Corn & Soybean Report
Corn ‘greatly impacted with use of cover crops’
PAINTER, Va. — A multi-year study by agronomists at Virginia Tech of various crop and cover-crop rotations has shown corn yield is “greatly impacted by the use of cover crops, especially low C:N cover crops prior to corn.”Agronomy doctoral student...
Good planning can help soybean yields, drop risk
PAINTER, Va. — Selecting the correct planting date, maturity group and seeding rate for soybeans can increase yields and reduce risk, explained David Holshouser, Extension soybean agronomist, at the virtual Eastern Shore Agricultural Conference....
Grant allows team to study nitrogen support tools
COLLEGE PARK, Md. — With the award of a Conservation Innovation Grant from USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service, a regional team of soil fertility experts is studying how in-season nitrogen support tools compare to current nitrogen...
Miller updates Ag Week visitors on soil fertility, cover crops, precision ag
HARRINGTON, Del. — At the agronomy session held during Delaware Ag Week last month, Dr. Jarrod Miller, Extension agronomist at the University of Delaware, gave a report on recent research on soil fertility, cover crops and precision agriculture. In a...
Owens delivers recent findings on insect crop pests
HARRINGTON, Del. — Dr. David Owens, Extension entomologist at the University of Delaware, gave a insect crop pests update during the Agronomy Session of Delaware Ag Week. A pest survey was taken in Delaware to estimate how pests affect both yield and...
Planter maintenance essential to preparation
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — It’s time to work on planter maintenance so your planter does not suffer from breakdowns or poor performance at planting time.Planter maintenance is especially essential for optimal no-till results. Whereas you may be able to...
Defending corn against the ‘Billion Dollar Bug’
NEWARK, Del. — Someday — in some scientifically savvy encyclopedia perhaps — the word “resilience” may include a photograph of the Western Corn Rootworm. This crafty, intrepid rootworm has found a way to circumvent just about every defense...
Farmers growing corn for Maryland craft distillers
MOUNT AIRY, Md. — Chris Weaver was already growing corn to feed his cattle on the 400 plus acres that encompass his Hickory Hollow Farm. Then, in 2016, he began harvesting and processing some of that corn for a couple of new customers —...
Soybean growers have options with herbicides
Choices abound in the soybean seed market with new combinations of traits for herbicide tolerance, giving growers many options but also more factors to consider when selecting varieties. “Choice is good,” said David Thompson, national...
EPA makes additional restrictions for dicamba
YORK, Pa. — At the recent Keystone Farm Show, Penn State Lancaster County Extension Educator Jeff Graybill updated his workshop attendees on dicamba and Xtend for soybeans. In 2016 the Environmental Protection Agency first registered...
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