2009 Article List

Vol. 09:01 - January 13, 2009

• Weather Outlook
• Soybean Foliar Fertilizer Plot Results
• Winter Manure Application Considerations
• Developing Oilseed Production in NW PA
• Wheat/Red Clover as an Alternative to Corn
• What’s New for Agronomic Weed Control 2009 (Corn and Small Grains)
• 2008 Pennsylvania Corn Club Results
• USDA Crop Reports and Market Reactions
• Worker Protection Standard Reminder
• New Penn State Agronomy Guide Available Soon
• Upcoming Events

Vol. 09:02 - February 10, 2009

• Weather Outlook
• Crop Producer Conference Approaching
• What’s New for Agronomic Weed Control: 2009 (continued from previous edition)
• Refuge-In-A-Bag: Current Status
• Public Comment Requested on 2,4-D
• Early Season Wheat Assessment
• Spring Soil Sampling Tips
• Clover Cover Crops and Nitrogen

Vol. 09:03 - March 10, 2009

• Weather Outlook
• 2009 Crop Insurance Base Prices Announced
• Spring Cover Crop Management
• Now Is the Time to Assess Small Grain Stands
• Input Management
• Effect of CruiserMaxx Seed Treatment on Soybean Stand and Yield in 2008
• Spring Weed Control in Alfalfa

Vol. 09:04 - March 24, 2009

• Weather Outlook
• Depth and Contact Crucial in Forage Establishment
• Consider Air Temperature and Other Environmental Conditions When Making Burndown Applications
• Late Spring Small Grain Herbicides and Nitrogen Fertilizer Carriers
• Corn and Sorghum Management Research Update
• Doing an On—Farm Test
• Pennsylvania Odor Management Program
• Cost of Production has Never Been so Significant to Long Term Viability
• Snapshot of Grain Crop Production Costs
• Timothy Mites 2009

Vol. 09:05 - April 7, 2009

• Weather Outlook
• Planter Set-up and Operation in the Field
• Allelopathy, Friend or Foe
• Important Stewardship Guidelines for Aminopyralid (Milestone and Forefront) Use in Pastures
• Early Season Insect Pests in Alfalfa, Timothy and Wheat
• Refuge Requirements for Transgenic Corn
• Pennsylvania Women’s Agricultural Network Addresses Extension Needs of Women Farmers
• Mark Your Calendar

Vol. 09:06 - April 14, 2009

• Weather Outlook
• Corn Planting on the Horizon
• Lower-cost Herbicide Program Considerations
• Burndown Herbicide Applications
• Cereal Grain Cover Crop Management
• PA Black Cutworm Monitoring Program
• Watch Out for Slugs in Reduced-tillage Fields
• Check Soil Compaction
• Cut Feed Costs by Grazing Your Small Grains

Vol. 09:07 - April 21, 2009

• Weather Outlook
• Taking First Cutting of Alfalfa Early
• Watch for Alfalfa Weevil
• Starter Fertilizer for Corn on High P Soils
• Chlorophyll Meter N Test – At Planting Considerations
• The PA–PIPE System: an online tool for tracking timing of potential pests
• Are rootworm transgenics necessary in second–year corn?
• Planting into wet soil?
• Weed Management Tidbits: Forage weeds, orchardgrass burndown, and cover crop issues
• Ryelage Harvest
• Legume cover crop challenges this spring
• On Farm Internet Access

Vol. 09:08 - April 28, 2009

• Weather Outlook
• Are Preemergent Herbicides in Soybeans Needed?
• Including Insecticides as Part of a Preemergent Burndown Treatment
• Killing Rye Stubble After Rye Silage Harvest
• Timothy Mite Alert
• Horseweed ID and Burndown Considerations
• Final Management Tips for 2009 Barley Production

Vol. 09:09 - May 5, 2009

• Weather Outlook
• Weather and Pre/Early Post Weed Control Considerations for Corn
• Soil Crusting
• Updates on Alfalfa Weevil and Black Cutworm
• Soybean Seed Quality Considerations
• Wheat Production Decisions
• Should I Be “Mudding in” My Corn?
• Haylage Production: Understanding the Process and Potential Benefit of Wide Swathing

Vol. 09:10 - May 12, 2009

• Weather Outlook
• Assessing Corn and Soybean Stands
• Spring Pastures Can Bring Bloat
• Cereal Leaf Beetle
• No-tilling Corn After First Cutting Alfalfa: Remember Glyphosate Can be Used Pre-harvest
• Weed Control in Grass Hay and Pasture
• Pest Updates: Cutworm — Slugs
• Second Annual Northeastern Weed Science Society (NEWSS) Noxious — Invasive Vegetation Management Short Course
• Register for the Agronomic Weed Control Twilight Tour at Landisville, June 29, 2009

