-E. Taylor
Thank you for those that attended the annual MSU Weed Tour. We had a great turn out this year and enjoyed presenting our research to you. Please enjoy a video highlighting the day’s events.
Archive for the ‘Corn’ Category
2010 MSU Weed Tour Video
Friday, July 16th, 2010Michigan Corn/Soybean/Pest Management Meetings Coming Up
Friday, January 8th, 2010-E. Taylor
Are you looking for the latest information on corn, soybean, and pest management research? Do you need RUP or CCA credits? If you answered yes to either of the those questions then add to you calendar one of the up coming meetings sponsored by Michigan Soybean Checkoff, Corn Marketing Program of Michigan, and Michigan State University Extension.
Meeting Date and Locations:
- Register with: Martin Nagelkirk (810) 648-2515
- Register with: Emily Sneller (989) 758-2500
- Register with: John Pullis (989) 734-2168
- Register with: Dan Hudson (517) 676-7207
- Register with: Ned Birkey (734) 240-3170
Meeting Agenda:
- 8:30 Registration
- 9:00 Welcome (Local extension educator)
- 9:10 Western bean cutworm and soybean aphid (Chis DiFonzo)
- 9:40 Management of dandelion and other no-till weeds (Christy Sprague)
- 10:10 Break
- 10:30 Herbicide interactions (Wesley Everman)
- 11:00 Manganese management in soybean (Tim Boring)
- 11:30 STARS- Testing foliar fertilizers in soybean (Dave Pratt)
- 11:50 Soybean checkoff update (Keith Reinholt)
- 12:00 Lunch
- 12:50 MFRN daily market update
- 1:00 Corn checkoff update (Jody Pollok-Newsom)
- 1:20 Measuring ecological impacts on corn (Mark Whalon and Alex Johnson)
- 1:40 Soil organic matter (Stuart Grandy)
- 2:00 Corn and soybean market prospects (Jim Hilker, Steve Beier @ Cabela’s)
- 3:00 Adjourn
*Registration deadline= 7 days before the meeting you plan to attend
We hope to see you there!
Disease sampling at Monsanto Demonstration and Research Farm
Tuesday, October 6th, 2009
Corn land race from Peru
-E. Taylor
Yesterday Karen Renner and I headed over to the Monsanto Demonstration and Research Farm in Mason, MI to collect corn and soybean disease samples for CSS 135, Crop Scouting and Investigation. Since this class is held in the winter months when we need to collect samples to preserve. Steve Gower took us through their disease plots and then gave us a tour of the facility and some of the demonstration and research plots. Diseases we were able to collect included white mold, Northern leaf blight, and grey leaf spot. We had hoped to collect others such as rusts and Stewart’s wilt, but there was a frost last week so our options were limited. During the tour, I enjoyed looking at the plots highlighting the history of field crop production. One plot showed corn planting populations from 1950, 1970, 1990, and 2010. It really put the change into perspective…we are planting a LOT more plants per acre. There was also a small plot showcasing the history of corn from land races up through current hybrids. Thanks for the samples and the tour Steve!
MSU Weed Science debuts on YouTube
Thursday, July 23rd, 2009-E. Taylor
Last week, MSU Weed Science made its first appearance on the video sharing website YouTube with Dr. Wesley Everman introducing the 2009 MSU Weed Tour and discussing weeds found in corn. These two videos were produced by Project GREEEN. Stay tuned for more videos from the MSU Weed Science group as I post some of my FlipVideo footage from the tour.
Late Spring Update
Friday, June 19th, 2009- Wesley Everman
This spring continues to be an interesting one with weather playing a major role in herbicide and weed issues observed across the state. I have seen several instances of herbicide injury in our corn plots due to the cloudy cool weather. These instances are nothing new, and all the plants have grown out of their injury, but don’t be surprised if you see herbicide symptomology following POST applications in the weeks to come.
Winter weed pressure has been an issue in alfalfa this year. I have been contacted about weed competition concerns – primarily for mouseear chickweed and an emerging weed: roughstalk bluegrass. Mouseear chickweed is not new to most people; however this year has seen an increase in its competitiveness with alfalfa. Roughstalk bluegrass on the other hand is a relatively new weed to Michigan agriculture. It is a perennial bluegrass spreading by seed and stolons. It has the characteristic bluegrass leaf shape, a large ligule, and is hairy on the leaf and stem. It becomes a problem in alfalfa because it matures before alfalfa cutting, becoming woody and ultimately reducing forage quality and palatability. The most economical weed control at this point in the season is through cutting. This will remove the weeds that are present, and with summer approaching most winter weeds will slow in their growth or go dormant.
Remember the MSU Weed Tour is scheduled for Wednesday July 1st.