Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec
12/22/09
♦ Potassium fertilization of irrigated corn in reduced-tillage systems
♦ Considerations for growing sesame in 2010
♦ Happy Holidays from K-State's Department of Agronomy!
12/18/09
♦ Using satellite imagery to track spread of Old World bluestem in Kansas grasslands
♦ Changes in soil carbon concentration and structural properties with deficit irrigation
♦ Cover Your Acres Conference Set for Jan. 19-20 in Oberlin
12/11/09
♦ Vertical fillage: What is it and how does it work?
♦ Potential for wheat die-out during the winter
♦ Blackleg found in winter canola fields
12/04/09
♦ The occurrence of ALS-resistant mustards in Kansas
♦ Sudden Death Syndrome in soybeans
♦ Online seminar on Soybean Sudden Death Syndrome
♦ Nitrogen deficiency on wheat this fall
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11/25/09
♦ Storage efficiency of off-season irrigation applications in Kansas
♦ Impacts of no-till on water quality
11/20/09
♦ ALS-resistant cheatgrass
♦ Chloride and sulfur as topdressing for wheat
♦ Benefits of timber stand improvement on Kansas farmsteads
11/13/09
♦ Topdressing wheat decisions on early-planted and late-planted wheat
♦ Controlling annual broadleaf and grassy weeds with fall-applied herbicides
♦ Dealing with ruts and packed soils
♦ What to do with moldy grain?
11/06/09
♦ Bird cherry-oat aphids and greenbugs on wheat
♦ Benefit of fungicide seed treatments for late-planted wheat
♦ Tillage practice survey in Kansas
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10/29/09
♦ Webinar on drying high-moisture corn and soybeans Friday morning
♦ Late planting of wheat
♦ Timing of cheatgrass herbicides
♦ Use of nitrogen in carrier with cheatgrass herbicides
10/23/09
♦ Miscanthus: Management and potential as bioenergy crop in Kansas
♦ Remote sensing analysis of land cover on local, regional, and national scales
♦ This year's weather to date, and outlook for late fall, winter
♦ Potential disease problems on standing corn, grain sorghum, and soybeans
10/16/09
♦ Possible causes of blank heads in grain sorghum
♦ Fall freeze damage to soybeans
♦ Prussic acid and nitrates in sorghum regrowth after harvest
♦ Considerations when pasturing wheat
10/09/09
♦ Hostplant resistance to soybean stem borer
♦ Guide to wheat replant decisions
♦ New herbicide chemistry receives EPA registration
10/02/09
♦ Late-season mangement decisions for alfalfa
♦ Diagnosing emergence and seedling problems from a fall planting of alfalfa
♦ Canola: Evaluating emergence and early-season growth
♦ Wheat emergence and seedling development concerns
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09/25/09
♦ Investigation of streaks and uneven growth in broadcast/incorporated wheat
♦ Fall control of sericea lespedeza should be done soon
♦ Two-gene Clearfield wheat varieties show improved tolerance to Beyond herbicide
♦ Bur ragweed control with September treatments
♦ Fall control of bindweed
♦ How volunteer Roundup Ready corn may affect dryland wheat yields
09/18/09
♦ Wheat planting date and seeding rate research in northwest Kansas
♦ Crop residue decomposition and nutrient release rates
♦ Nitrogen cycling and production by cover crops
♦ Water repellency of no-till and continuous-cropped soils
09/11/09
♦ Preplant and planting time fertilizer decisions for wheat
♦ Adjusting wheat seeding rates for unfavorable conditions
♦ The importance of fall tillers in wheat yields
09/04/09
♦ Strategies for dealing with wheat seed impacted by head scab
♦ Cool temperatures and sorghum pollination
♦ Avoiding subsoil compaction at harvest
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08/28/09
♦ Early planting of wheat can lead to several problems
♦ Using insecticide seed treatments for fall Hessian fly and greenbug control
♦ Rotation effects on wheat yields
08/21/09
♦ Signup period on now for Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP)
♦ Fertilizing fescue and bromegrass hay meadows and pasture
♦ Liming acid soils for optimum wheat production
08/14/09
♦ New herbicide-resistant crops under development
♦ Potential for nitrate and prussic acid toxicity in summer annual forages
♦ Cover Crops Field Day, September 9
08/07/09
♦ Winter cereal forage options for Kansas
♦ Fall can be a good time to plant alfalfa
♦ Start planning now for winter canola planting
♦ July weather in Kansas: How cool, how wet?
