Month: March 2016

BarOptima Plus E34 Tall Fescue, a soft-leaf fescue containing a beneficial endophyte Toxic-endophyte tall fescue (predominantly Kentucky-31) makes up over 90 percent of tall fescue acres in the US and costs the cattle industry over $1 billion every year in lost productivity. The losses caused by the toxic endophyte may not be immediately apparent without…

Why draw more insects to the field? Most row crop fields are acres upon acres of monoculture. If these crops are grown to bloom stage, they will provide food for vitally important pollinators for a very short time, and the single plant species creates food for limited insect species. You can use mixes of flowering…

Dave Wilson, Research Agronomist When planning our crop rotations, including cover crops, we need to consider how the weeds will be controlled in each crop and if there is any risk of herbicide carry-over that will affect the next crop in rotation. Read herbicide labels and look for listed rotational restrictions for the crop that…

Should you use a neonicotinoid seed treatment in soybean? If you no-till in a northern state, the answer is probably no — and if you do, the effects may be more harmful than beneficial, says a research paper jointly published by universities in Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South…