations: Pennsylvania Style
• The Silent Thief
• Upcoming Events

Vol. 07:07 - April 17, 2007

• Weather Outlook
• Delayed Planting Effects
• White Grubs in Field Crops
• Is Brown Root Rot a Problem in Pennsylvania Alfalfa Fields
• Boom Sprayer Setup & Calibration
• Tuning Up Your Mower-Conditioner
• Alfalfa Weevil Update
• Wanted: York County Soil & Nutrient Management Educator
• Stay On-Track with a To-Do List
• Keeping Tabs on Cover Crops

Vol. 07:08 - April 24, 2007

• Weather Outlook
• Timing of Burndown Herbicide Applications
• Rye Kill Following Rye Harvested for Silage
• Final Thoughts on Soybean Plant Populations
• Nitrogen Tests—Know Before You Grow
• Nitrogen Fertilizer Through the Planter
• Job Announcement — York County Soil & Nutrient Management Educator

Vol. 07:09 - May 1, 2007

• Weather Outlook
• Soil Applied Herbicides and Rainfall
• Evaluate Your Manure Management before it is Too Late
• Alfalfa Weevil Scouting
• Reassessing Forage Seeding Options
• WeedSOFT Yield Loss and Tank Mix Calculators Available on the Web
• Biomass Fuel Opportunities for Crop Producers Emerging
• Trade-in Tillage Time for No-till Planter Check-up
• Job Announcement—York County Soil & Nutrient Management Educator
• Upcoming Events

Vol. 07:10 - May 8, 2007

• Weather Outlook
• Watch Your Soybean Drop Rates
• Assessing Grub Populations and Spring Management Ideas
• Roundup Ready Alfalfa Injunction Stands
• Glyphosate Preharvest Options
• Delayed Pre/Early Post Herbicide Considerations for Corn
• Burcucumber — Two Step Management
• Taking First Cutting of Alfalfa Early
• Upcoming Events

Vol. 07:11 - May 16, 2007

• Weather Outlook
• Scout Now For Cutworms
• Scout Now for Wheat Diseases
• Corn Herbicide Application Timings and Restrictions
• Sprayer Clean-out is Important
• Crop, Insect, and Weed Phenology Maps Up and Running
• Soybean Rust Update
• Corn Stand Assessment and Replanting
• Upcoming Events

Vol. 07:12 - May 22, 2007

• Weather Outlook
• Pokeweed Management
• Economics of Expensive Corn and Nitrogen
• Direct-cut Barley
• Evaluate Your Risk for Scab Infection
• Adjuvants and Common Post Herbicide Tank Mixtures
• Planter Penetration Problems
• Weed Management in CREP Grasslands
• Upcoming Events

Vol. 07:13 - May 29, 2007

• Weather Outlook
• Soybean Stands and Dry Soils
• Dry Weather and Fertilizer Injury
• Weather Observer Program
• Slow Down and Stay Safe on the Road
• Market Outlook (NEW Regular Update!)
• Upcoming Events

Vol. 07:14 - June 5, 2007

• Weather Outlook
• Weed control: weather and post rescue issues
• Eight Basic Steps to Grain Market Planning
• Grain Market Outlook
• Late Spring Multiflora Rose Management in Pastures
• Pre-sidedress Nitrate Testing for Corn
• Bean Leaf Beetle in Pennsylvania: An Emerging Pest
• Upcoming Events

Vol. 07:15 - June 12, 2007

• Weather Outlook
• Herbicide Drift Management
• Emergency Forage Planning
• Grain Marketing Outlook
• Timely Post Control of Weeds Works and Saves Crop Yield
• PA Five Acre Corn Club
• Scouting for Potato Leafhopper
• Pokeweed Management
• Register Now for the Rock Springs Weed Control Tour
• Upcoming Events

Vol. 07:16 - June 19, 2007

• Weather Outlook
• Post emergence Herbicide Injury to Crops
• Markets?
• New Forage Insurance Programs
• Planning for Farm Emergencies
• Register Now for the Rock Springs Weed Control Tour
• Upcoming Events Leafhopper

Vol. 07:17 - June 26, 2007

• Poisonous Pasture Plants and Livestock
• Soybean Aphids and Spider Mites
• Soybean Rust Update
• More herbicides registered for sweet corn
• Market Report
• Got Hay? Need Hay? Try AgMap
• Upcoming Events

Vol. 07:18 - July 2, 2007

• Weather Outlook
• Market Report
• What’s Eating Your Beans
• Summer Forage Seedings
• Mid Summer Weed Control Options for Grass and Legume Forages
• Subsoiling Following Small Grain Harvest
• Upcoming Events

Vol. 07:19 - July 10, 2007

• Weather Outlook
• Market Report
• Drought And Heat Stress Are Starting To Take Its Toll
• Mid-Season Checkup On Corn Nutrient Status
• Countdown To Corn Silage Harvesting
• Herbicides And Hot Weather
• Upcoming Events

Vol. 07:20 - July 18, 2007

• PSU Diagnostic Clinic
• Weather Outlook
• Marketing Outlook
• Monitor Soybean Fields Now for Weed Escapes
• Drought Stress in Corn Moves to the Next Level
• Plan now for late summer cover crop establishment
• Soybean Insect Defoliation Assessment
• Upcoming Events

Vol. 07:21 - July 23, 2007

• Estimating the Potential Grain Yield from Corn Silage Yields
• Drought Stress, Nitrates, Prussic Acid and Sorghum-sudangrass Hybrids and Corn
• Roundup Ready Alfalfa: Final Administrative Order
• Crop Insurance
• Sprayer Retrofit Meeting
• Come Visit the Crop and Soil Sciences Tent at Ag Progress Days