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07/31/09
♦ Yellow soybeans: Causes and solutions
♦ Control weeds in wheat stubble before they set seed
♦ Maximizing production and quality of hay from summer annual forages
07/24/09
♦ Fungicide seed treatment options in wheat
♦ Soil planning and protection needed in homesite evaluation and establishment
07/17/09
♦ Terrace evaluation and maintenance
♦ Postharvest dormancy can affect germination tests on this year’s wheat seed
♦ Start early and remain vigilant in controlling volunteer wheat
♦ Correction to article on wheat stubble burning
07/10/09
♦ Effect of cropping intensity, tillage, and residue cover on soil properties
♦ Factors to consider before burning wheat residue
♦ Test weights in wheat: Why some are high and some are below average this year
♦ No-till crop rotation research for central and south central Kansas
♦ Wind damage in corn
07/02/09
♦ Possible causes of yellow soybeans
♦ The return of conventional soybean variety performance test
♦ Effect of soil pH on crop yields: Southeast Agricultural Research Center
♦ Black point in harvested wheat grain
♦ New Wheat Variety Disease and Insect Ratings publication now available
♦ Tribute to Bob Bohannon, former K-State Extension Agronomist
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06/26/09
♦ Sooty molds in wheat
♦ Barley yellow dwarf infections this year
♦ Sericea lespedeza control
♦ Plant analysis for soybeans
06/19/09
♦ Corn leaf diseases in Kansas
♦ Evaluating non-uniform sorghum stands
♦ Potential corn ear development problems from off-label herbicide applications
♦ Using plant analysis to monitor your corn fertilization program
06/12/09
♦ Diagnosing common nutrient deficiencies in corn and grain sorghum
♦ Chloride fertilization of grain sorghum in north central Kansas
♦ Winter canola crop update
06/05/09
♦ Loose smut on wheat: Causes and treatments
♦ Impact of Best Management Practices on water quality in Cheney Watershed
♦ Head scab on wheat in Kansas
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05/29/09
♦ Symptoms of take-all in wheat
♦ Assessing early-season hail damage on corn
♦ Effect of stand loss on corn yields
05/22/09
♦ Understanding P and K fertilizer management systems
♦ How to choose the correct GPS and Guidance System for your operation
♦ Plant analysis for wheat: Be sure it’s done at the proper stage of growth
05/15/09
♦ Estimating wheat yields
♦ Cause of whitish layer on the soil surface
♦ Residue in seed furrow causes poor growth in no-till wheat
♦ Annual cover crops in a wheat-fallow system in southwest Kansas
05/08/09
♦ A case of chlorotic wheat in Saline County
♦ Spring musk thistle control
♦ Diagnosing uneven corn height problem
♦ Disease and insect situation in wheat
♦ Wheat Diagnostic School reminder
05/01/09
♦ Implications of delayed corn planting
♦ Effect of flooded and waterlogged soils on corn growth and yield
♦ Diagnosing a problem of poor wheat growth in Ellis County
♦ Fusarium Head Blight alert web site
♦ Nitrogen loss potential in wet soils
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04/24/09
♦ Haying and grazing CRP ground after contract expiration
♦ Sesame production in Kansas
♦ Follow-up on freeze damaged wheat in south central
04/17/09
♦ Spring applications of growth regulator herbicides in wheat
♦ Nutrient deficiency symptoms of wheat in spring
♦ Wheat freeze update: Southeast and eastern southcentral Kansas
♦ Effect of the freezes on wheat in southwest Kansas
04/13/09
♦ Kansas wheat freeze injury update
♦ Wheat freeze injury in Saline County
04/10/09
♦ The role of fungicides in controlling Fusarium head scab in wheat
♦ Troubleshooting a wheat development problem in western Kansas
♦ Post-freeze insect activity on wheat and alfalfa
♦ Wheat Diagnostic School in Garden City, May 13-14
04/06/09
♦ Potential freeze damage to wheat
♦ Freeze-damaged corn
04/03/09
♦ Wheat fungicide management decisions
♦ Timing of prescribed burns on warm-season grazinglands
♦ Physical damage to wheat from sleet
♦ Evaluation freeze injury in south central Kansas
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03/27/09
♦ Wheat problems in northwest Kansas
♦ Soybean cyst nematode ratings
♦ Corn population recommendations
♦ Should corn seeding rates be adjusted for planting dates and hybrid maturities?
