Disease
These biological products have the ability to increase germination, improve nutrient uptake, enhance nutrient-use efficiency and increase tolerance to and recovery from abiotic stresses.
Growing conditions during the summer showed the Eastern Corn Belt had better crop production potential compared to the West. Naomi Blohm and Bob Utterback talk harvest yield reports and the potential market impact.
The disease is shutting down corn crop growth prematurely in parts of Illinois, especially in fields with D hybrids. You may need to harvest those fields sooner than later.
Check the stalk quality of D and L-1 hybrids. One has been hit by late-season disease, while high winds have taken a toll on the other.
Cornfields that had promised above-average or record yields, prior to being affected, are now more likely to produce average results at harvest.
Crops across much of the state look good heading into the home stretch but still need to be monitored for insects and disease.
Corteva Agriscience has a robust number of products it expects to introduce to U.S. farmers between now and 2023 for use in more than 10 crops.
Such products can help prevent or ward off pathogenic fungi and bacteria and, in some cases, be paired with conventional disease-control measures.
The fungicide is based on picarbutrazox and will protect corn and soybean seedlings from blight and damping-off diseases.
Because of resistance to some of the existing technology in the marketplace, farmers need to evaluate carefully which product can effectively address the specific foliar diseases in their fields.