Vol. 07:22 - August 1, 2007

• Weather Outlook
• Weed Control in Small Grain Stubble
• Cover Crop Season Begins Now
• 2006–07 Small Grains Variety Trial Data
• Potato Leafhoppers in August
• Soybean Pant Health Pesticide Applications
• Market Report
• Ag Progress Days Celebrate: 100th Anniversary of Crop & Soil Sciences Department
• Visit the Crop and Soil Sciences Tent at Ag Progress Days August 14th–16th

Vol. 07:23 - August 8, 2007

• Weather Outlook
• Keys to Silage Harvest Success
• Market Outlook
• Fall Fertilization of Forage Crops in 2007
• No-till Carbon Credit Payments to Farmers
• Visit Ag Progress Days August 14–16
• Energy from Agriculture Featured at Ag Progress Days

Vol. 07:24 - August 14, 2007

• Weather Outlook
• Market Outlook
• Corn Silage Pricing
• Soybean Rust Update
• Winter Wheat Planning
• Managing Alfalfa During A Drought
• Open Extension Positions

Vol. 07:25 - August 21, 2007

• Weather Outlook
• PDA Market Prices
• The Late Season Corn Stalk Nitrate Test
• Organic Matter, Soil Carbon Sequestration, No-till, and Global
• Sprayer Retrofit
• Mile-a-Minute Weed
• Prowl H₂O Application in Alfalfa
• Late Season Corn Hybrid Assessment
• Soybean Crop and Disease Update
• Smooth Bedstraw, an Increasingly Common Weed in Pasture and Hay
• Fall Harvest Management of Alfalfa after a Dry Summer

Vol. 07:26 - August 28, 2007

• Weather Outlook
• Grain Marketing Outlook
• Stretching Forage Supplies with Stockpiled Grasses
• Searching for Hay
• Apply N Now for Late Season Forage Grasses
• Late Season Weed Control in Corn and Soybeans
• Emergency Forage Weed Control
• Grain Storage Meeting Planned
• High Nitrate Potential in Corn Silage

Vol. 07:27 - September 4, 2007

• Weather Outlook
• Grain Marketing Outlook
• Grain Storage Preparation and Maintenance Saves Quality
• Quality Grain Care Focus of Grain Storage Meeting
• Eastern Black Nightshade
• Teff Evaluation in Pennsylvania

Vol. 07:28 - September 12, 2007

• Weather Outlook
• Late Planting of Forage Crops
• Late Season Stem Diseases of Soybean
• Be Alert and Ready for Hi-Moisture Corn Opportunities
• Grain Market Report
• Alfalfa Stand Evaluation
• Start the Wheat Crop Off Right
• Interseeding Triticale and Alfalfa
• Upcoming Events

Vol. 07:29 - September 19, 2007

• Weather Outlook
• Weedy Bromus Species Management in Small Grains
• Severe Blunt Ear Symptoms Reported
• Low Cutting Height Can Result In Loss of Orchardgrass Stands
• Grain Markets
• Considerations for Fall and Winter Manure Application
• Consider Horseweed/Marestail Management
• Long-term Benefits of No-tillage and Organic Cropping Systems
• Upcoming Events

Vol. 07:30 - September 26, 2007

• Weather Outlook
• Correction to "Teff Evaluation in Pennsylvania" Article from September 4 FCN
• Selling Hay to North Carolina
• Soil Testing and Ag Lime
• Biennial and Perennial Weed Control is Best in the Fall
• Subsoiling
• Grain Markets
• Top Five reasons to Harvest Soybeans
• Green June Beetles Active in PA
• Upcoming Events

Vol. 07:31 - October 3, 2007

• Weather Outlook
• The ABC’s of Fall Herbicide Treatments
• Video on Sampling for the Late Season Cornstalk Nitrate Test Now Available
• Corn Yield Calculation Issues
• Testing for Soil Organic Matter
• Reducing the Potential for Prussic Acid Poisoning
• Grain Markets
• Upcoming Events

Vol. 07:32 - October 16, 2007

• Weather Outlook
• National Glyphosate Stewardship Forum II Report
• Purchasing Forage Seeds for Next Year
• Market Outlook
• How to Increase Organic Matter Content
• Hybrid Selection Considerations
• Upcoming Events

Vol. 07:33 - October 31, 2007

• Weather Outlook
• Reducing the Potential of Prussic Acid Poisoning
• Liming No—till
• Moldy Ears of Corn
• Kochia, a New Weed to Watch
• Can Alfalfa be Harvested Yet This Fall?
• Hibernating Your Field Crop Sprayer
• Market Outlook

Vol. 07:34 - November 13, 2007

• Field Crop News Schedule
• Weather Outlook
• REAP — Tax Incentive Program for Farmers
• Fall is a Good Time to Diagnose and Cause Soil Compaction
• Equipment Allowed Under USDA—NRCS No—Till/Strip Till/Direct Seed Conservation Practice Standard
• Sign up for EQIP before November 30, 2007
• Market Outlook

Vol. 07:35 - December 11, 2007

• Field Crop News Schedule
• Weather Outlook
• Water Testing Services Available Through County Extension Offices
• Tight Forage Seed Supplies for 2008
• Register Now for the 50th Pennsylvania Agronomic Education Conference
• Pennsylvania Professional Crop Producers’ Conference
• Corn Production Changes
• Jump on the No—Till Express to the National No—Tillage Conference
• Websites of Interest
• Upcoming Events

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