03/20/09
♦ Agricultural practices for soil carbon sequestration
♦ Soil salinity problems in Kansas
♦ Canola Field Tour coming up April 23
03/13/09
♦ Minimizing the risk of corn stalk loss or failure
♦ Kansas Bankers Awards newest categories: Examples of winning practices
03/06/09
♦ Soybean seeding rates
♦ New herbicides registered for corn in Kansas
♦ Prescribed burning of CRP this spring
♦ Spring is the best time to assess soil compaction
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02/27/09
♦ First hollow stem in wheat
♦ Nitrogen use by wheat
♦ Eastern gamagrass production in Kansas
♦ Crop production problem diagnosis: Poor wheat greenup
02/20/09
♦ Western and Central Kansas CRP conversion to cropland
♦ Eastern Kansas CRP conversion to cropland
♦ Carbon credits on CRP ground
♦ Crop insurance coverage for land emerging from CRP
02/13/09
♦ Fertilizing fescue and bromegrass hay meadows and pastures
♦ Effects of early greenup in wheat
♦ Soybean seed treatments in Kansas
♦ Late winter/early spring control of cheatgrasses in wheat
♦ New Southwest Area Crops and Soils Specialist
02/06/09
♦ Nitrogen contributions from legume crops: Amounts and availability
♦ Wheat response to foliar application of copper and zinc
♦ Topdressing wheat with N: Timing, application methods, source, and rates
♦ Onsite wastewater treatment system additives
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01/30/09
♦ Spring oats for forage production
♦ Sources of free data for Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
♦ Sorghum populations and row spacing
♦ Winter/spring options for winter annual broadleaf control in wheat
♦ Clarification: Herbicides for new ALS- and ACCase-resistant sorghum lines
01/23/09
♦ The effects of residue removal on soil and water quality
♦ Weed control strategies in grain sorghum
♦ The value of soil profile nitrogen testing
01/16/09
♦ Controlling problem weeds in Roundup Ready corn with glyphosate tank mixes
♦ Early-season fungicide applications on wheat
♦ Alternative herbicide programs in Roundup Ready soybeans
♦ Additional comment on conventional soybean varieties
01/09/09
♦ Availability of phosphorus in manure applications to soil
♦ Can no-till reduce erosion even if surface residue levels are sparse?
