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No-Till Pests Part 6

Precision Fungicide Application Key to Battling White Mold

While no-tillers may have advantages in combatting white mold losses on soybeans, research suggests precise fungicide applications offer profitable control of the disease
By Dan Crummett posted on August 21, 2023 | Posted in Crop Protection
There's an old saying warning against betting on any proposition with more than one “if” in it, and when soybean producers face seasons with wet, cool conditions during flowering, they face control issues for white mold that present many “ifs.”
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How Heat Stress Affects Corn

August 14, 2023 | Posted in Crop Protection
Source: Pioneer

Heat stress is defined as the rise in temperature beyond a threshold level for a period of time sufficient to cause irreversible damage to plant growth and development. Multiple statistical studies have shown negative correlations between average seasonal temperature and corn yield.


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EPA Proposes Faster, Multi-Chemical Approach to Assessing Herbicide Impacts

The agency's strategy proposes early mitigations for more than 900 species & critical habitats to reduce the potential impact of weedkillers while helping to keep them available to farmers
July 26, 2023 | Posted in Crop Protection
Source: Fern's Ag Insider
Rather than working on individual herbicides and species, the EPA said on Monday it would develop a multi-chemical, multi-species approach to meeting its obligations to protect threatened and endangered species from harmful chemicals.
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Stored Grain Insects Threaten Crops Post-Harvest

With fewer chemical products to protect harvested grains, no-tillers will have to use cultural methods to prevent bin pests.
By Dan Crummett posted on July 13, 2023 | Posted in Crop Protection
Regardless of your farming methods, once the combines are back in the shed, controlling insect damage of stored grain within the bin becomes a prime chore to protect your hard-won harvest.
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On-Farm Trials Show Cover Crops, Planting Green Can Suppress Weeds

Glyphosate-resistant weeds are suppressed by planting green, cover crop implementation and termination timing adjustment, according to on-farm trials.
By Mackane Vogel posted on July 12, 2023 | Posted in Cover Crops, Crop Protection, Soil Health
Jim Stute, an independent research agronomist who has been studying cover crops for decades, conducted on-farm trials that suppressed glyphosate-resistant weeds by up to 95% by using cover crops and planting green.
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