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2017 Growing Season Resolution: Make a Season-long Commitment to Scouting

April 28, 2017

Whenever a growing season ends, a lidded rubber box that houses my scouting supplies moves out from my vehicle's trunk and gets moved into the my office to make way for the lidded box holding my winter weather survival gear. Come spring, the scouting box gets restocked and switches place with the...

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Black cutworm trap: significant flight in fewer than 24 hours!

April 18, 2017

In cooperation with Kelly Estes of the Illinois Natural History Survey, every April personnel at the Northwestern Illinois Agricultural Research and Demonstration Center (NWIARDC) maintain a pheromone trap to monitor black cutworm (BCW) moths....

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Temperature fluctuations outside can lead to temperature and moisture issues in stored grain

March 29, 2017

It is widely understood that the quality of grain coming out of storage is never going to be better than the quality of that grain going into storage. For some that stored 2016 corn, Diplodia and other ear molds ensured that grain quality going into storage was not of ideal quality. Fluctuating air...

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Dr. Nafziger to Present Nitrogen Management Webinar on Thursday, March 30

March 28, 2017

In the Bulletin, Dr. Emerson recently announced a nitrogen management webinar that he will present this Thursday: "On Thursday, March 30 beginning at 9:00 AM, I will present a webinar summarizing our recent N management research, which is funded by the Illinois Nutrient Research and...

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February 28 Soil Fertility Seminar to offer continuing education

February 10, 2017

Soil fertility, crop production practices and environmental stewardship will be the foci of a Soil Fertility Seminar on February 28, 2017 in 18 different University of Illinois Extension county offices. Presentations will be delivered through web conferencing from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Topics and...

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Stakeholders needed: Herbicide resistance listening session at Commodity Classic

February 7, 2017

Are you an Illinois farmer? How about an Illinois Ag chemical retailer, seed dealer, crop consultant, machinery/implement dealer, pesticide manufacture or public landowner? Are you planning on attending the Commodity Classic in San Antonio in March? Would you be willing to share your...

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Register before the deadline this Friday: Weed Management Workshop in Pekin and Lewistown

January 30, 2017

U of I Extension communications specialist Anita Wilkinson summarizes the workshops as follows: A weed management workshop will be held at the Fulton County Extension Office in Lewistown on Feb. 7 and the Tazewell County Extension Office in Pekin on Feb. 9. and will feature the following topics...

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Running Out of Options: The science behind herbicide-resistant weeds, a 1-hour live #askACES Twitter chat with University of Illinois weed scientists

January 10, 2017

On Thursday, January 19 from noon-1 p.m. (CST) Dr. Pat Tranel and Dr. Aaron Hager from the Department of Crop Sciences will take part in an #askACES chat on Twitter to discuss the latest on herbicide-resistant weeds and the challenges they pose to production agriculture. Use #askACES to ask...

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Results from 2016 SDS cover crop x seed treatment trial available

December 15, 2016

One commonality among people is that topics of curiosity are often shared with others. Sometimes these anecdotes can reveal topics that are in need of further study. The 2015 growing season was one that favored sudden death syndrome (SDS) in soybean, which tended to be quite severe in some areas of...

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Extension Bi-State Crops Conferences in and near Western Illinois

December 12, 2016

New and longer-term partnerships between personnel in Illinois and personnel in Missouri and Iowa have resulted in several bi-state crops conferences to be held during January 2017 in Western Illinois or Eastern Iowa. Friday, January 6, 2017: Bi-State Crop Advantage...

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