A wet spring can lead to delayed or rushed planting, flooded fields, or increased pest and disease pressure, resulting in inadequate stands and requiring replants in severe instances.
From the University of Nebraska — Lincoln, here are three diseases to watch for in flooded cornfields and three to watch for in flooded soybean fields, plus the conditions that will make them worse.
Crop-protection manufacturers have rolled out a bevy of new seed treatments, herbicides, in-plant traits and biocontrol agents for 2011 that will help no-tillers tackle problems with weeds, insects and diseases.
No-tillers should be keeping an eye on their soybeans for water-borne diseases that may have cropped up during the recent heavy rains, says Ann Dorrance, an Ohio State University Extension plant pathologist says.
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On this edition of Conservation Ag Update, brought to you by CultivAce, longtime no-tiller Jim Leverich explains why 20-inch corn rows are paying off big time on his Sparta, Wis., farm.
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