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Farmers, CCAs, anyone with an interest: Time spent with an online course is likely time well spent

November 5, 2014

Each year the University of Illinois Extension’s 2-day Extension Crop Management Conference series brings 13 hours of training to farmers, Certified Crop Advisors and other professionals working in agriculture. Extension personnel captured audio of three speakers presenting four different topics...

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Uneven corn emergence and yield potential

May 19, 2014

Corn plants emerged unevenly in some fields at the Northwestern Illinois Agricultural Research and Demonstration Center (NWIARDC) in 2014. The picture above shows uneven emergence in a field that was cultivated on April 16 and seeded 1.75 inches deep on April 22 (Figure). ...

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Results of SDS Variety Trials

October 21, 2014

Trait selection. When selecting a soybean variety to plant there are many traits in addition to yield potential that may be important to consider. Producers focus on planting soybean varieties with different disease resistance traits depending upon pathogen and disease prevalence...

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2014 NWIARDC Field Day to Highlight Hot Topics in Agriculture

June 16, 2014

The program is set for the 33rd annual University of Illinois' Northwestern Agricultural Research Center Field Day. The program will begin at 8 am on Tuesday, July 15th. Buses will carry members of the public to different stops in the research center where campus-based specialists or Extension...

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Pesticide applicator training and testing locations and dates set

November 19, 2014

The Illinois Pesticide Licensing Act requires licenses for anyone using restricted use pesticides or applying either restricted or general use pesticides as part of their job. There are five different license types and 17...

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Understanding the 2014 Farm Bill

March 24, 2014

The 2014 Farm Bill became federal law on February 7. While employees at the federal United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Services Agency (FSA) office work out the policies and details of the programs, FSA and university...

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Corn Foliar Diseases: Identification and Management Guide

July 11, 2014

As the growing season rolls on, those producers with corn that is beginning to tassel may be thinking about plant disease and whether to add a foliar fungicide to their list of inputs in 2014. Dr. Carl Bradley, University of Illinois State Plant Pathology Extension Specialist, has coordinated corn...

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Conserving fall applied N: When have daily soil temperatures fallen to and stayed below 50 degrees?

October 31, 2014

As farmers wind up harvest in Western Illinois, focus turns to other fall field work such as tillage, applying herbicides and/or anhydrous ammonia applications. With crop budgets projected to be running in the red for the foreseeable...

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