♦ Conventional soybean varieties
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Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec
12/23/08
♦ Winter survival of canola
♦ 2009 Cover Your Acres Conference
♦ 2009 Kansas Hay and Grazing Conference
12/19/08
♦ Potential causes of corn ear development problems
♦ Hessian fly: A potential cause of winterkill in wheat
12/12/08
♦ Winterkill of wheat
♦ Milling and baking quality ratings of wheat varieties
12/05/08
♦ Estimating crop residue cover
♦ Bt corn hybrids on the market: Genes, events, and insects controlled
♦ Agriculture could face changes due to climate change
♦ Climate change projections for Kansas
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11/26/08
♦ Minimizing losses when storing large round bales
♦ Summary of 2008 disease activity on row crops in Kansas
11/21/08
♦ Glyphosate-resistant giant ragweed in Kansas
♦ Maintaining stormwater Best Management Practices
11/14/08
♦ New approach to breeding for leaf rust resistance in wheat
♦ Nitrogen immobilization as a cause of yellow wheat
11/07/08
♦ Harvesting freeze-damaged sorghum
♦ How volunteer Roundup Ready corn may affect dryland wheat yields
♦ Symptoms of aluminum toxicity injury to wheat
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10/31/08
♦ Fall applications of anhydrous ammonia for row crops
♦ No-till, soil organic matter, and soil compaction
♦ Corn yields affected by previous crops in rotation: SE Kansas research
10/24/08
♦ Causes of yellow wheat in the fall
♦ Estimating yield reductions from fall freeze damage in summer grain crops
♦ Soil testing: When and how to take soil samples
10/17/08
♦ Grazing or haying freeze-damaged sorghum
♦ Starter fertilizer application methods in reduced-till irrigated corn
♦ Effect of wheat stubble height on dryland corn yield
10/13/08
♦ Nitrogen rates for wheat after soybeans
♦ Wheat replant decision guide
10/03/08
♦ Palmer amaranth control in grain sorghum
♦ Fall/winter fertilization of smooth bromegrass pastures and hay meadows
♦ Fall/winter fertilization of tall fescue pasture
♦ Insect problems on wheat and alfalfa this fall
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09/24/08
♦ Poultry litter as source of N and P
♦ Timing of last cutting for alfalfa
09/19/08
♦ Adjusting wheat seeding rates for various conditions
♦ Wheat blends: Performance Test results in 2008
♦ Principles of making a good wheat variety blend
09/12/08
♦ Will summer crops in Kansas mature before frost?
♦ New developments in weather data collection in Kansas
♦ Cool weather raises the potential for sorghum ergot
♦ Factors that determine soil infiltration rate
09/05/08
♦ Black point and sooty mold in wheat: Is a seed treatment needed?
♦ Small grain cereal forage test results for 2008
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08/29/08
♦ Downy brome control in wheat
♦ Early-season nitrogen management for wheat
♦ Sericea lespedeza control
♦ Early-season nitrogen management for wheat
08/20/08
♦ Maintaining grass waterways
♦ Biomass energy crops for Kansas
♦ Measurement of carbon loss and sequestration in native prairie
♦ Improving water quality through the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
♦ Can cover crops suppress weeds?
♦ Sunflower production in south central Kansas
♦ Weed control in sunflowers in south central Kansas
♦ Sesame as a potential alternative crop in Kansas
08/15/08
♦ Phosphorus fertility for wheat
♦ New wheat herbicides for 2008
♦ Sprouting tolerance ratings of wheat varieties
♦ Considerations for wheat planted on non-optimal dates in SC and SE Kansas
♦ Herbicide-resistant sorghum
08/08/08
♦ Importance of controlling volunteer wheat
♦ Soybean aphid infestations continue in Kansas
♦ Carbon credit program deadline is August 15
♦ Soil calcium and magnesium levels: Does the ratio make a difference?
08/01/08
♦ Mixtures of red wheat and white wheat: How does it happen?