Vol. 09:11 - May 19, 2009

• Weather Outlook
• Frosty Mornings Stress Crops and Agronomists
• Assessing Corn and Soybean Stands
• Armyworm: Time to Begin Scouting for this Pest
• Marketing: What to do? What to do?
• Control and Timing Pasture Weeds
• Update on Black Cutworm and Bean Leaf Beetles
• Wheat Scab Assessment Tool Available
• How Much Nitrogen is Still in Your Fields?
• Upcoming Events

Vol. 09:12 - May 25, 2009

• Weather Outlook
• The New ACRE (Average Crop Revenue Election) Program of the 2008 Farm Bill
• Don’t Forget That Grain in Storage
• Control of Roundup Ready Corn: Volunteers or Replanting
• Considerations When Adding Residual Herbicides to Post Applications in Corn
• Keep Watch for Herbicide Resistant Weeds
• Topdressing Alfalfa
• Keep Hay of Different Qualities Separate
• Caution: Hot Hay
• Be Aware of Potato Leafhopper
• Mark Your Calendar

Vol. 09:13 - June 2, 2009

• Weather Outlook
• Pokeweed Management
• Spray Tip Selection
• Scab Risk Update
• Too Late for Seeding Forage Crops
• Cereal Leaf Beetle Causing Headaches
• Garden Symphylans
• Mark Your Calendar

Vol. 09:14 - June 9, 2009

• Weather Outlook
• Time to monitor diseases in wheat and barley
• Forage Update
• True armyworm a risk to corn fields
• Corn Sidedress Nitrogen Management Tips
• Watch for K Deficiency
• Garden Symphylans
• Late planting of corn and soybeans
• Upcoming Events

Vol. 09:15 - June 16, 2009

• Weather Outlook
• Soybean On Farm Testing Network and Call for Assistance
• Yield Contest Entries
• Corn Pests and the PA—PIPE System
• EPA deems Carbofuran Unsafe
• Marketing the 2009 Soft Red Winter Wheat Crop
• Will the US Run Out of Soybeans
• Upcoming Events

Vol. 09:16 - June 23, 2009

• Weather Outlook
• Insect Update
• Haylage Harvest
• Marketing Update
• Small Grain Harvest Considerations
• Midseason Weed Control Issues
• Taking Care of Our Soils
• Upcoming Events

Vol. 09:17 - June 30, 2009

• Weather Outlook
• Soybean Aphids Found in PA
• Moldy Hay and Mycotoxins
• Beware of Hot Hay Causing Barn Fires
• Bioenergy and Field Crops Update
• Farming Soybeans the “Ugly Way”
• Five Acre Corn Club Enrollment Time
• Soybeans Harvested as Forage
• Marketing Mulch Hay
• Cover Crop/Double Crop Options Following Small Grains
• Upcoming Events

Vol. 09:18 - July 7, 2009

• Weather Outlook
• Managing Scab in Wheat
• Too Late for Soybean Planting?
• Nitrogen Losses: What to do Now?
• Soybean Pests: Aphids and Japanese Beetles
• PA Tillage Survey
• Upcoming Events

Vol. 09:19 - July 14, 2009

• Weather Outlook
• Dealing with DON in Wheat
• Vomitoxin in My Wheat? (Risk Management Implications)
• Ten Rules for Better Marketing
• Soybean Leaf Cupping — Possible Causes
• Insect Update: Soybean Aphid and Western Bean Cutworm
• Corn Crop Development Lagging a Bit
• Upcoming Events

Vol. 09:20 - July 21, 2009

• Weather Outlook
• Western Bean Cutworm Found in Pennsylvania
• Using Cover Crops to Achieve Management and Economic Benefits
• Soil Fertility Challenges
• Feeding Concerns with DON Infested Wheat
• Marketing Update

Vol. 09:21 -July 28, 2009

• Soybean Nodulation Issues
• What’s New in Nutrient Management
• Testing Seed for Cover Crops
• Long Term Study in Maryland Compares Economic Performance of Organic and Conventional Field Crops
• ACRE Webinar through Kansas State University on August 4
• Upcoming Corn Silage Field Day
• Last Call for Five Acre Corn Club Entries

Vol. 09:22 - August 4, 2009

• Weather Outlook
• Barley: A Crop with Many Possibilities
• Billbugs and Diseases in Orchardgrass
• Assessing Nitrogen Losses in Corn
• Summer Seeding Alfalfa
• Soybean Aphid Update
• Nitrogen Management Field Day
• Ag Progress Days

