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Cropwatch No. 97-22, Sept. 12, 1997, Lisa Brown Jasa

Crop Watch (1994–2005)

Inside

Reports from the field...........168

Ergot history, update...........169

Sooty stripe in sorghum...........170

Stalk rot potential...........171

Anthracnose in alfalfa...........172

Cropwatch No. 97-21, Aug. 29, 1997, Lisa Brown Jasa

Crop Watch (1994–2005)

Inside

Atrazine label change............160

Ordering sweep nets............161

Climate assessment............161

New bean leaf beetle treatment thresholds............162

Making silage............163

PPD Clinic update............164

Hoppers in winter wheat............165

Cropwatch No. 97-20, Aug. 15, 1997, Lisa Brown Jasa

Crop Watch (1994–2005)

Inside

Updates..........152

Bean rust worksheet..........153

Gray leaf spot slowed..........153

Goss's wilt in popcorn..........154

Setting your last irrigation..........155

Greenbug numbers up..........156

Natural mite enemies..........156

Roadside haying..........157

Crop insurance options..........157

Farm computers..........157

Plant & Pest Clinic update..........158

Weather data..........158

Cropwatch No. 97-19, Aug. 1, 1997, Lisa Brown Jasa

Crop Watch (1994–2005)

Inside

Reports from the field............144

Haying, grazing
restrictions lifted............145

Heat and pollination............145

Keep safe in heat............146

Spider mite answers............147

Common bunt in wheat............147

Panhandle field day............148

Wheat fertility needs............149

Recycle vehicle oil............149

Weather data............150

Cropwatch No. 97-18, July 25, 1997, Lisa Brown Jasa

Crop Watch (1994–2005)

Inside

Heat spell to continue...............134

2ndECB egg-laying...............136

Free software available...............136

2ndECB worksheet...............137

Pesticide runoff tracked...............138

Applicator training...............139

Wheat conference...............140

Panhandle Field Day...............140

New wheat varieties...............141

Beneficial insects...............141

You asked about it: tree plantings...............142

Weather...............142

Cropwatch No. 97-17, July 18, 1997, Lisa Brown Jasa

Crop Watch (1994–2005)

Inside

Kill CRP weeds now.............128

Reports from the field.............128

Chinch bugs, greenbugs.............129

Western bean cutworms.............130

Control volunteer wheat.............131

You asked about it.............131

Cropwatch No. 97-16, July 11,1997, Lisa Brown Jasa

Crop Watch (1994–2005)

Sample the web version of CropWatch, see page 123.

Inside

Reports from the field.............120

Restrict 2,4-D use.............121

Pesticide hotline.............121

Corn rootworm beetles.............122

Bean bars and wipers.............123

Preharvest intervals.............123

You asked about it.............124

Organophosphates.............124

Combine adjustments.............125

Diagnostics update.............125

Cropwatch No. 97-15, June 27, 1997, Lisa Brown Jasa

Crop Watch (1994–2005)

Inside

Reports from the field..............112

Potato leafhoppers..............113

When to start irrigating..............114

Greensnap examined..............115

More rain expected..............115

Recycling pesticide containers..............116

Hackberry trees..............116

Using chlorophyll meters..............117

ECB software on the web..............118

Cropwatch No. 97-14, June 20, 1997, Lisa Brown Jasa

Crop Watch (1994–2005)

Inside

Wheat disease update .................104

Greenbugs in sorghum.................104

Fertilizing hair-damaged crops.................105

Federal hail payments.................105

Is cultivation needed?.................106

Affordable hopper treatment.................107

Precipitation levels low.................108

Reducing lawn diseases.................108

Purple fields?.................109

Total vegetation herbicides.................109

Cropwatch No. 97-13, June 13, 1997, Lisa Brown Jasa

Crop Watch (1994–2005)

Inside:

Grasshopper update...............98

Reports from the field...............98

1st generation ECB...............99

ECB treatment worksheet...............99

Weed control in set-aside...............100

Alfalfa quality good...............101

Control pasture weeds...............101

New NCIA manager...............101

Precipitation...............102

GDD update...............102

Common stalk borer...............102

Cropwatch No. 97-12, June 6,1997, Lisa Brown Jasa

Crop Watch (1994–2005)

Inside

Reports from the field...............98

Bean leaf beetles...............99

Postemergence weeds...............100

Nebraska weed tour...............101

Herbicides and injured crops...............101

Replanting options...............102

Wheat disease update...............102

Needle nematodes...............103

Dairy growing...............103

Ag Women Conference...............104

Weather update...............104

Weed control in proso millet...............105

Weed control in reduced-till sunflowers...............105

Plant Clinic update...............106

Cropwatch No. 97-11, May 30, 1997, Lisa Brown Jasa

Crop Watch (1994–2005)

