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Looking Ahead to Fungicide Applications
June 13, 2025If the confirmation June 11th of Tar Spot in NEK caused you to think more about fungicide applications, current input costs + corn price + weather outlook may...
Evaluating Forage Stand Competitiveness
June 6, 2025Competition from undesirable species is a huge challenge for forage growers. Broadleaf weeds, brush, and invasive grasses very effectively use any and all openings...
Proper Pesticide Application/Use
May 23, 2025It’s not uncommon for me to reference pesticides in news columns/consultations etc…. Whether a fungicide for wheat or corn diseases or insecticide for alfalfa...
Soybean Inoculation Importance
April 11, 2025We’ve grown soybeans in EKS long enough the nitrogen fixation process is ‘old hat' and we give it little thought. It's an important process, however, and...
Considerations for Early Planted Soybeans
April 4, 2025There’s been a lot of recent work evaluating the merits of early planted soybeans (KSU summary: https://eupdate.agronomy.ksu.edu/article/soybean-planting-date...
Buckbrush Control
March 28, 2025The growing season is underway and one of the first species that will leaf out is buckbrush or coralberry . While it can grow to over 6′ tall, it’s often...
Invasive Bluestems: Broomsedge
Feb. 28, 2025The term ‘bluestem’ often conjures up images of waving prairie grasses - but there are other much less desirable bluestem species as well. One is the all...
Invasive Bluestems: Old World Bluestems
Feb. 28, 2025Broomsedge Bluestem gets plenty of attention for the problems it causes in cool season grass stands, but another group of bluestems has also become a concern....
Corn Disease Updates - February 6 & 7
Jan. 24, 2025Emerging corn diseases over the past 3 seasons have increased pressure on budgets - and our management! Tar Spot was first, and while Corn Stunt confirmation...
Sub-Freezing Temperatures and Insect Life
Jan. 24, 2025Try to think of one good thing that came from the couple of bitterly cold stretches we’ve had so far this winter…I know…it might be difficult…I'll give...