♦ Control weeds in wheat stubble before they set seed
♦ Soybean leaf cupping caused by potato leaf hoppers
♦ Effect of heat stress on corn, grain sorghum, and soybeans
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07/24/08
♦ Liming prior to fall seedings of alfalfa
♦ Abnormal corn ears
♦ Canola production and breeding update for Kansas
07/16/08
♦ Seed treatments for scabby wheat
♦ Germination testing of wheat seed
♦ Nematode infestation on alfalfa in western Kansas
07/08/08
♦ Nutrient deficiencies in soybeans
♦ Plant analysis for testing nutrient levels in soybeans
♦ The role of nitrogen fertilizer in soil pH levels
♦ Agronomy Field Day highlights agriculture’s solutions to global change
♦ New Extension Nutrient Management Specialist
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06/26/08
♦ Yield prospects for various doublecrop options
♦ Herbicide carryover considerations when doublecropping after wheat
♦ Doublecropping options in northwest and northcentral Kansas
♦ Doublecropping options for southeast Kansas
♦ Using plant analysis to monitor your corn fertilization program
06/19/08
♦ Hail damage on soybeans
♦ Replanting soybeans late: Variety selection, seeding rate, and row spacing
♦ Comparison of summer annual forage options
♦ Wheat streak mosaic potential on fields of hail damaged wheat
06/12/08
♦ Head scab on wheat in Kansas
♦ Crop insurance considerations with head scab and other quality issues
♦ White heads in wheat: Hail or wheat stem maggot?
♦ Measuring soil pH and lime requirement
06/05/08
♦ Effect of flooded and water-logged soils on corn growth and yield
♦ Nitrogen loss potential in wet soils
♦ Saturated and flooded soybean fields
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05/30/08
♦ Wheat disease update
♦ Causes of white heads in wheat
♦ New web site for Soil Testing Lab
♦ Agronomy Field Day in Manhattan: August 22, 2008
05/27/08
♦ Foundation herbicide programs for Roundup Ready soybeans
♦ Results of 2007 fungicide trials on corn
♦ Assessing early-season hail damage on corn
♦ Effect of stand loss on corn yields
05/16/08
♦ Time to evaluate corn stands
♦ Wheat disease update
♦ Options for controlling invasive dogwood in pastures
♦ Sericea lespedeza control
05/09/08
♦ Method for estimating wheat yields
♦ Plant analysis for wheat: Optimum sampling time is near
♦ Site-specific weed management
05/02/08
♦ Insect pests to watch for in wheat
♦ Leaf rust update
♦ Tillage and land use trends in Kansas and the U.S.
♦ Research on air quality from cattle feedlots
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04/25/08
♦ Leaf rust poses a serious threat again in 2008
♦ Importance of soybean inoculation: Field photos
♦ Principles of successful soybean inoculation
♦ Corn Watch: Software for predicting corn development
♦ The importance of good soil aggregation
04/17/08
♦ Army cutworm alert in canola
♦ Placing fertilizer with seed
♦ The challenge of collecting a representative soil sample
04/15/08
♦ Hard freeze in central and eastern Kansas
♦ Diagnosing freeze injury on wheat
04/11/08
♦ How late can wheat be topdressed with nitrogen?
♦ Field diagnosis of wheat problems
♦ Nitrogen loss potential in wet soils
♦ Implications of delayed corn planting
04/04/08
♦ Recropping wheat ground: Herbicide carryover considerations
♦ Lumax received full registration for use in grain sorghum
♦ Update on the potential for leaf rust in wheat
♦ Heaving damage, late planting, shallow planting, and other wheat problems
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03/28/08
♦ First hollow stem in wheat
♦ Quantifying the value and benefits of crop residue
♦ Liquid 11-37-0 fertilizer: How it differs from 10-34-0
03/21/08
♦ Skip-row corn research in western Kansas
♦ Soybean Populations
♦ WRAPS projects update
♦ Triticum Mosaic Virus in Kansas
03/14/08
