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Cropwatch No. 2002-26, Nov. 15, 2002, Lisa Brown Jasa

Crop Watch

Inside

Aurora Ag Day………..238

Nebraska No-Till………..238

Soybean profitability………..238

Technology update………..238

Manure use workshop………..238

Soybean seed treatments………..240

Variety selection tips………..240

Plant problems in 2002………..241

Drought lingers………..241

Crop Protection Clinics………..242

Corn/Soybean Workshops………..242

Rural income options………..243

Agronomy Highlights………..244

Returning to the Farm………..244

ICM winter meetings………..245

Subscription form for 2003………..246

Cropwatch No. 2002-25, Nov. 1 ,2002, Lisa Brown Jasa

Crop Watch

Inside

Management tips…………..230

New publications …………..230

Harvest update…………..230

Farm bill satellite conference …………..231

Crop insurance workshop…………..231

Pesticide regulation changes/training ops…………..232

Research symposium…………..233

Water quality project…………..234

Weed science conference…………..234

Soybean Expo…………..234

Ag cooperatives…………..235

Agronomy classes…………..235

No-till yield results…………..236

ICM December meeting…………..236

Cropwatch No. 2002-24, Oct. 18, 2002, Lisa Brown Jasa

Crop Watch

Inside

Field updates…………..222

Management tips…………..222

Variety selection…………..223

Purple seed stain…………..226

Ag policy conference…………..227

Changing ag structure…………..227

Winter annuals in alfalfa…………..228

Cropwatch No. 2002-23, Oct. 4, 2002, Lisa Brown Jasa

Crop Watch

Inside

Field updates…………..212

Management tips…………..212

Resources…………..212

Optical weed whackers…………..213

Farm bill options…………..214

Growing woody florals…………..216

Winter forecast…………..218

Factors to crop selection…………..218

Controlling perennials…………..218

Ag lenders on

Market Journal…………..219

Pushing corn yields…………..220

Cropwatch No. 2002-22, Sept. 20, 2002, Lisa Brown Jasa

Crop Watch

Inside

Field updates…………..202

Management tips…………..202

Baling cornstalks…………..204

Testing cornstalks…………..204

Grazing alfalfa…………..204

Weather forecast…………..205

Harvest safety…………..205

Planting windbreaks…………..206

Cost-share for windbreaks…………..207

Battling mosquitos…………..208

Report on nitrogen BMPs…………..209

CCA requirement…………..209

Short soybean adjustments…………..210

Cropwatch No. 2002-21, Sept. 6, 2002, Lisa Brown Jasa

Crop Watch

Assessing 2002; planning for 2003

Inside

Field updates…………..192

Management tips…………..192

Youth farm safety…………..194

Tips for selecting crops…………..195

Post-drought nitrogen…………..196

Common smut in corn…………..196

Minimizing tillage…………..197

Pollination failure…………..197

Herbicide carryover…………..198

Drought humor…………..198

Stalk rots…………..199

Husker Harvest Days…………..200

Cropwatch No. 2002-20, Aug. 23, 2002, Lisa Brown Jasa

Crop Watch

Wheat issue

Inside

Field updates ......................... 182

Management tips ................... 182

Planting dates ........................ 183

Weed control in wheat ........... 184

Variety results on-line ............ 185

Grasshopper threat ................ 186

Hopper control funds ............. 186

Hard white wheat incentives .. 187

Sorghum tour ......................... 187

Liming alfalfa .......................... 188

Preparing the seedbed and adjusting the planter ... 189

Testing for nitrogen ............... 190

Cropwatch No. 2002-19, Aug. 9, 2002, Lisa Brown Jasa

Crop Watch

Inside

Field updates ......................... 174

Corn Growers Tour ................. 174

Nitrates and prussic acid ....... 176

Cowpea aphid .................. ...... 177

Planting alfalfa ....................... 178

Blister beetles ......................... 178

Irrigation field tours .............. 179

Nutrient research tour ............ 179

Agronomy classes ................. 180

Preventing wheat diseases .... ......................... 180

Forage poisoning misconceptions .................. 180

Cropwatch No. 2002-18, July 26, 2002, Lisa Brown Jasa

Crop Watch

Inside

Management tips……….164

Field updates……….……….164

Soybean aphid research……….……….165

Yellow soybeans……….……….167

Clearfield wheat system……….……….168

Volunteer wheat……….……….168

SCREC field day……….……….169

2^nd ECB flight……….……….170

Management worksheet……….……….170

Greenbugs in sorghum……….……….171

Forage from soybeans……….……….172

Drought Web page……….……….172

Cropwatch No. 2002-17, July 19, 2002, Lisa Brown Jasa

Crop Watch

Inside

Management tips……….158

Field updates……….……….158

Correction……….……….158

Drought widens……….……….160

Corn rootworm injury……….……….161

Injury scale diagram……….……….161

Drought meetings……….……….162

Wheat market rally……….……….162

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Cropwatch No. 2002-16, July 12, 2002, Lisa Brown Jasa

