Latest Posts — KyGrains.info

Replanted and Double Crop Soybeans Can Be Affected by Mollusk Outbreaks in Kentucky in 2017

“I haven’t seen a slug outbreak like this in 40 years of growing soybeans” was a comment of a soybean farmer in Logan County last Friday (June 9, 2017). He will replant 300 to 600 acres of soybeans.

SoybeanJennifer ElwellJune 30, 2017soybeanproblems

UKAg Economic and Policy Update

Includes Summary of Pennyroyal Grain Farms for 2016 and U.S. Prices Received By Farmers 1990 - 2016

MarketingJennifer ElwellJune 23, 2017

Pesticide receives emergency exemption status to control sugarcane aphid in sweet sorghum

Kentucky farmers may apply Sivanto Prime under a Section 18 Emergency Exemption to control the sugarcane aphid in sweet sorghum, Agriculture Commissioner Ryan Quarles has announced.

SorghumJennifer ElwellJune 23, 2017

Applying Nitrogen Prior to Rainfall

Some people are concerned about making a sidedress nitrogen (N) application prior to the big rain event predicted for later this week. Are we going to lose the N we apply just before the rain?

CornJennifer ElwellJune 22, 2017nutrients

Update on Southern Rust of Corn

Southern rust of corn (caused by the fungus, Puccinia polysora) caused yield losses on several acres of corn in Kentucky during 2016, which raised awareness of this disease going into the 2017 growing season.

CornJennifer ElwellJune 20, 2017cornproblems, southernrust

Crops Marketing and Management Update

This update focuses on the timing of implementing risk management products. From 1994 to 2016, June tends to provide the best opportunities for price risk management.

MarketingJennifer ElwellJune 19, 2017

World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates

USDA's latest World Agriculture Supply and Demand Estimates Report on coarse grains and oilseeds.

MarketingJennifer ElwellJune 12, 2017

Protecting Pollinators

Honey bees and other pollinators are as much a part of agriculture as cattle and corn. We hear a lot about protecting pollinators, as we should, since losses of honey bees since 2006 have been at unacceptable and unsustainable levels. When it comes to protecting pollinators from pesticides there are a few key risks that need to be managed.

ConservationJennifer ElwellJune 9, 2017pollinators

Trade Agreements A Good Deal For U.S. Feed Grains

Trade equals huge success for exports of U.S. feed grains in all forms, particularly to the 20 countries with which the United States has a free trade agreement (FTA). KyCorn works with the US Grains Council to strengthen these markets.

CornJennifer ElwellJune 8, 2017trade

Slugs in Soybeans

Slugs are lurking in numerous fields in Kentucky. The weather, crop growth stage and soil conditions all have combined to make a perfect all-you-can-eat buffet for the slugs and a nightmare for little soybeans. Here are some very quick and general comments about slugs in soybeans.

SoybeanJennifer ElwellMay 31, 2017

Green Corn

Corn plants are looking much healthier this week with several consecutive days of warmth and sunshine.

CornJennifer ElwellMay 30, 2017cornproblems

Puny Corn Around the State

Farmers, crop scouts and county extension agents around Kentucky are reporting fields of corn that look yellow and/or striped and otherwise puny. A lot of these symptoms are most likely related to weather. Some have other problems.

CornJennifer ElwellMay 27, 2017cornproblems

Crops Marketing and Management Update

The May report provides USDA’s initial projections for the 2017-18 marketing-year. Market analysts have been discussing since last fall the acreage shift away from corn and wheat towards soybeans and the impact on ending stocks.

MarketingJennifer ElwellMay 24, 2017

Videos from the UK Wheat Field Day

Miss the UK Wheat Field Day? View the presentations from our extension specialists.

Events, WheatJennifer ElwellMay 15, 2017wheat field day

Fusarium Head Blight Risk High

Much of the wheat in Kentucky is now past the stage of applying a foliar fungicide for protection against Fusarium head blight. However, some late-planted fields and some late-maturing varieties may be at the beginning flowering stage now. Based on the rainfall that has occurred over the last several days, wheat that is flowering in Kentucky is at a high risk for Fusarium head blight.

WheatJennifer ElwellMay 1, 2017headscab

Fungicides for Managing Fusarium Head Blight of Wheat: How Late is Too Late?

Much of the wheat crop in Kentucky has headed out and is flowering. Stripe rust (Figure 1) is now present in many Kentucky counties on susceptible varieties, and according to the Fusarium Head Blight Prediction Center, the current risk of Fusarium head blight (also known as “scab”) (Figure 2) is anywhere from low to high, depending on where you are in the state.

WheatJennifer ElwellApril 25, 2017headscab

Scouting for True Armyworms Is Highly Recommended in Small Grains and Early Corn

During the week of April 15 to 21, 2017, there were 301 (Princeton) and 4 (Lexington) captures of true armyworm (Mythimna unipuncta) moths in pheromone-based traps in those locations. For Princeton, this is a 1/3 fold increase in 1 week (KPN), while in Lexington, there was no change in the number of moths captured

Wheat, CornJennifer ElwellApril 25, 2017

Fungicide application for protection against scab – what do I do when I can’t hit the “perfect” timing?

Just like the porridge in the “Goldilocks and the Three Bears” story, there is a “just right” timing for when to apply a fungicide for protection against Fusarium head blight (a.k.a. scab) of wheat. That “just right” timing is the Feekes 10.5.1 growth stage (beginning flowering), when anthers are just beginning to extrude from the middle part of the wheat head.

WheatJennifer ElwellApril 21, 2017headscab