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Assessing the Potential for Corn Stalk Rots
By: GROWMARK, Inc. Stalk Rots What favors stalk rots? Stalk rots can cause yield loss in two primary ways: 1) directly through premature plant death and lightweight ears; and 2) indirectly...
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Cover Crop Mixtures for Corn-Soy Rotations and Herbicide Residue Considerations
By GROMARK, Inc. Ryegrass and Radish mix. Cover crop mixtures typically offer a wider array of benefits compared to single species. Cover crop blends can help mitigate weather-related risks during...
Harvest Meeting
Join Agronomy by EverGRO FS on September 9th at American Legion, 341 Newton St, Orange, VA 22960 at 6 PM for our Harvest Meeting! Topics to be discussed and gust...
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Late Season Pests in Soybeans
By GROWMARK, Inc. Figure 1. Bean leaf beetles feeding on soybean pods. Although many management decisions are usually applied by R3, we should continue to monitor our fields through crop...
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Japanese Beetles on Corn and Soybeans
By GROWMARK, Inc. Skelotonizing feeding pattern of Japanese beetles. (Source: GROWMARK, Inc.) Description and Life Cycle Japanese beetles are starting to become more evident in fields. This publication goes over this...
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How to Make Foliar Fertilizer Decisions
By GROWMARK, Inc. Figure 1. Manganese deficiency in soybean. Photo from University of Nebraska With fungicide applications right around the corner, the topic of micronutrients often comes up. Most Midwest soils...
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Be Mindful of Calendar Date with Fomesafen Usage
By GROWMARK, Inc. Image 1. Veinal chlorosis due to fomesafen carryover in corn. With the prevalence of glyphosate-resistant waterhemp across most of our region, there very few herbicide options to...
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Herbicide Tolerant Soybean Traits
By GROWMARK, Inc Soybean traits have become more complex, having multiple herbicide tolerances in a single trait. Good record keeping on what seed is planted where is highly encouraged if...
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Phytophthora Infection Can Occur Any Time in Soybeans
By: GROWMARK, Inc. Phytophthora Root Rot (GROWMARK, Inc.) Phytophthora root and stem rot is generally favored with saturated soils and warm weather. The Phytophthora sojae organism is a fungus-like pathogen (Oomycete) that...
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Which Situations Require the Use of a Soybean Inoculant?
By: GROWMARK, Inc. Soybeans form a symbiotic (mutually beneficial) relationship with nitrogen-fixing bacteria that live in the soil (Figure 1). In this relationship, Rhizobia bacteria fix atmospheric nitrogen into a...