It Is Time to Begin Scouting for Soybean Aphid

 

The economic threshold for late vegetative through R5 stage soybeans is 250 aphids per plant with 80% of the plants infested and populations increasing.

 

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Wheat Harvest Predicted to Drop 23% from 2014

July 10, 2015

Based on July 1 conditions, Nebraska's 2015 winter wheat crop is forecast at 54.6 million bushels, down 23% from last year's crop, according to the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service. Average yield is forecast at 42 bushels per acre, down 7 bushels from a year earlier.

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Tips for Applying Soil Residual Herbicides after Corn Emergence

 Two leaf corn
Figure 1. Corn at the two-leaf stage in a field near Clay Center. Many residual herbicides can be applied after corn emergence. See Table 1 for more details.

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