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White Mold Threatens Soybeans in 2012

Photo courtesy of X. B. Yang, ISU Dept. of Plant Pathology While this past winter proved to be very mild and rather dry, the spring has brought with it plenty of rain to make up for winter’s lack.  While farmers were able to plant early this year, emerging soybean crops are particularly vulnerable to White Mold in 2012. When soybean plants start... [Read more...]

  Burn Down Application Tips

With the mild winter and early spring, farmers are already seeing high weed pressure.  Stubborn, fast-spreading weeds such as Lambsquarter and Giant Ragweed are making an appearance, and field cultivators may not be able to uproot the weeds that have grown to substantial size.  In this case, burndown chemical applications may be unavoidable to achieve... [Read more...]

  Fuzzy Brown Moths

According to Iowa State’s Integrated Crop Management News, this has been the week of the fuzzy brown moths.  They are everywhere recently and some farmers are a little worried that these are harmful to their crops. Photo by Whitney Cranshaw, www.ipimages.org While some crop pests do fall into this category, there have been no serious crop pests... [Read more...]

  Popular LFR Corn Insecticide

Asmus Farm Supply, Inc. represents quality products. An excellent example of quality is FMC’s Capture LFR.  FMC has received a patent for its unique formulation of this popular corn insecticide.   LFR stands for “Liquid Fertilizer Ready”.  It simply means that the product will mix readily with starter fertilizer products and... [Read more...]

  Early Weed Emergence

With the unseasonably warm temperatures we have experienced this year, weed germination is almost a full month ahead of schedule.  The mild winter didn’t give Iowa farmers the usual “reset” of a good winter freeze, so cover crops are still thriving and the normal spring weeds are already getting a foothold in the fields. With weed... [Read more...]

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