Crop Topics

News, information and best practices around a number of topics about growing healthy crops.

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Cotton industry targeting efforts to address new virus

Jul 30, 2019

Still many unknowns on the damage cotton leaf roll dwarf virus brings to cotton plants and yield.

Plan now for harvest

Jul 30, 2019

Put your plans together for harvesting and handling wet grain this fall.

Gray leaf spot: 1 more reason to remember 2019

Jul 30, 2019

Corn Watch: If conditions remain favorable, watch out for this disease.

Reap benefits of using 4R Plus practices

Jul 30, 2019

Farmer sees yields accelerate after adding strip-till and cover crops to his precise 4R nutrient plan.

2 types of funding help seed cover crops on unplanted acres

Jul 29, 2019

Apply for a special EQIP sign-up by Aug. 9, plus be eligible for a Market Facilitation Program payment.

Southern rust cases continue to be confirmed

Jul 29, 2019

Southern rust confirmation was made in the southern states a few weeks ago. Now the disease is climbing north.

Use sticky traps to check for corn rootworm activity

Jul 29, 2019

Traps catch adult rootworm beetles, providing a snapshot of population levels.

Manage fields for harvest based on disease pressure

Jul 29, 2019

Corn Pest Beat: Review conditions at and up to three weeks after pollination to know which diseases to expect.

Top 5 agronomic stories: Cover crops, corn pollination and farm stress

Jul 26, 2019

Check out this gallery of the top 5 stories in agronomy.

Scientists discover plants' defense against nematodes

Jul 26, 2019

Nematodes cause "tremendous" yield losses worldwide, researchers say.

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