10 Useful Rules for Fungicide Application June 22, 2017 - From Issues: 630 / 718 By: Dan Egel Since we are well into fungicide application time, below I have listed 10 rules that will help vegetable growers apply fungicides effectively and safely. Apply fungicides prior to the development of[Read More…]
Colorado Potato Beetles June 22, 2017 - From Issue: 630 By: Rick Foster I have received some reports of Colorado potato beetles damaging both potatoes and tomatoes, including tomatoes in high tunnels. Both the adults and larvae are voracious feeders. As with most[Read More…] Article Categories: Potatoes Tomato Article Tags: Insect and Mite Management
Corn Earworm June 22, 2017 - From Issue: 630 By: Rick Foster Corn earworms are flying. I had 10 in my pheromone trap this morning (June 20). With the surrounding dent corn in most areas far from producing silks, the threshold for[Read More…] Article Categories: Corn Article Tags: Insect and Mite Management
Spider Mites June 22, 2017 - From Issue: 630 By: Rick Foster Read More We have received a number of reports of spider mite problems lately. Some of them have been on crops grown in high tunnels, particularly tomatoes and cucumbers. High tunnels are[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Insect and Mite Management
Upcoming Events June 22, 2017 - From Issue: 630 Read More Indiana Fruit & Vegetable Field Tour The tour will be held at Tuttle Orchards, 5717 North 300 West Greenfield IN 46140, June 28, 9:00 am -4:00 pm. On-site registration 9 am[Read More…] Article Tags: Events Effectiveness of Preemergent Herbicides June 22, 2017 - From Issue: 630 By: Wenjing Guan Recent dry weather raises concern about effectiveness of preemergent herbicides. Preemergent herbicides applied on the soil surface need to be moved into the soil where the target weed seeds are germinating (normally[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Weed Management Is My Farm Profitable? The Drivers of Farm Profitability June 22, 2017 - From Issue: 630 By: Allan Pinto and Ariana Torres The latest Census of Agriculture reported that 244,974 U.S. farmers utilized more than 14 million acres to grow specialty crops in 2012. In Indiana 2,935 farmers grew specialty crops on[Read More…] Article Tags: Ag Economics – General « First‹ Previous56789 (current) 10111213Next ›Last »Page 9 of 18
Effectiveness of Preemergent Herbicides June 22, 2017 - From Issue: 630 By: Wenjing Guan Recent dry weather raises concern about effectiveness of preemergent herbicides. Preemergent herbicides applied on the soil surface need to be moved into the soil where the target weed seeds are germinating (normally[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Weed Management
Is My Farm Profitable? The Drivers of Farm Profitability June 22, 2017 - From Issue: 630 By: Allan Pinto and Ariana Torres The latest Census of Agriculture reported that 244,974 U.S. farmers utilized more than 14 million acres to grow specialty crops in 2012. In Indiana 2,935 farmers grew specialty crops on[Read More…] Article Tags: Ag Economics – General
