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5 Keys to Determine Supplemental Nitrogen Needs in Saturated Soil

June 22, 2022 | Posted in Nutrient Management

Source: Ohio State University Extension

Given the current price of nitrogen (N) and widely varying field conditions, an understanding of loss mechanisms and other estimates of loss or soil tests may help decide on 2022 management in fields where N has already been applied.

How To Tell Corn Ear Rots Apart And Know Their Risk

August 5, 2014 | Posted in Crop Protection

Source: Pierce Paul, Ohio State University Extension

Ear rots or molds are usually most problematic when cool, wet conditions occur during silking and early grain development, when the ears are most susceptible to fungal infection.

Applying Foliar Fungicides For Soybeans In White Mold

By Martin Chilvers posted on June 27, 2014 | Posted in Crop Protection

Source: Michigan State University Extension

With the wet conditions that we've been experiencing and the possibility of wet conditions during soybean flowering, now is the time to consider if a fungicide application should be made.

Cool, Wet Conditions May Favor Seedcorn Maggot

May 16, 2014 | Posted in Crop Protection

Source: Robert Koch, University of Minnesota

Recent cool and wet conditions may increase the risk of seedcorn maggot infestation in some soybean and corn fields.

Making Strip-Till Work Better

October 11, 2012 | Posted in Strip-Till Farming 101

More than a year of bone-dry weather in the Corn Belt and Great Plains may dim our memories of the 2009 harvest, when fields in some states turned into swamps and harvest stretched into March 2010.

New Residue Managers Help Strip-Tiller With Sticky Soils

By Dan Zinkand posted on August 22, 2012 | Posted in Equipment

If the rain, ruts and soggy fields last fall make you think twice about strip-tilling this fall, Illinois strip-tiller Brent Schmitz offers some simple advice.

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Balmy Weather A Chance To Correct Last Fall's Problems

By Dan Zinkand posted on April 22, 2012 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

I'm enjoying the unseasonably warm weather in the central Corn Belt this week, where temperatures are 20 degrees F or more warmer than normal.

Strip-Tilled Corn Yields More Than Disc-Chiseled, Disc-Ripped

April 10, 2012 | Posted in Strip-Till Farming 101, Nutrient Management

Corn strip-tilled in the spring of 2009 out-yielded other practices used to grow corn, according to a study from Iowa State University.

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