♦ Avoiding seed and seedling injury with spring-applied anhydrous ammonia
♦ Key factors in deciding whether to apply foliar fungicides to wheat
♦ Winter canola update
♦ Barney Gordon receives award from Fluid Fertilizer Foundation
♦ Direct link to Agronomy e-Update Index
03/07/08
♦ Prescribed burning of CRP fields
♦ Herbicide seed treatment on grain sorghum could help reduce hunger in Africa
♦ Patch-burn research in Kansas
♦ Updated Index to past issues of Agronomy e-Update
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02/29/08
♦ Nitrogen fertilization of bromegrass this spring
♦ Spring wheat in Kansas
♦ No-till, continuous wheat and tan spot research
♦ Where to send possible contaminated soil for analysis
♦ New, quicker method of measuring lagoon seepage being developed
02/22/08
♦ Comparing dryland grain sorghum and corn performance in NC Kansas
♦ The outlook for thin stands and late-emerged wheat
♦ The BlueSkyRAINS project for smoke management in the Flint Hills
♦ Winter canola production schools scheduled
02/15/08
♦ Corn plant population recommendations
♦ How corn plants respond to changes in plant populations
♦ Starter fertilizer rates and placement for corn
♦ Oat forage production
02/08/08
♦ Management practices for Group III soybeans in southern Kansas
♦ Sunflowers as a doublecrop option in southern Kansas
♦ Choosing wheat varieties for late winter plantings
02/01/08
♦ Effect of cold temperatures on unemerged wheat
♦ Winter/spring options for winter annual broadleaf control in wheat
♦ New Southeast Area Extension Crops and Soils Specialist
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01/25/08
♦ Comparing corn and grain sorghum performance in the High Plains
♦ Planning for spring-seeded alfalfa
01/18/08
♦ Surface applications of nitrogen on snow-covered fields of wheat
♦ Chloride as a fertilizer nutrient for wheat, grain sorghum, and corn
♦ Reducing phosphorus movement into surface water: Eutrophication TMDLs
♦ Correction to herbicide name
01/11/08
♦ Fertilizer price/supply situation
♦ Web Soil Survey 2.0: Access to soils data in all Kansas counties
♦ Soybean seed supply
♦ Cover Your Acres Conference 2008
01/04/08
♦ Postemergence weed control in ExpressSun and Clearfield sunflowers
♦ New herbicide products for 2008
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Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec
12/21/07
♦ Vernalization and yield potential of late-emerging wheat
♦ Biomass crops: Effect of harvest intensity on soil carbon levels
12/14/07
♦ Biotech corn: Select hybrids, not traits
♦ Wheat Quality Lab update
12/06/07
♦ Soybean Cyst Nematode and Sudden Death Syndrome ratings
♦ INTSORMIL project to help West African farmers with sorghum and millet production
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11/30/07
♦ Herbicide-resistant grain sorghum
♦ Causes of yellow wheat in the fall
♦ Topdressing wheat with N: Timing, application methods, sources, and rates
11/17/07
♦ Problems of late-emerging wheat
♦ Bt corn hybrids on the market: Genes, events, and insects controlled
♦ ALS-resistant cheatgrass
11/10/07
♦ Crop insurance questions regarding thick stands of volunteer wheat
♦ Soil organic matter: How it is measured in the lab
♦ Upcoming Forum: Agriculture’s Role in the New Carbon Economy
11/03/07
♦ Late-emerging volunteer: Is it wheat, or is it a shag carpet?
♦ Fall alfalfa cutting decisions
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10/26/07
♦ What to do with thick stands of volunteer wheat
♦ Effect of freeze damage on Foundation Seed wheat seed supplies and production
♦ La Nina and drought in Kansas
10/19/07
♦ Wheat crop insurance deadline considerations
♦ Sweet sorghum for bioenergy
10/12/07
♦ Controlling annual broadleaf and grassy weeds with fall-applied atrazine
♦ “Premium” and/or “Low-Salt” fertilizers: Are they worth the extra cost?
