What to do about Weed Control – Postemergence Herbicide Application to Corn – Adjuvants and Herbicide Applications – Hard Water and Solution pH – Do They Affect Herbicide Performance?
– Tank-mixing Alfalfa Herbicides and Insecticides Insect Alert • Precision Vision – Pesticide Spray Drift and Your Angry Neighbors! • Agents Corner – Adams – Centre/Clinton – Lawrence – Schuylkill – Susquehanna/Bradford • Degree Day Accumulations Production: PLANTING CONDITIONS Due to the weather problems, many farmers will choose to no-till their corn and soybeans. Remember if it’s too wet to plow, it’s too wet to plant. Poor stands occur when the soil slit has not been properly closed. If you are planting in too wet soils and the seed is covered and the slit is closed soil shrinkage as the soil dries out often causes the slit to reopen and expose the seed. The ONLY way to keep this from happening is to WAIT until the soil dries. If you are not seeing loose soil flowing around and dropping behind the seed openers-quit-and wait for drier soil conditions. It may pay a no-tiller to switch to 8 or 13 wave fluted coulters instead of the more common bubble coulters. I usually don’t favor on
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