Spring wheat in the Aberdeen area is beginning to flower. The best time to spray for head scab is at 10% flowering. Prosaro at 6.5 oz is a good choice for head scab and other late-season leaf diseases.

Joe Gustafson

I looked at several irrigated fields in the Elk Point-Vermillion area. Some of the corn was head-high. It won't miss tasselling on the Fourth of July by much! Weed control was good, and plant health was excellent.

Steve Lee

Killing trees and brush in fence lines can be achieved by using a combination of Remedy Ultra and Forefront. Each product at a quart, mixed with surfactant, will do a nice job.

John Christensen

For those spraying volunteer corn, don’t forget about the difference in rates depending on the height of the corn. For example, use SelectMax at 6 oz if the volunteer corn is less than a foot tall. If it's taller than one foot, increase your rate to 9 oz.

Colby Kaup

Soybean aphids are beginning to show up in South Dakota State University test plots. This means that growers will have to begin scouting their soybeans for aphids. There are several choices that can be used to spray for aphids. A couple choices would be Asana at 9.6 oz/acre, Silencer at 3.84 oz/acre or Cobalt at 13 oz/acre. Any one of these would give good control of aphids.

Norland Hofer

I saw some aphids, alfalfa weevil larva, clover leaf weevil larvae, and leafhoppers in an alfalfa field today. After you get done with the first cutting, spray Silencer at 2.56 to 3.84oz.; the higher the rate, the longer the residual.  The pre-harvest interval for Silencer is 7 days.

Wendi Hoing

When spraying a second shot of Roundup in your beans, it would be a good time to add insecticide to your tankmix to control the first generation of bean leaf beetles. I would recommend Warrior II at a rate of 1.92oz/acre.

Russ Werning

No crop scouting report today.

Aphids are here in reasonably small numbers. Come in and talk with us about our programs with warranty, as these early aphids indicate another difficult year with the possibility of more than one treatment.

Steve Draper

I was out scouting some corn fields today and noticed that, even with the crop canopy, many weeds are still growing. If you have weedy fields, you may want to consider cleaning them up. Get someone with drop-nozzles to spray another round of glyphosate. It may cost a little now, but could keep your fields cleaner for future years.

Mike Bates

No crop scouting report today.

The addition of surfactant with any of the glyphosate products has been showing a marked improvement in overall control. Non-ionic surfactant at 1pt - 1qt/100 or Liberate at 1pt - 1qt/100 are both good choices for a negligible cost per acre.

John Wiese

Some of the first tassels are showing in North Carolina . Weather is real conducive for tasselling, as it is 85-90 degrees and they have had some nice showers through the area. First-crop soybeans are flowering nicely and getting some decent height to them.

Mike Homandberg

No crop scouting report today.

Keep your calendar open for Tuesday, July 7^th and attend our Field Day here in Great Falls .  You’ll get a chance to hear about this year’s hot topics in farming from Darren Hefty and myself .

Brian Schlagel

There’s a second flush of volunteer corn coming in most soybean fields.  On small corn, 4 oz of Arrow or 6 oz. of Select Max should do the job.

Tim Overmire

N o crop scouting report today.