|
|
CROP SCOUTING REPORTS
Are you interested in receiving our crop scouting reports via email? Click here. Reports will be updated May 1 - July 15.
|
|
Aberdeen, SD
We have not seen any aphids yet in the
Aberdeen
area. Soybeans are in the R2 (full flower) stage, so keep scouting. Threshold levels remain low, even into the R4 (full pod) stage.
Joe Gustafson
|
Baltic, SD
There are still very few aphids in the Baltic area, but we are starting to see a few winged aphids. This may be an indication of them moving in. Keep an eye on your fields and treat accordingly.
Lee Fischer
|
Centerville, SD
Scout corn fields now for corn rootworm beetles. Silk clipping at 25 - 50% pollen shed can have a very detrimental affect on pollination/kernel set, and may require an insecticide application.
Steve Lee
Keep scouting your fields for aphids. If pressure is found, any insecticide will work. Call us for recommendations.
John Christensen
|
Freeman, SD
Soybean aphids are infesting acres to the south of Freeman, and they are infesting fields quickly. Keep a close eye on the neighbors’ fields, and have enough Silencer (at 3.84oz/acre) to do the job if they hit.
Aaron Johnson
|
Gettysburg, SD
Pretty much everyone in the
Gettysburg
area is cutting winter wheat right now. Things are looking pretty fair.
Kyle Hawkinson
|
Huron, SD
There have been a few isolated reports of soybean aphids around the area. Scout your fields regularly; if treatment is needed, insecticides can easily be tank mixed with most herbicide applications.
Jason Leyendecker
While aphid and bean leaf beetle numbers in the area remain very low to non-existent, grasshoppers are feeding on perimeters of bean fields. Area growers are doing some border spraying with pyrethroid chemistry, and rates must be higher for control.
Alan Williams |
Kimball, SD
For the guys that have had a history of white mold in their soybean fields, remember that it is attracted to dead flowers because of the sugars. If you have had white mold before, you will never get rid of it. Using Domark will gain some suppression and also prevent green stems at harvest.
Wendi Hoing
Winter wheat harvest is on the way in the Kimball and
Platte
area. We are hearing reports of yields in the 40 to 70 bushel range.
Norland Hofer
|
Roscoe, SD
Get ready to check sunflower heads for weevils. Use hair spray to bring them out, and then try to get a count on them. Spray with 6 oz of Asana XL if pressure is found.
Kevin Fischer |
Watertown, SD
There are guys coming in from the
Madison
,
MN
area picking up aphid spray. Keep scouting your fields. Using Silencer at 3.84 oz/a will do a great job of controlling aphids.
Russ Werning
|
Breckenridge, MN
Scout your soybeans for soybean aphids. Keep in mind that threshold levels are far below 250 aphids per plant.
Tammy Link
|
Fairmont, MN
We have had several customers bringing in soybean plants with bronzing on the bottoms of leaves. This is sun scald (sun burn) to the leaf and does not affect yield.
Hans Hinrichsen
While scouting in two local counties today, we have seen significant numbers of soybean aphids and expect numbers to increase as the week goes on. Please come and see us for a program and chemical that works best for your farm(s).
Steve Draper
I have been out in several fields, and aphids shouldn’t be your only concern. We are seeing lots of bacterial blight along with frogeye leaf spot and brown spot. So, while checking for insect pressure, make sure you are looking for abnormalities on the leaf and staging the plants. Fungicide is ideal in the R3 stage, which most plants either are in or will be in shortly.
Mike Bates
|
Hancock, MN
Cercospora leaf blight symptoms are very similar to sun scald symptoms in soybeans. They will both appear in the foliage, and will cause a purple to burnt orange discoloration of the upper leaves. With Cercospora, the leaves will also have a leathery appearance. Cercospora fungus will eventually attack the pods and discolor the seed (purple seed stain). This will result in poor seed quality. Sun scald can damage some foliage, but should not affect yield or seed quality. Generally, sun scald is most pronounced on lower leaf surfaces while Cercospora is usually on the uppermost leaves. Headline or Domark are effective fungicides to control the disease.