♦ Wheat topdressing plans: Don’t overestimate N credits from legumes
10/05/07
♦ Soybean crop conditions in Kansas
♦ Diagnosing alfalfa stand establishment and seedling growth problems in the fall
♦ Sorghum ergot
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09/28/07
♦ Fall control of woody plants on rangeland
♦ K-State’s soybean breeding program
♦ Wheat: Diagnosing early-season problems
♦ Canola: Diagnosing stand establishment and early-season problems
09/21/07
♦ Comparison of potential biomass energy crops for Kansas
♦ Evaluating newly emerged wheat stands
♦ The need for volunteer control
♦ Management decisions for the last cutting of alfalfa
♦ La Niña: Outlook for Kansas weather this fall and winter
09/14/07
♦ Planting tips for wheat planted after row crop harvest
♦ Sunflower preharvest treatments
♦ Fertilizer management for cool-season pastures
09/07/07
♦ Wheat variety selection for planting after row crops
♦ Nitrogen management in no-till wheat
♦ Nitrogen timing in wheat
♦ Sericea lespedeza control
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08/31/07
♦ Herbicide options for fall control of winter annual bromes in wheat
♦ Fungicide seed treatment options in wheat
♦ Delayed emergence of volunteer wheat
♦ Why is it so hard to grow wheat these days?
08/24/07
♦ Yield potential of wheat varieties treated with foliar fungicide
♦ Using starter fertilizer for wheat
♦ Winter cereals for forage
♦ Canola planting guide
08/17/07
♦ Outlook for late-planted soybeans
♦ Injury to glyphosate-tolerant corn from off-label applications of glyphosate
♦ Volunteer wheat and Hessian fly control
♦ Sorghum headworms
08/10/07
♦ Tips for planting low-test-weight wheat
♦ Fall can be a good time to plant alfalfa in Kansas
08/03/07
♦ Controlling tall, thick stands of weeds and volunteer wheat
♦ Test soil for nitrogen and other nutrients before planting wheat this fall
♦ Wheat test weight or variety: Which factor is more important this year?
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07/27/07
♦ Estimated Crop Nutrient Removal
07/20/07
♦ Home germination testing of wheat seed
♦ Crop residue burning: Soil quality considerations
07/11/07
♦ White wheat contamination in red wheat
♦ Sub-standard test weight classification approved for certified wheat seed
07/06/07
♦ Sprouted wheat as seed
♦ How late can you plant grain sorghum and soybeans?
♦ Requirements for selling wheat seed
♦ Fluid phosphate product sludge
♦ Potato leafhoppers on alfalfa
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06/26/07
♦ Causes of black point and sooty mold in wheat
♦ Why are test weights in wheat so low this season?
♦ Wheat seed quality concerns: Low test weights and foreign material
♦ Conducting germination tests on this year’s wheat seed
♦ How to condition grain for seed
06/18/07
♦ Canola conditions in Kansas and tips for harvesting
♦ Diagnosing most common nutrient deficiencies in corn and grain sorghum
06/15/07
♦ Lodged wheat and the potential for volunteer
♦ Saturated and flooded soybean fields
06/08/07
♦ Stressed and freeze-damaged wheat in western Kansas
♦ Delayed soybean planting: Effect on variety selection, seeding rate, and row spacing
♦ Hail damage on soybeans
♦ Deadline for Lumax application on grain sorghum extended
♦ Does corn need additional nitrogen?
06/01/07
♦ Assessing early-season hail damage on corn
♦ Effect of stand loss on corn yields
♦ “Rootless Corn” syndrome
♦ White heads in wheat
♦ Armyworm infestations in wheat
♦ New Environmental Soil Science and Soil and Water Conservation Specialist
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05/17/07
♦ Evaluate damaged and weakened alfalfa stands this summer
♦ Wet soils, soil-borne diseases, and soybean seed treatments
♦ Soybean yield response to phosphorus and potassium
♦ Storage and handling of fluid phosphate fertilizers
0511/07
♦ Post-freeze alfalfa problems and management strategies
♦ Will wet weather affect seed- and soil-applied insecticide treatments on corn?
