Soils become acidic for different reasons, but the primary reason in Kentucky’s production agriculture is nitrogen (N) fertilizer application. Managing soil pH is a crucial part of your crop production program and can be monitored with regular soil sampling and testing.
Read MoreSpring is rapidly approaching, and field work will soon begin in Kentucky with spring weed control practices taking front stage. This year our farmers are facing the additional challenge of herbicide shortages.
Read MoreFulton County grain farmer Henry Sanger is the 2022 recipient of the University of Kentucky Wheat Science Group’s Service Award. Group members give the award to honor producers and industry representatives for their valuable research collaborations and support.
Read MoreThere is a lot of speculation about herbicide shortages for the 2022 growing season, and some products are apparently getting more expensive and/or scarce now. This will affect herbicide buying and weed management decisions for the 2022 season.
Read MoreWe will build again at Princeton. Our commitment to western Kentucky and the entire region remains. The Category EF-4 tornado on December 10, 2021 damaged 49 of the 59 structures at the Research and Education Center.
Read MoreThe University of Kentucky Wheat Science Group has moved its annual Winter Wheat Meeting to 9 a.m.-3 p.m. CST Feb. 8 at the Bruce Convention Center in Hopkinsville.
Read MoreIt’s a pleasure to announce a new state yield record in the 2021 soybean production contest! Congratulations to Goetz Brothers Farm in Daviess County for achieving a yield of 112.02 bu/A with Asgrow AG36X6 seed.
Read MoreCongratulations to John and Mark Mitchell of Webster County, for earning the highest corn yield in the state contest.
Read MoreFarmers are looking at sticker shock for some supply inputs and dealing with uncertainty around the availability of some other inputs. The issues have many producers thinking about where costs can be saved. The following are some suggestions for the first of December, heading into the 2022 season.
Read MoreRecent fertilizer retail price surveys still show ongoing N fertilizer price increases, especially for urea ammonium nitrate (UAN) solutions, which are important fertilizer N sources for Kentucky wheat producers.
Read MoreCongratulations to Glenn Thompson and Tanner Stroup, both of Daviess County, for having the highest wheat yields in the commonwealth.
Read MoreCorn planting for 2021 was ahead of schedule, yet harvest and several other developmental stages were behind. Milk, dough and dent were all behind the 5-year average.
Read MoreCover crops can take up excess soil nitrate, storing it in their tissue and then releasing slowly as they decompose. Using cover crops could be an efficient management practice to reduce N losses in landscape positions more subjected to intensive leaching.
Read MoreDuring the last past 5 years, I have found a brownish weevil in soybean research plots at the University of Kentucky’s Research and Education Center at Princeton and in commercial soybean fields. These encounters occurred while I was scouting for insect pests.
Read MoreThe University of Kentucky has organized five webinars on field crop protection topics that will be hosted through the Southern Integrated Pest Management Center starting on November 11.
Read MoreEvery year, soybean farmers in Kentucky usually face the attacks of two common stink bugs: the green stink bug and the complex of brown stink bugs, and since 2010 the brown marmorated stink bug.
Read MoreAfter soybean plants have matured in the field, many organisms begin to grow and colonize these plants. Rainy weather often promotes growth of and colonization by these organisms.
Read MoreAlthough soybean yields have been pretty good this year so far, the seed quality of harvested soybeans has not been great in some fields.
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