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From St. Louis Metro East: Fall agritourism season has opened

Despite droughty conditions much of the growing season, the pumpkin crop looks plentiful.  Apple harvest is in the ‘Golden Delicious’ window, including ‘Pixie Crunch’ into ‘Braeburn’.  Though in the tail end, tomatoes are still in harvest.  Fall activities like corn mazes, pumpkin...
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Back to drought in Illinois

Trent Ford, Illinois State Climatologist, provided this weather report. Fall came early in Illinois, with temperatures between 1.5 and 3.5 degrees below normal since late August (Figure 1). Nighttime low temperatures have dipped into the low 40s and upper 30s multiple times, and we set some low...
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Very hot and active summer continues

Weather update from Trent Ford, Illinois State Climatologist. Most of Illinois hits its climatologically hottest time of the year between the third week of July and the first week of August. This year, though, mother nature didn’t get that message, and the last part of July and much of August so...
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Equipment corner: Side dressing liquid fertilizer on crops

While fertigation is a great way to give our crops an extra boost, we still have many crops grown that are not irrigated and could benefit from a midseason nutrient boost.  I am going to share the equipment I have put together to side dress nitrogen on pumpkins. It could also be adapted to...
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