Eric Rice |
|
Janesville, MN
Aphids are starting to show up. They aren’t quite at threshold levels yet, but there is a good chance that they will be by next week. That means that this week would be a great time to come in and choose the chemical and program that fits you best. That way, you’ll be ready to go once threshold levels are reached.
Todd Traynor
|
Marshall, MN
No crop scouting report today.
|
Olivia, MN
Corn is at the stage that fungicide treatments are being applied. Some area producers have also been applying fungicides on their sweet corn. In soybean fields, there are spots where aphids are building to threshold levels, and spraying has commenced. Scout your fields before a last glyphosate application and add in an insecticide treatment if needed. Pea harvest should wrap up this week.
Meredith Van Sambeek
Aphid population is increasing in soybeans as well as spider mites. Many fields have both of these pests. Hero and Cobalt are combination premixes that will control both of them.
B. Sham Moteelall |
Ulen, MN
No crop scouting report today.
|
Winthrop, MN
Aphid numbers are steadily increasing throughout the area, with the river bottoms now at or above thresholds. We are also seeing many areas that have spider mites. When choosing insecticides for your aphid application, we must be confident that we know if we have spider mites or not. Making the incorrect insecticide choice now can set us up for future problems.
Chad
Schmalz |
Great Falls, MT
No crop scouting report today.
|
Renwick, IA
If you are still spraying for volunteer corn, you need to up your rate to 9 oz if the volunteer corn is over a foot tall.
Sara Cibert
|
Sheldon, IA
I saw something for the first time yesterday. I found stalk bore (normally a corn predator) boring into soybean stems causing a dead branch on the soybean plant. It is usually limited to field perimeters, just like in the corn field. The challenge is that once they are in the stem, there is no way of getting an insecticide to the stalk bore. If you see a dead branch on a plant, look for a shothole in the stem where the bore entered the stem. The economic impact should be minimal with soybeans.
Leon Bolkema
We received another nice rain on Monday. With all the moisture that has been coming our way, a fungicide may be a good option to look at. Corn may be questionable with the price of grain, but using a half rate on beans is looking very nice.
Adam Sauer
I've seen some corn leaf aphids in the Sanborn area. Some studies I've seen talk about 100 aphids / plant as a threshold - I think this is fairly reasonable. Some universities talk about 1000 / plant - at this point we've probably lost significant yield.
Tim Overmire
|
Nezperce, ID
No crop scouting report today. |
Casselton, ND
Crops are progressing in our area. Corn is coming along fairly well, though we will be a week or two late on tasseling. Soybeans haven’t grown a lot yet due to poor root systems that resulted from the wet conditions earlier in the year. There is a wide variety of crop conditions in soybeans – some dry areas look pretty tough, while other areas are coming along much better.
Paul Olsen |
Pembina, ND
A few guys are spraying Stratego and Leverage on soybeans with a second shot of Roundup. We’re still about a month away from harvest, and I’d expect that pre-harvest Roundup will be applied sometime in the next 3 weeks. There are no bugs to speak of yet up here.
Bryan Younggren |
Jamestown, ND
No crop scouting report today.
|
Farmington, WA
We’re only a week or so out from harvest in wheat, maybe a bit longer in some places. Right now, guys are spraying burndown in lentils. The popular choice is RT3 at 48 oz per acre.
Jeff Bruce
|
Quincy, WA
Watch beans for lygus. Anything more than 5 in 10 sweeps presents economic threshold for red beans. Dimethoate and a foliar feed as a buffer is a good choice for cleanup.
Sam Krautscheid |
|
|
Equipment Specials
For the latest Hefty Seed Company Equipment Specials, don't forget to sign up for the EFG
|
|
|
Hefty Seed Company: Serving Farmers Since 1969.
|
|
|
