Corn and Soybean Newsletter

November 11, 2021 - Volume 3 Issue 10

  • 2021 Corn Extended Growing Season in Kentucky

  • How do cover crops affect corn yield and optimum N fertilizer rates in rolling cropland?

  • Announcing the University of Kentucky 2021 Fall Crop Protection Webinar Series

  • The Ragweed Weevil, a Harmless Visitor of Soybean Fields in Kentucky

  • Read the issue

October 15, 2021 - Volume 3 Issue 9

  • New Field Drying Estimator for Soybean

  • Speculations on the Causes of Fall Armyworm Outbreaks in 2021 and its Management in Soybeans in Kentucky

  • Improving Nutrient Use Efficiency More Important with High Fertilizer Prices

  • Blister Beetles in Soybeans in Kentucky

  • Read the issue

Sept 17, 2021 - Volume 3 Issue 8

  • Management of Soybean Cyst Nematode Starts with Soil Sampling this Fall or Spring

  • Brown Marmorated Stink Bug Increases its Numbers in Western KY Soybeans in 2021

  • Conserving/Maintaining Residual Nutrient Availability - Important with High Fertilizer Prices

  • Abundance of Sugarcane Aphid was reduced in Sorghum in 2021

  • Read the issue

August 13, 2021 - Volume 3 Issue 7

  • Fall Armyworms Affected Double-Crop Soybeans in Many Counties of Kentucky in 2021

  • Poultry Litter + Cover Crops = An Alternative When Fall Fertilizer Prices Are High?

  • Effects of Various Rates of Potash and Molluscicides in the Management of Slugs

  • Corn and Soybean Yield Contest Rules Available

  • Read the Issue

July 16, 2021 - Volume 3 Issue 6

  • Managing southern rust in corn

  • Dicamba Off-target Movement Continues in 2021

  • Nitrogen for Soybean in Kentucky: Principles and Practice

  • Corn, Soybean and Tobacco Field Day packed with timely information, networking opportunities

  • Read the Issue

Volume 3 Issue 5

  • Reminders for postemergence herbicide applications in soybeans

  • Soybean Gall Midge, the “new pest” of soybeans in the Midwest, still not detected in Kentucky

  • Registration now underway for University of Kentucky Pest Management Field Day at the UKREC

  • Save the Date - Corn, Soybean & Tobacco Field Day - July 27

  • Read the Issue

Volume 3 Issue 4

  • Corn and soybean plants “Standing Still” for now

  • Watch for seedling diseases in corn

  • Increased mollusk activity in corn and soybeans observed in Spring 2021

  • Seedcorn maggots seen in abundant numbers in corn and soybeans

  • Sulfur for Soybean in Kentucky: An Update

  • Carbon Markets 101

  • Read the Issue

Volume 3, Issue 3 - April 2021

  • Soybean residual herbicide decision publication now available

  • Weekly Weed Watch

  • KATS Schedules Variety of Programming

  • Read the Issue

Volume 3, Issue 2 - March 2021

  • Fall Lime, P and K That Didn’t Get Applied: Some Considerations

  • Spring Burndown Considerations

  • Mid-South Soybean Variety Trial Database Survey

  • KATS Schedules Variety of Programming

  • Corn Fertilizer Timing Strategies

  • Read the Issue

Volume 3, Issue 1 - February 2021

  • Considerations for Soybean Planting in Kentucky

  • Kentucky Irrigation Workshop, February 18

  • MO-KY Soybean Cyst Nematode Webinar Series

  • IPM Training School, March 10

  • Read the Issue

Volume 2, Issue 7- November 2020

  • 2021 Weed Control Options Come Into Clearer View

  • Soybeans and Corn Quality Could Have Been Affected by Stink Bugs in 2020

  • The Ins and Outs to Soil Carbon Sequestration

  • Read the issue

Volume 2, Issue 6 - October 2020

  • Corn Drying Slowly in 2020

  • Management of Soybean Cyst Nematode Starts with Soil Sampling this Fall or Spring

  • Your UK Soil Test Report: Use and Interpretation

  • Announcing the University of Kentucky 2020 Fall Crop Protection Webinar Series

  • Read the October Issue

Volume 2, Issue 5

  • Pre-harvest corn disease scouting observations

  • The known and unknown: Choosing herbicide tolerance packages for 2021

  • Weed Science Plot Walk Videos

  • Don’t Know if Your Corn N Program was Good Enough? Do a Corn Stalk Nitrate Test!

  • High population occurrences of three-cornered alfalfa hopper in soybeans in 2020

  • Stink bug populations surpassing economic thresholds in soybeans in 2020

  • Read the newsletter

Volume 2, Issue 4

  • Field Yield Checking? Look for Out-of-Cycle Soil Testing Needs

  • Cereal rye cultivar selection for improved cover crop performance

  • Read the Newsletter

Volume 2, Issue 3

  • Considerations for early vegetative growth stage fungicide applications on corn

  • Sporadic beetles that may affect earlier stages of corn: Corn flea beetles, Sugarcane beetles, and White Grubs

  • Dicamba alternatives for Palmer amaranth and waterhemp control in RR2X Soybean

  • All herbicides drift – not just Dicamba

  • Timely soybean planting is pivotal to profits

  • Soybean management following an abnormally wet - and at times - cool (and frozen) Spring

  • Read the newsletter

Volume 2, Issue 2

  • Soybean Planting in Kentucky

  • What to Expect in Young Corn

  • Recording of Stored Grain Handling and Management Webinar is available

  • Calendar of Events

  • Read the Newsletter

Volume 2 Issue 1 - April 2020

  • Corn, Soybean Fungicide Efficacy Guides Available

  • Management of Soybean Cyst Nematode

  • To Pre or Not to Pre?

  • Soil, Plant Labs Discuss Changes Amid COVID-19

  • Read the newsletter