Category Archives: Hybrid selection

Weather and Harvest Results: Planning for Next Year

Posted on October 20, 2010 by Rich Lee (Iowa)

We are deep into harvest and a couple of yield trends are showing up all across the state. Last year was the summer without a summer – too cool, too wet and too hard to forget. Because of that experience many corn growers cut back on the amount of full-season hybrids they plant, and who could blame them?  We all try to outguess the weather but doing that is a bit like expecting to see a beauty shop spell the … Continue reading →

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Newsflash: “Goss’s Wilt Invades the East”

Posted on September 8, 2010 by Josh Erwin (Nebraska)

Sounds a bit like an army gathering the troops, planning their covert operations, and preparing to march eastward into battle.  You might be thinking, “Why I am I reading about an army marching into battle? I thought this was an agronomy blog.”  Yes, you are correct, this is an agronomy blog and the army under discussion  is a bacterial disease making its way eastward. Thinking back to my days of scouting fields in north central Nebraska, I remember when I … Continue reading →

Posted in Disease, Genetic diversity, Hybrid selection, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska | View Comments