Corn and Soybean Newsletter

November 2024

  • 2024 Has Been a Wild Ride for Crop Farmers in Kentucky

  • Climate Change and Agriculture

  • Soybean Seed Quality Issues Due to Fungal Infections

  • 2024 Fall Crop Webinar Series

  • Crop Variety Testing Results

  • Kentucky Yield Contests

October 2024:

  • Hurricane Helene Effect on Kentucky Soybeans

  • Outbreak of Fall Armyworm in Cover Crop Wheat, Rye, and Pastures in Central Kentucky

  • Large Grain Crops in Kentucky and Low Prices Put Pressure on Storage

  • Variability of Soybean Yields in Kentucky

  • Johnsongrass Control Moving into 2025

  • The Soil Calcium to Magnesium Ratio: Not a Factor in Choosing Your Ag Lime Source

  • Fall Armyworm Egg Masses and Adults Collected in Corn and Forage Fields in the Early Fall of 2024

  • Fall Armyworm is Not the Only Spodoptera Species Present in Fields of Kentucky During the Early Fall 2024

  • KENTUCKY YIELD CONTESTS

  • Kentucky Fall Crop Protection Webinar Series

  • Kentucky Crop Health Conference

September 2024:

  • Fall Residual Herbicides & Cover Crops Can Help with Ryegrass

  • Mehlich III Extractable Sulfur and S Deficiency: Some Additional Considerations

  • Green-stem Syndrome in Soybean

  • Assessing the Accuracy of Rainfall Reporting by Weather Services

  • Kentucky Yield Contest Entry Information

August 2024:

  • Outbreak of Corn Leaf Aphids was Extensive Affecting Kentucky & Neighbor States

  • Multiple Corn Diseases Confirmed in Kentucky

  • Time to Consider a Corn Stalk Nitrate Test

  • Temperature and Water Use by Crops

  • Personal Observations of an Entomologist in Brazil on the Use of Genetically Modified Soybeans

In the July 2024 Issue:

  • Preparing for Western Kentucky for Southern Rust in Corn

  • Foliar Fungicide Considerations for Soybeans

  • Carbon Dioxide - The Gas that Feeds Us and Could Kill Us!

  • Corn Water Demands During a Kentucky July

  • Dr. Shamim Joins University of Kentucky as Grain Crops Agronomic Extension Associate

  • Soybean Water Stress in Kentucky

In the june 2024 issue:

  • Ugly Corn Turning the Corner

  • Weed Control Reminders

  • Corn Disease Update

  • Weather Alert Smartphone App

  • Will the Corn Population Treadmill Ever End?

  • 2024: Early Presence of Fall Armyworm Moths in Pheromone Traps and Detection of Egg Masses in Corn and Man-Made Surfaces