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Angie Peltier
Former Extension Educator, Commercial Agriculture
Recent Posts
- Scouting shouldn't end until after harvest
- Making informed foliar fungicide decisions = scout before tasseling time
- They're baaaack! Scouting tips and thresholds for Japanese beetles.
- Center Field Day - July 26, 8 AM
- Changes coming to Hill and Furrow
- Keep an eye out for bacterial leaf streak in corn
- Following Crop Development in a Corn Planting Date Trial
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Monday, April 25, 2016
Timely weed management is essential
Many may remember the 2015 growing season as the one in which the weeds took over in many Western Illinois soybean (and some corn) fields. Abnormally wet weather led to saturated soils that were impassible for long periods of time before post-emergence herbicides were applied. Weeds were extra thick in those fields that relied on a post-emergence-only weed management plan. Whatever the factors...
Thursday, April 21, 2016
Stripe Rust Observed in Madison County Wheat
Retired commercial agriculture Extension educator Robert Bellm observed stripe rust yesterday in several wheat fields in Madison County ( Figure ). Rust pathogens are obligate parasites, meaning that they need a living host in order to survive. Wind and rain systems from further south bring spores to our area. This is why rust sightings in states to the South and in S...
Thursday, April 7, 2016
Trends in Continuous Corn and Corn-Soy Rotation Planting Dates
Although Twitter came alive this spring with reports of farmers near Pearl, IL (in Pike County) planting corn on March 8, and I spoke with a farmer in Knox County that planted corn on March 22, most people wait for the 'earliest plant' dates dictated by the USDA Risk Management Agency (RMA). RMA sets these dates based upon historical weather patterns, balancing the risks associated with frost a...
Wednesday, April 6, 2016
Weather Summary and Soil Conditions - January through April 5, 2016
Precipitation. Although it may seem to be a rainy first quarter of 2016 as many of the more recent rain events are taking place at a time when spring field operations should be taking place, total precipitation at the Northwestern Illinois Agricultural Research and Demonstration Center in 2016 is ½ inch below normal (Table). Both January and February were more than 1 inch below...
