Pests in Corn Corn growers should be on the alert for western bean cutworms (left), corn blotch leafminers, grasshoppers, and fungal and bacterial diseases, See more on identification and treatment in this week's CropWatch.

 July 9 - July 16, 2010

Wheat Production

• Why Control Volunteer Winter Wheat and Other Weeds in Wheat Stubble?
• Wheat Stubble Height Adds Value Now and in the Long Term

Insect Management

• Grasshopper Populations in Crop Areas May Warrant Treatment
• Western Bean Cutworm Moths Emerging; Start Scouting
• Corn Blotch Leafminers Damaging Corn in Central Nebraska

Corn Production

• Monitor Corn Disease Development  (See related Market Journal segment below)
• Meeting the Nitrogen Challenge in Corn

Irrigation Management

• Weekly Insights into Data Analysis and Irrigation Scheduling

Alfalfa & Forage Production

• Planting Turnips after Wheat or Oat Harvest

Crop Reports

• Field Updates
• USDA NASS Nebraska Field and Crop Report (July 13, 2010)

Extension Program

• UNL Panhandle Research and Extension Center Celebrates Centennial July 24
  
• A Brief Historical Perspective of UNL's Panhandle REC
• Market Journal Focuses on Current Corn Diseases

On this week's Market Journal corn plant pathologist Tamra Jackson discusses what they're seeing in the field.