♦ Stripe rust on wheat in Kansas this spring
05/08/07
♦ Effect of flooded and water-logged soils on corn growth and yield
♦ Denitrification loss potential in wet soils
♦ Effect of saturated soils on diseases and seed treatment efficacy
♦ Effect of wet weather on herbicide efficacy
05/04/07
♦ Freeze-damaged wheat: Maintenance of representative sample areas for insurance appraisal deferrals
♦ Fungicides for wheat
♦ A note of caution when estimating yields on wheat that has headed
05/01/07
♦ Estimating wheat yields
♦ Viability of heads on freeze-damaged wheat
♦ Expected harvest delays in freeze-damaged wheat
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04/27/07
♦ Canola conditions in Kansas
♦ Lumax Section 18 approved for 2007 use on grain sorghum in Kansas
♦ Wheat disease update
♦ Implications of delayed corn planting
04/26/07
♦ Options and Management Strategies for Freeze-Damaged Wheat
04/25/07
♦ Extent of freeze damage to wheat
♦ Failed wheat: Effect of soil and plant nitrogen on soybeans
04/20/07
♦ Wheat Freeze Damage Symptoms as of April 20, 2007
04/19/07
♦ Haying and grazing freeze-damaged wheat
♦ Watch out for high nitrate levels in freeze-damaged wheat, canola, and alfalfa
04/18/07
♦ What to do with alfalfa that has gone flat
♦ Wheat freeze damage and insurance notification
♦ How much fertilizer can safely be placed with the seed?
04/13/07
♦ Preliminary assessment of freeze damage
♦ Wheat disease update and freeze complications
♦ Herbicide carryover considerations when recropping damaged wheat
♦ Nitrogen availability on soils with freeze-damaged wheat
04/09/07
♦ How cold did it get?
♦ Freeze-damaged corn
♦ Carbon credit program expands into western Kansas
04/06/07
♦ Managing freeze-damaged alfalfa
04/04/07
♦ Effect of hard freeze on wheat in jointing and boot stages
♦ Glyphosate application methods: Effect of time of day and spray volume
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03/30/07
♦ Sweet sorghum: A potential bioenergy crop for Kansas?
♦ ALS-resistant sorghum: Developing new weed control options
♦ Fertilizing cotton
03/23/07
♦ Minimizing the risk of corn stand loss or failure
03/16/07
♦ Spring planting of Roundup Ready and conventional alfalfa
♦ Full-rate and reduced-rate residual herbicide programs for corn
♦ Canola research and field tours
♦ Are liquid fertilizers better than dry fertilizers?
03/09/07
♦ Corn weed control
♦ Applying topdress N to wheat after jointing
♦ Causes of poor wheat growth
03/02/07
♦ Continuous corn considerations
♦ Topdressed nitrogen on wheat: Effect of the wet winter weather
♦ Waterlogged wheat
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02/23/07
♦ Soil and plant testing for chloride in Kansas
♦ Chloride fertilization research on wheat, grain sorghum, and corn
♦ Soil nitrogen: Understanding an increasingly valuable commodity
02/16/07
♦ Special issue: Renewable Fuels and the Bioeconomy
02/09/07
♦ Red cedar control on grazinglands
♦ Grain sorghum hybrid selection
♦ Preplant considerations for cotton
♦ Winter damage to alfalfa stands
♦ Avoid applying nitrogen to frozen soils
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01/31/07
♦ Nitrogen management considerations for wheat
♦ Oat forage production
♦ Spring greenup will reveal whether ice has damaged wheat
01/26/07
♦ Late topdressing of wheat
♦ Sulfur deficiencies in Kansas
♦ Effect of heat and drought timing on grain sorghum
01/19/07
♦ Foliar potassium on irrigated soybeans
♦ Mullein control in pastures and rangeland
01/13/07
♦ Nitrogen management considerations for wheat
♦ Oat forage production
♦ Spring greenup will reveal whether ice has damaged wheat
01/05/07
♦ Continuous wheat research
♦ New herbicide products for 2007
♦ Comparison of four HDDP-inhibitor herbicides: Callisto, Impact, Laudis, Lumax
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