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Volume
4 Issue
8
July 10, 2007
Irrigated, Rotational, Intensively Grazed
Dairy Pasture Research Project
IResearch to investigate how water moves
and is utilized within the upper soil profile of an irrigated and
dry land portion of a rotational intensively grazing dairy pasture
will be the focus of a July field day.
Northwest Minnesota Field Days and
Wheat & Barley Plot Tours
Polk
County Soybean Variety Plot Tours
Wednesday July 25 - Fosston
Thursday July 26 - Crookston
Plot
tours will begin at 9:30 am, each day
It’s
Been a Quiet
Week in Lake Diseasebegon
SPRING WHEAT
Wheat crop growth stages are advancing from flowering to grain fill
during a time when the weather is too hot and dry for disease
development.
SOYBEAN
I’m receiving reports of fields with a few (one to six) plants dying
within rows at irregular intervals.
Discolored
Wheat Heads: Heat, Root Rot, Maggots, or Scab ?
It is not difficult to find discolored wheat heads in fields
throughout the region. There are multiple causes for these symptoms.
Single-Generation European Corn Borer Management
. . . Begin Scouting
The European corn borer (ECB) is still the region’s number one
insect pest of corn, though Bt corn has helped take much of
the guesswork out of management. The challenge of managing borers in
northwest Minnesota has always been due to the lengthy interval of
moths emerging from overwintering sites.
Potato Leafhopper in Dry Beans and Alfalfa
Potato leafhoppers arrive each year following migration of the
leafhoppers from southern states where they overwinter. Leafhoppers
can be found in our alfalfa, soybeans and dry beans. Potato is
another crop where their numbers often increase.
Broadleaf
and Grass Weed Identification Guide
Need help identifying some of the weeds that may have escaped
control. Here is a simple key for identifying the more common weeds
in the region.
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