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CropWatch October 17

October 17, 2008

Surviving High Input Prices in Crop Production

  • Fill Drying Bins in Layers to Reduce Drying Time and Energy Cost (Save 0.29-2.5¢/bu/pt of moisture removed)
  • Reduce On-Farm Grain Drying Energy Costs
  • Cost Saving Ideas When Using High-Speed, High-Capacity Dryers
  • Repair or Replace Inefficient Irrigation Pumping Plants
  • Comparing Generic Versus Name Brand Herbicides ($5.50/ac)
  • IPM: As Important Now as Ever (Save $5-$10/ac)
  • Managing Foliar Diseases of Winter Wheat with Fungicides — Treatment Criteria, Profitability and Products
  • Approximate Retail Price of Selected Herbicides, Comparing 2008 & 2009
  • Giving Proper Nitrogen Credit for Legumes in Corn and Milo Rotations (Save $30-$80/ac)

Grain Storage

  • Monitor Stored Grain Condition; Retain the Value of Your Crop

Farm Management

  • Leasing Decisions Need to be Considered Carefully for the Volatile Year Ahead

Weather

  • USDA Scientist Gives Insight on Climate Change and Its Implications for World Agriculture
  • Freeze Ends Crop Season in Western Nebraska; Eastern Areas Escape — For Now

Pasture Management

  • Revitalizing Warm-Season Pastures

Crop Reports

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  • A Cautionary Tale

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