Fungicide

We have just entered a La Niña phase. It is expected to be a strong one and will last through the winter and into spring. That means warmer and drier-than-normal conditions are expected over the winter.

After pondering the question, I came up with five things growers can do to reduce losses to diseases and nematodes with minimal increases in production costs.

Corn Pest Beat: If you didn’t leave comparison strips, there are other ways to get a handle on this question.

Bucky Kennedy has been with the Southern Crop Production Association for 15 years, most recently as its state affairs director.

The key to every disease recommendation is that it will increase profit for the grower at harvest.

Hot, humid conditions are ideal for this fungal disease in soybeans.

This past winter, Sholar averaged 90 bushels of wheat per acre across a 160 acres. He was disappointed. Two years ago, he averaged 120 bushels per acre.