Officially started the sweep scouting corn fields for weeds today! Corn staging anywhere between V2 - V6, and looking amazingly well. Still finding some seedling blight in saturated fields as well as a minor presence of slugs in fields where heavy residue is an issue. Corn seems to began to outgrow slug pressure for the most part.
Words of the day - Poke weed, Bur Cucumber, Giant Rags and P Vines, spent part of the day in southeastern part of territory and Cuc's were very easy to find with lateral growth of 1-3 inches. Pre-emergent herbicides have been on the ground in some cases 40 days and we are for the most part two-pass weed control. Grasses are slow to emerge, but with temps in the 80's this week it should bring 'em on. Spraying will soon start and side-dress is well underway.
Final day of scouting CLB, rechecking fields that were below threshold last week. Looks like feeding over the weekend never slowed down! Finishing up spraying tomorrow. Final numbers 70-80% of fields that were checked insecticide was applied.
Glad this is over!
Remember, Proactive vs. Reactive. Will begin tissue sampling for micro-nutrients this week. There seems to be a lot of buzz concerning micros and limiting top end yield. I have heard and seen a lot of products that are being applied without any real good reason why. We have teamed up with WinField Solutions and are working with a program called Nutrisolutions. We are proactively selecting fields that have good macro nutrient levels and testing for micro deficiencies. If sample represents low levels and conditions are right a application of a micro such as Max N ZMB, Max N Mn, or Ascend might be needed.
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If your interested in a great day of learning, join me at our local Answer Plot in South Charleston on June 15th. More details to follow.
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Auggie Smith - CCA
740-808-2108
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