How to manage wheat disease risk

Indiana wheat growers are monitoring wheat disease risk. In this episode of Managing for Profit, Purdue University Extension’s Darcy Telenko identifies what diseases cause the most damage to the plant and what farmers should do to proavtively manage risk. The post How to manage wheat disease risk appeared first on Brownfield Ag News.     Continue Reading

Missouri rice conditions improve, corn conditions dip slightly

Below normal temperatures and above average precipitation delayed some fieldwork across Missouri in the last week. USDA says corn planting is getting closer to wrapping up, now at 94 percent complete, ahead of average. Emergence is 78 percent complete with conditions dipping slightly from the previous week at 76 percent good to excellent. Soybean planting…Continue Reading

Rain keeps Arkansas farmers sidelined much of the week

Scattered rains kept Arkansas farmers out of the fields for about half of last week.  The rains left farmers with just 2.3 days suitable for fieldwork but brought soil and subsoil moisture levels up.  Fifty-four percent of the topsoil and 48 percent of the subsoil now has excess moisture.  Forty-three percent of topsoil and fifty…Continue Reading

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