Vol. 09:23 - August 11, 2009

• Weather Outlook
• Western Bean Cutworm Update
• Cover Crop Strip Plots
• Pennsylvania Corn and Soybean Prospects
• Biochar — A New Technology to Increase Soil Organic Carbon
• Grain Crop Research & Field Demonstration Walk
• Nitrogen Management Field Day
• Ag Progress Days
• Wheat Varieties Data and More
• Wheat Seed Fungicide Treatments

Vol. 09:24 - August 25, 2009

• Weather Outlook
• Managing Burcucumber Late Season in Corn and Soybeans
• Herbicide Persistence and Late Summer/Fall Cover Crop Establishment
• Numbers and Quality Low at PFGC Hay Show
• Time Running Out for Fall Forage Seeding
• Silo Sickness: Protect Yourself from Respiratory Troubles
• Winter Canola Possibilities
• Upcoming Events — Mark Your Calendar

Vol. 09:25 - September 1, 2009

• Weather Outlook
• 2009 Corn Silage Harvest
• Arrested Ear Development. A Nagging Problem That Won’t Go Away
• Soil Quality Maintenance in Corn Silage
• Soil Compaction Threat Appears on the Scene
• Monitoring Hay Bale Temperature
• Insects: Soybean Aphids, Western Bean Cutworm, Japanese Beetles, and Bean Leaf Beetle
• These Cool Nights Signal Perennial Weed Susceptibility
• Time to Clean up Field Boundaries, Alleyways, and Lanes
• When Tillage Happens Cover Crops are a Must
• Market Update for September 1, 2009
• Late Season Cornstalk Nitrate Test
• Upcoming Events

Vol. 09:26 - September 8, 2009

• Weather Outlook
• Controlling weeds prior to cover crop establishment
• Poisonous plants and the fall harvest
• Mexican bean beetle
• Bt Corn Stover.. Does it Persist Longer?
• Selling Considerations; Shell versus Silage don’t forget the nutrients!
• Teff; injury, disease or cold weather?
• Upcoming Events

Vol. 09:27 - September 15, 2009

• Weather Outlook
• On—Farm Cover Crop Demonstration Plots
• Great Year for White Clover
• Small Grain Planting Considerations
• Please Keep an Eye Out for Western Bean Cutworm Injury
• Harvest This Fall with Residue Management in Mind
• Upcoming Events

Vol. 09:28 - September 22, 2009

• Weather Outlook
• Insect Pest Considerations in Winter Wheat
• Grain Bin Preparation and Maintenance
• Combining Soybeans in Mid—September
• Liming in Difficult Economic Times
• Fall Herbicide Applications
• Blue Green Algae poisoning and its Control
• Upcoming Events

Vol. 09:29 - September 29, 2009

• Weather Outlook
• Soybean Aphid Two Year Cycle
• Corn Leaf Diseases
• Cut Costs, Don’t Eliminate Them!
• European Starling Control
• Measuring and Reducing Soybean Harvest Losses
• Upcoming Events
• Contact Information

Vol. 09:30 - October 6, 2009

• Weather Outlook
• BMPs for Combating Head Scab in Wheat
• Still Time to Manage Perennials
• Wheat Being Planted Late?
• Aerial Seeding Challenges
• 2009/10 Cover Crop Trial Update
• Corn Ear Molds and Leaf Diseases
• Fall and Spring Management for Marestail
• Cover Crop Demonstration Report via Virtual Tour
• Commodity Markets . . . What to do? What to do?
• Upcoming Events
• Contact Information

Vol. 09:31 - October 20, 2009

• Weather Outlook
• Keep it on the Field!
• Overgraze Pastures this Fall Before Over-seeding a Legume
• Fall Harvesting of Alfalfa
• Reducing the Potential of Prussic Acid Poisoning
• Troubles with Slugs
• Thinking About Weed Control in Winter Cereals?
• How Much Straw Can I Remove and Still Maintain Soil Quality?
• Soil Compaction Threat Increased?
• Keystone Crops and Soils Conference
• Cover Crop ‘Show and Tell’

Vol. 09:32 - November 10, 2009

• Chesapeake Bay Activities Could Dramatically Impact Agriculture
• Revisiting Fall Weed Control Again
• Corn Harvest Issues Continue
• Corn Hybrid Silage Trial Data
• On Farm Soybean Growers — Preliminary Results
• Pricing High Moisture Corn

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