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Common Challenges Around Harvest & How to Overcome
Grasshoppers It is not uncommon to find a population of grasshoppers in your combine tank. Normally around the field edges or maybe in a weed-laden area of...
Postharvest Nutrition
Yet again, 2022 has been a whirlwind of a growing season and here we, are in mid-September with apples coloring up and pears ready for storage. We started off...
Six Common Stalk Rots
Stalk rot development happens most years to some degree and this year it will follow a “vulture on the carcass” analogy as the plant had already pre-maturely...
How Fast Will This Year’s Corn Dry?
Drydown after black layer formation varies greatly from hybrid to hybrid. Hybrid characteristics such as husk coverage and heavy test weight can have a...
Physiology of Pre-Harvest Fruit Drop in Apple
Optimizing performance of apple stop-drop products can be improved with a basic understanding of the physiology of pre-harvest drop and some of the factors...
Post-Harvest Planning for Hops
The past few years have provided unusual environmental challenges to hop production in the PNW growing region. Fluctuating and abnormal precipitation and...
August Soybean Update
The news is somewhat better in soybeans in that they have some time on their side in hopes of receiving rainfall. Most soybeans are in full bloom (R1) to pod...
Tipping Back & Pollination Issues in Corn
“Tipping Back/Pollination Issues” in cornis common this year across many geographies and hybrid maturities due to the dry weather. We have talked about ear...
