April 27, 2007
LIVESTOCK INDUSTRY AND RENEWABLE FUELS
www.livestockandrenewablefuels.uiuc.edu
The last full week of May the University of Illinois will host a conference on the livestock industry and the impact of renewable fuels. It is subtitled Dynamic Opportunities and Challenges and scheduled for the 23rd and 24th of the month. The purpose is to take a comprehensive look at the impact of using soybeans and corn for fuel production on the size of the livestock and poultry industries and the resulting supply and demand for the related feedstuffs. For more information and to register visit www.livestockandrenewablefuels.uiuc.edu.
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NOTES ON AN UNUSUAL SPRING by Emerson Nafziger
http://www.ipm.uiuc.edu/bulletin/article.php?id=701
In this week’s pest management and crop development bulletin University of Illinois Extension Agronomist Emerson Nafziger comments on the cool wet spring. He says – and I quote - As we move as quickly as we can to finish up corn planting and to start planting soybean, we need to remember that damage done with soil compaction or from putting seed into poor seedbed conditions caused by working or planting fields too wet can be damage that affects the crop throughout the year. At some point it may become necessary to work and plant fields "on the wet side" because the delay in planting corn will cause more yield loss than will poor soil conditions. But Emerson Nafziger says we're at least three weeks away from that date in Illinois – as of last few days of April.
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ARMYWORMS AND BLACK CUT WORMS INVADE ILLINOIS
http://www.ipm.uiuc.edu/bulletin/article.php?id=695
U OF I Entomologist Kevin Steffey says captures of both armyworm and black cutworm moths have picked up in the state. And that compared with previous years' captures, these are worth noting. He says because a lot of corn went into the ground before the widespread rains, those fields should be targeted for scouting first. The seedlings will be at risk to Black Cut Worm damage. It's important to note that corn hybrids with Herculex I Insect Protection are labeled for control of black cutworm larvae. And he says these hybrids should effectively control young (first and second) instars before they begin cutting. Cruiser 250 and Poncho 250 are also labeled for control of black cutworms, but past experience and some studies have shown that black cutworms are not controlled very well by either product.
www.livestockandrenewablefuels.uiuc.edu
The last full week of May the University of Illinois will host a conference on the livestock industry and the impact of renewable fuels. It is subtitled Dynamic Opportunities and Challenges and scheduled for the 23rd and 24th of the month. The purpose is to take a comprehensive look at the impact of using soybeans and corn for fuel production on the size of the livestock and poultry industries and the resulting supply and demand for the related feedstuffs. For more information and to register visit www.livestockandrenewablefuels.uiuc.edu.
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NOTES ON AN UNUSUAL SPRING by Emerson Nafziger
http://www.ipm.uiuc.edu/bulletin/article.php?id=701
In this week’s pest management and crop development bulletin University of Illinois Extension Agronomist Emerson Nafziger comments on the cool wet spring. He says – and I quote - As we move as quickly as we can to finish up corn planting and to start planting soybean, we need to remember that damage done with soil compaction or from putting seed into poor seedbed conditions caused by working or planting fields too wet can be damage that affects the crop throughout the year. At some point it may become necessary to work and plant fields "on the wet side" because the delay in planting corn will cause more yield loss than will poor soil conditions. But Emerson Nafziger says we're at least three weeks away from that date in Illinois – as of last few days of April.
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ARMYWORMS AND BLACK CUT WORMS INVADE ILLINOIS
http://www.ipm.uiuc.edu/bulletin/article.php?id=695
U OF I Entomologist Kevin Steffey says captures of both armyworm and black cutworm moths have picked up in the state. And that compared with previous years' captures, these are worth noting. He says because a lot of corn went into the ground before the widespread rains, those fields should be targeted for scouting first. The seedlings will be at risk to Black Cut Worm damage. It's important to note that corn hybrids with Herculex I Insect Protection are labeled for control of black cutworm larvae. And he says these hybrids should effectively control young (first and second) instars before they begin cutting. Cruiser 250 and Poncho 250 are also labeled for control of black cutworms, but past experience and some studies have shown that black cutworms are not controlled very well by either product.
