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University Park, PA 16802
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Announcements:
2008 Small Grains Field Day
The 2008 Small Grains Field Day will be held in Landisville, PA on June 4. Registration is now open. (Posted May 8, 2008)
2008 Five Acre Corn Club
The rules and entry forms for the 2008 Five Acre Corn Club are now available on the Corn and Soybean Management Web site. (Posted April 14, 2008)
Roller Study News and Update
The January 2008 issue of the Roller Study Newsletter is now available in pdf format. This year’s newsletter highlights two studies: The first article describes the experiments with rolling rye prior to planting soybeans at Rock Springs and Landisville. The second article discusses rolling hairy vetch prior to planting corn at Rodale and Rock Springs. The third article is a personal reflection from graduate student Ruth Mick on traveling to South America and seeing the no-till system there. (Posted January 30, 2008)
2007 Pennsylvania Yield Contest Results
Results from the 2007 Pennsylvania Soybean Yield Contest have been released and can be found on the Penn State Corn and Soybean Management Web site. (Posted December 21, 2007)
2008 Southeast Pennsylvania Crops Conferences
Session and registration information for the 2008 Southeast Pennsylvania Crops Conferences has been posted on the Crop Management Extension Group Web site. The conferences dates are Tuesday, January 22 through Thursday, January 24. There are six combinations of location and time of day to accomodate busy schedules. (Posted December 11, 2007)
2007 Pennsylvania Commerical Hybrid Corn Test Data
The 2007 Pennsylvania Commerical Hybrid Corn Test Data for Maturity Zones 1 and 2 is now available as Excel spreadsheets. Test Data for Maturity Zones 3 and 4 was posted earlier. (Posted December 5, 2007)
2007 Pennsylvania Commerical Hybrid Corn Test Data
The 2007 Pennsylvania Commerical Hybrid Corn Test Data for Maturity Zones 3 and 4 is now available as Excel spreadsheets. Test Data for Maturity Zones 1 and 2 will be available shortly. (Posted November 27, 2007)
2007 Soybean Variety Test Report tables in MS Excel Format
Welcome to the Field Crop News Web Site. Field Crop News is a weekly newsletter that provides Agronomic crop management information to producers, extension agents and the agri-business community during the production season. Each issue contains articles pertaining to production, pest management, and precision agriculture. Upcoming field days and events, agent reports, and degree day accumulations can also be found.
The All New Field Crop News
Field Crop News has moved to a weekly publication schedule. Agronomy specialists and agents who form the Penn State Crop Management Extension Group (CMEG) decided it was time for a change. Read more.
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Pennsylvania State Climatologist
The Pennsylvania State Climatologist provides the most accurate and complete climatological data available for the commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The data is presented in several different ways to allow the user maximum flexibility for searching their archives. Throughout the various sections of their site, there are help files to explain how to navigate the pages, and explain the data within them.
Publication Schedule:
Field Crop News is published every Wednesday from April to mid-November.