CropWatch June 3, 2016
By the end of the week sunny, drier conditions had returned to much of the state allowing crops to really start accumulating GDD and growers to take their first cutting of alfalfa. (Southeast Nebraska corn and alfalfa photos by Gary Lesoing)
June 3, 2016 Crop Production & Pest Management
- Seedling Diseases Increasing in Corn — What to Watch For
- Soybean Defoliation, new Plant Management Network video features UNL Entomologist Tom Hunt
- Stripe Rust Increasing in Wheat; Protect the Flag Leaf
- Insecticide Approved for Use in Sorghum Against Sugarcane Aphid
- Alfalfa Harvest Delayed? Adjust Cutting Height
- Rollins Emerson — Early Dry Bean Researcher, Catalyst for Industry
- NASS Planting & Crop Progress Report
- June 3 Market Journal: market analysis, Nebraska FSA on prevented planting; corn seedling diseases, EPA's proposed renewable fuel volumes, and the weather forecast
Water Resources
Irrigation Management
- Atmometer (ETgage) Installation Tips. Done planting? Now's a good time to install ETgages and water sensors.
- Irrigation Sensor Installation Tips
IANR & Extension
- Calling Tomorrow's Ag Leaders: LEAD Applications Due June 15
- Wheat and Field Peas Plot Tour June 15 near Grant
- No-till, Soil Health Field Days at Winside June 21 and Alliance June 23
- Weed Management Field Day June 29 at Clay Center
- Reminder: June Wheat Tours
- June 13 Deuel County near Chappell
- June 14 near Sidney (a.m.) and near Hemingford (p.m., irrigated & rainfed sites)
- June 15, near Grant (a.m.) and Beaver City (p.m.)