Crop Watch

Inside

Management tips……….148

Field updates……….……….148

Earworms in corn……….……….148

Irrigating soybeans ……….……….150

CRP grazing, haying……….………. 151

New disease pubs……….……….151

Corn rootworm beetles……….……….153

Wheat straw value……….……….154

Weed-loving beetles……….……….154

Post-harvest weeds……….……….155

Check insecticide label……….……….156

Cropwatch No. 2002-15, June 28, 2002, Lisa Brown Jasa

Crop Watch

Inside

Management tips……….138

Field updates……….……….138

Wheat Disease……….……….138

Glyphosate performance……….……….139

Wheat yields low……….……….141

Irrigating alfalfa……….……….142

Seedling alfalfa……….……….142

Signs of heat stress……….……….143

Farm mediation clinics……….……….144

Crop clinic set……….……….145

West Nile Virus……….……….145

Western bean cutworm……….……….146

Chinch bugs……….……….146

Cropwatch No. 2002-14, June 21, 2002, Lisa Brown Jasa

Crop Watch

Inside

Management tips……….128

Field updates……….……….128

Cultivation costs/benefits……….……….130

Water tour program……….……….132

Potato leafhopper alert……….……….133

Herbicide rescues……….……….134

EPA and drift label ……….……….135

Assessing hail damage……….……….136

Cropwatch

Subscription sale……….……….136

Countering greensnap……….……….136

Cropwatch No. 2002-11, May 24,2002, Lisa Brown Jasa

Crop Watch

Inside

Management tips…………..98

Field updates…………..98

Grasshoppers early…………..99

Stalk borer scouting…………..100

Wind limits on pesticide application…………..103

Growth regulators…………..104

Differing glyphosates…………..105

Wheat diseases active…………..106

Cropwatch No. 2002-12, May 23, 2002, Lisa Brown Jasa

Crop Watch

Inside

Field updates…………….112

Cutworms in crops…………….112

Resistant RWA alert…………….112

Grasshopper survey…………….114

Common stalk borer…………….114

Stressed winter wheat…………….115

Selling CRP land…………….116

CRP signup extended…………….116

Tick & fly alert…………….117

Groundwater levels drop…………….118

Long-term drought cycles…………….119

On-line weather data…………….120

Cropwatch No. 2002-10, May 17, 2002, Lisa Brown Jasa

Crop Watch

Inside

Management tips……………88

Field updates……………88

New publications……………88

Ag profitability……………91

U.S. Wheat supply……………91

Lawn tip……………91

Farmers test planter speed……………92

Plant uniformity……………94

Irrigation system tune-up……………94

Tillage & uniformity……………95

Testing stands……………96

Cropwatch No. 2002-9, May 10, 2002, Lisa Brown Jasa

Crop Watch

Inside

Management tips…………..78

Field updates…………..78

Chill expected…………..80

Pesticide container recycling & sites…………..82

Assessing alfalfa frost…………..83

Diseases in alfalfa…………..84

Inoculating alfalfa…………..84

Wheat diseases…………..85

Alfalfa weevil scouting…………..85

Readers report on RR…………..86

Cropwatch No. 2002-8, May 3, 2002, Lisa Brown Jasa

Crop Watch

Inside

Management tips……………70

Field updates……………70

Weed control in sorghum……………73

Weed control in pastures and range……………74

Pesticide and fertilizer security……………75

Pest management resources……………75

Weed Science Field Days……………76

