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Around the County

Frequent information updates for agricultural audiences

October 31, 2008

Probabilities of Crop Insurance Payments

With the relatively large decline in market prices since planting time, many producers with crop insurance are wondering whether a claim should be made. A FarmDoc article covering the basics, and having a link to a calculator, is available at http://www.farmdoc.uiuc.edu/IFEU/IFEU_08_04/IFEU_08_04.html

Posted by John Fulton at 7:26 AM | Permalink |

October 24, 2008

Logan County Agriculture and Natural Resources Newsletter

The 2008-2009 Agriculture and Natural Resources Newsletter for Logan County is online at http://web.extension.uiuc.edu/logan/agnews/ Of course, this is a work in progress, as details are just coming out on some of the winter meetings.

Of note are the Private Pesticide Applicator Training, with the only Logan County date set for December 2 at the Lincoln Rec Center, and the Cost of Operation rates from earlier this year.

Posted by John Fulton at 10:55 AM | Permalink |

October 8, 2008

Fall Nitrogen Application Rates

Everyone knows the cost of nitrogen, well at least the fact it is priced similarly to gold (tons to ounces at least!) Here is the latest information concerning application recommendations based on price of commodity and price per pound of nitrogen:

http://www.ipm.uiuc.edu/bulletin/article.php?id=1041

Posted by John Fulton at 3:27 PM | Permalink |

October 8, 2008

Preliminary Corn Rootworm Control Ratings

The preliminary corn rootworm control ratings are in from the various U of I stations that conduct rootworm control research. Here is the link: http://www.ipm.uiuc.edu/bulletin/article.php?id=1038

Posted by John Fulton at 3:25 PM | Permalink |