Inside

Weather web site...............88

New publications...............88

Soybeans add profits...............90

Improved timeliness...............90

Economics rotation...............91

Advantages/disadvantages...............92

More efficient water use...............92

Reducing insecticides...............93

Weather update...............93

Matching tillage and rotation...............94

Rotation reduces atrazine...............95

Better weed management...............95

Wheat field days...............96

Cropwatch No. 97-10, May 23, 1997, Lisa Brown Jasa

Crop Watch (1994–2005)

Inside

Sugarbeet update................78

Cool forecase................78

Woody plant control................78

Determining stand counts................79

Leafy spurge................82

Wheat diseases limited................83

Wheat report................83

Weather update................83

Hopper numbers high................84

Stalk borer scouting................85

Postemergence weeds................86

Cropwatch No. 97-9, May 16,1997, Lisa Brown Jasa

Crop Watch (1994–2005)

Inside

Field updates............70

Preemergence herbicides "reach back"............71

Frost/crop growth............72

Assessing wheat injury............72

To disk or not to disk............73

Scout training session............73

Soybean seed treatments............74

Plant/pest clinic report............74

Pioneer donates soybean lines............75

Weather update............75

Alfalfa weevil scouting............75

Nitrogen for dry beans............76

You asked about it............76

Cropwatch No. 97-8, May 9, 1997, Lisa Brown Jasa

Crop Watch (1994–2005)

Inside

Field updates.............. 62

Corrections.............. 62

Round-up resistant weeds.............. 63

Sorghum ergot update.............. 63

Pesticide drift.............. 64

Postemergence herbicides.............. 64

Chinch bugs to be few.............. 64

Late weed control in wheat.............. 65

Limiting considerations.............. 65

You asked about it.............. 66

Weather update.............. 67

Alfalfa weevil scouting.............. 67

Evergreen problems.............. 68

P&PD Clinic update.............. 68

Pesticide exemptions.............. 68

Cropwatch No. 97-7, May 2, 1997, Lisa Brown Jasa

Crop Watch (1994–2005)

Inside

Field reports.................54

Scout for alfalfa weevils.................56

New herbicide tested.................57

Wheat disease minimal.................57

Field scout training.................57

Weather update.................58

Plant/pest clinic update.................58

Treating pine disease.................58

Starter fertilizer in milo.................59

Fertilizer placement.................59

Planting depth in milo.................60

Rotary hoe weed control.................60

Cropwatch No. 97-6, April 25, 1997, Lisa Brown Jasa

Crop Watch (1994–2005)

Inside

Weather update............48

Briefs............48

ALS-resistance spreads............49

Post emergence apps............50

Controlling moss............50

Cooler temps expected............51

Wheat doing well............51

Talking pesticide labels............51

Crops Clinic announced............52

TLC for trees/shrubs............52

Cropwatch No. 97-5, April 18, 1997, Lisa Brown Jasa

Crop Watch (1994–2005)

Special Focus:

Soybeans

This issue features four stories on soybean production, including innoculation, effect of row spacing, fertility, and bean leaf beetle control/

Cropwatch No. 97-3, April 11 , 1997, Lisa Brown Jasa

Crop Watch (1994–2005)

Also this week

Sorghum seed status ....................23

Dryland corn populations....................24

Stewart's wilt ....................25

WeedSOFT revised.................... 25

Mixing liquid nitrogen/herbicides....................26

Testing for compatability....................26

Starter fertilizers....................27

Controlling thistles
Weed Tour....................28

Cropwatch No. 97-4, April 11, 1997 Special Edition, Lisa Brown Jasa

Crop Watch (1994–2005)

After CRP...

UNL research.................. 22

Recommendations.................. 23

CRP to Crops Team.................. 23

Insect control.................. 24

Maintaining environmental benefits.................. 25

Managing residue.................. 26

Selecting a crop.................. 27

Controlling wildlife.................. 28

Adding nitrogen.................. 29

Disease potential.................. 29

Vegetation and weed control.................. 30

Resources.................. 22

Cropwatch No. 97-2, March 28, 1997, Lisa Brown Jasa

Crop Watch (1994–2005)