Alfalfa weevil scouting……………76

Delay pasture grazing……………76

Cropwatch No. 2002-7, April 26, 2002, Lisa Brown Jasa

Crop Watch

Focus on: Grain sorghum

Inside

Updates …………62

Management calendar …………62

Field scout training………… 62

Controlling cattails …………63

Weevils in alfalfa………… 64

Sorghum production………… 65

Rotation, tillage effects …………66

Precip forecast………… 67

Musk thistle control………… 68

Cropwatch No. 2002-6, April 19, 2002, Lisa Brown Jasa

Crop Watch

Inside: Focus on soybeans

Updates ................................... 52

Management calendar ....... ... 52

Soybean cyst nematode ........ 55

Alfalfa weevil scouting ......... 56

Prescribed burning ................ 56

Sprayer nozzles ...................... 57

Preemergent herbicides ........ 58

Wheat condition poor .... ....... 58

Early planting dates .............. 59

Irrigate alfalfa ......................... 60

State in drought .. .... ..... ........... 60

Termite workshops ................ 60

Cropwatch No. 2002-5, April 12, 2002, Lisa Brown Jasa

Crop Watch

Inside: Focus on soybeans

Management calendar ........... 42

Soybean Field Days ................ 42

Inoculating soybean seed ...... 43

Corn, sorghum mix ................ 44

Planting basics ....................... 45

Tillage, date, rate

Fertilizing soybeans ............... 46

Early planting option ............. 47

Weed control ........................... 49

Manure testing ........................ 50

Cropwatch No. 2002-4, April 5, 2002, Lisa Brown Jasa

Crop Watch

Inside: Focus on Corn

Management calendar…………… 32

Market journal…………… 32

Setting plants & drills…………… 34

New early season insecticide options…………… 36

Pesticide cautioned with mixed crop pastures…………… 39

Plant alfalfa now…………… 39

Row-cleaning in no-till …………… 40

Cropwatch No. 2002-3, March 29, 2002, Lisa Brown Jasa

Crop Watch

Inside

Updates………….22

Controlling downy brome………….24

Grazing weedy pastures………….24

Winter annuals in no-till………….25

New herbicides………….25

Climate change & wheat………….26

Waste collection sites………….26

Farmer input needed………….27

Ag land values up………….28

Valuing manure………….29

Check alfalfa condition………….29

Valuing biosolids………….30

Research project profile………….30

Cropwatch No. 2002-2, March 15, 2002, Lisa Brown Jasa

Crop Watch

Inside

Updates……………..12

Insects in wheat……………..14

Winter annuals……………..15

Popular wheat varieties……………..15

Wind erosion……………..16

Securing ammonia tanks……………..17

Delaying hay sales……………..17

Testing for pH……………..18

Pel-lime vs. Ag lime……………..18

Wheat condition……………..18

Corn beetle survival……………..19

Applying lime……………..20

Cropwatch No. 2002-1, March 1, 2002, Lisa Brown Jasa

Crop Watch

Inside

Management tips ……….2

Spring Rains Needed………. 4

Adopting GMOs………. 5

Adjusting Nitroen Rates ……….6

Soil Sampling ……….6

Cutworms in Alfalfa ……….6

Nitrogen Sources………. 7

Winter Annuals in Alfalfa………. 7

Crop Insurance Update………. 8

Weed Guide Expanded………. 8

WeedSOFT Revised ……….9

GMO use survey ……….10