The January 2017 newsletter provided an initial risk management game plan for 2017 corn and soybeans and provides detail about this example of developing a pre-harvest risk management plan that combines Revenue Protection insurance to protect the pre-harvest sales from production risk.
Read MoreEconomists in graduate school are instructed to tell farmers that “the cure for low prices is low prices.” While catchy, this phrase might require a little more explanation. The wheat market provides an example of low prices trying to cure low prices.
Read MoreA variety’s susceptibility or resistance to a given pathogen can be directly related to yield, grain quality and profitability. The University of Kentucky Small Grains Variety Testing Program annually evaluates the disease reaction among wheat varieties.
Read MoreI doubt there has been a case where I have been so happy to say “I WAS WRONG!”. Now that we have had a little more than a month since the 2017 freeze events, many –myself included– are left wondering: “Where is the damage?”
Read MoreThe bird cherry-oat aphid, Rhopalosiphum padi (Figure 1), is one of the common aphids found in Kentucky on small grains, such as winter wheat and barley. R. padi is of economic importance due to the direct damage caused to grains by the transmission of barley yellow dwarf virus (BYDV).
Read MoreA severe freeze in mid-March has likely damaged much of the wheat crop in Kentucky. The extent and severity of the damage will be better known one to two weeks after the freeze when baseline estimates can be made.
Read MoreCorn planting for much of Kentucky is quickly approaching. Given the mild winter, average soil temperatures across Kentucky for the month of March are approximately 51°F.
Read MoreThe wheat varieties we grow in KY will respond differently to the extremely low temperatures we have experienced over the past few days. Several traits come into play but the most important thing for the grower to consider at this point is growth habit, which can range from completely prostrate to very upright.
Read MoreCarrie Knott, Extension Agronomist-Princeton, University of Kentucky
Bill Bruening, Small Grain Variety Testing, University of Kentucky
Dave Van Sanford, Wheat Breeding and Genetics, University of Kentucky
Lloyd Murdock, Emeritus Extension Soil Specialist, University of Kentucky
The University of Kentucky Wheat Science Group will hold a Wheat Field School – EMERGENCY
WHEAT FREEZE EVENT at the UKREC in Princeton KY. This free program consist of a series of short information sessions as well as a hands-on training to assess wheat damage in the field. UK specialists suggest that participants attending the meeting in Princeton bring whole plant wheat samples from their farm to assess and compare to non-damaged wheat.
Last night temperatures dipped below 24°F for several hours throughout Kentucky. Winter wheat at the jointing (Feekes 6) growth stage, was likely damaged by these cold temperatures.
Read MoreThe projected prices for Revenue Protection (RP) crop insurance is established using the December 2017 corn and November 2017 soybeans futures contracts closing prices for the month of February.
Read MoreLast night temperatures dipped to or below 24°F for several hours at many locations throughout Kentucky (Table 1). For winter wheat that has reached the jointing (Feekes 6) growth stage, damage (Figure 1) can occur to the developing wheat head, which is above the soil surface at jointing, when temperatures are 24°F or below for at least 2 hours.
Read Moren Kentucky there is a complex of aphid species that feeds on wheat. The bird cherry oat, the English
grain (Fig.1), the greenbug, and the corn aphids are the most important species. Their role as vectors of plant viruses, particularly Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus (BYDV), branded them as the key pest on
wheat grain production. These aphid species overwinter as nymphs, and can be active when temperatures are above 45⁰ F. It is known that BYDV infections are more damaging when they occur in early growth stages of the wheat plant. Thus, aphids have more opportunities to infect young plants under this climatological circumstances.
Images from the Kentucky Yield Contests are available online. Feel free to download your images. University of Kentucky photographer Steve Patton took the images with professional equipment. The images are a service of the university. There are two pages of images. The first page begins with images taken during the conference.
Read MoreThe UK Wheat Science Group with support from the Kentucky Small Grain Growers' Association will offer three hands-on training sessions on managing wheat in Kentucky - GREEN-UP (March 8th) - PRIOR TO FLOWERING (April 26th) - PRE-PLANT (TBA).
Read MoreFor those that were not able to join us for the poultry litter forum "Managing Poultry Litter Lessons From The Delmarva and Ohio Valley", it can be viewed at the link below. This was part of the AgExpo in Owensboro on January 25th, 2017 and was sponsored by the Kentucky Soybean Board and Kentucky Corn Growers Association.
Read MoreDon Halcomb was the 2017 UK Wheat Science Service Award recipient. Sam Halcomb accepted the award for Don at the 2017 UK Winter Wheat meeting in Hopkinsville.
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