Special focus: Corn

Inside

Narrow row corn .................. 13

No-till weed control .............. 13

Early season insects ........... 14

Selecting corn hybrids ......... 16

Gray leaf spot ...................... 17

EPA changes restrictions ..... 18

Broadleaf weeds in wheat.. .. 19

Wheat disease outlook ............. 19

Triazine-resistant kochia ........... 20

Diagnostic Clinic update ........... 20

James Stack joins faculty ........ 12

Corrections ............................... 12

Cooler temps ............................ 12

Cropwatch No. 97-1, March 14, 1997, Lisa Brown Jasa

Crop Watch (1994–2005)

Managing nitrogen in winter wheat.................1

Crop Watch returns, in print and web versions .................1

Precipitation and temps (7-day summary) .................2

Nitrogen for wheat .................3

Inspect wheat, alfalfa for army cutworms................. 4

Most of state's winter wheat from UNL varieties .................4

Spring wheat may offer opportunities; consider potential yields and costs .................5

Begin alfalfa weed control before spring green-up .................5

Evaluate stands, winterkill in your wheat.................6

Herbicide update: new products, new labels .................7

Herbicides soon to be labeled .................7

Long-term forecast: summer temps below normal .................9

Avoid spreading soybean disease .................10

Cropwatch No. 96-26, Dec. 13, 1996, Lisa Brown Jasa

Crop Watch (1994–2005)

Corn, soybean, sorghum crops weigh in with record harvests ..............175

Field drydown doesn't cause dry matter loss.............. 175

Briefs.............. 176

Seed supplies 'good' for '97 ..............177

Northeast Center nitrogen rate research shows little yield difference this year ..............178

Research jury still out on new product - Amisorb ..............179

Research shows little yield benefit, increased harvest loss from narrow row corn ..............179

Use winter to assess, plan, prepare equipment for planting ..............180

1996 CropWatch index ..............181

Cropwatch No. 96-25, Nov. 8,1996, Lisa Brown Jasa

Crop Watch (1994–2005)

Inside

CPMU Dec. 2-4 in Kearney ....................167

Use certified soybean seed to avoid diseases....................167

Get to know the good, the bad, and the bugly ....................168

Grid soil sampling offers challenges, costs; rewards come in more specific information ....................169

Managing price risks, grain marketing ....................171

Getoutyourshovels.................... 171

Lincoln research shows no-till yields best in '96 ....................172

Kearney conferences to address corn production, marketing, and seed issues ....................173

Winter Extension meetings offer opportunities ....................174

Cropwatch No. 96-24, Oct. 18, 1996, Lisa Brown Jasa

Crop Watch (1994–2005)

Inside

Crop updates ............................. 163

Grain storage tips ..................... 163

Trees for windbreaks ................ 163

Managing compaction .............. 164

Fall weed control in alfalfa ...... 165

Battling musk thistle, perennials ............................. 165

White com opportunities .......... 166

Killing established alfalfa ........ 166

Cropwatch No. 96-23, Oct. 4,1996, Lisa Brown Jasa

Crop Watch (1994–2005)

Inside

Starter phosphorus ................... 157

Soil testing tips ........................ 158

Ag Women meet ...................... 158

Crop update .............................. 158

Harvest scouting ...................... 159

Ag marketing ........................... 159

Grain storage ........................... 160

Bin safety ................................. 160

Cropwatch No. 96-22, Sept. 20, 1996, Lisa Brown Jasa

Crop Watch (1994–2005)

Inside

Evapotranspiration data ....... 150

Freeze outlook ...................... 151

Extension resources ............. 151

Turfgrass seed ...................... 152

Harvest safety ....................... 153

Precision farming conference ........................ 154

Cropwatch No. 96-21, Sept. 13, 1996, Lisa Brown Jasa

Crop Watch (1994–2005)

Inside

Biological control info............144

Weed control after CRP............145

Post-CRP soil fertility............146

Post-CRP management tips............147

Erosion-reducing manure............148

Cropwatch No. 96-20, Aug. 30, 1996, Lisa Brown Jasa

Crop Watch (1994–2005)

Inside

Sugar beet diseases ........... 136

Evapotranspiration data ... 136

Grasshopper control ......... 137

Hessian fly/pest controls .. 138

Wheat seed treatments ..... 139

Weather outlook ................ 140

Late season weeds ............ 140

Predicting last irrigation.. 141

Kansas pest update ........... 142

Cropwatch No. 96-19, Aug. 16, 1996, Lisa Brown Jasa

Crop Watch (1994–2005)

Inside

ECB update.................132

Evapotranspiration data.................132

Millet for feed.................133

Winter wheat meetings.................133

Herbicide Guide.................133

Restricted entry intervals.................134

Nitrogen use.................134