The 2024 class of Brevant brand soybeans is the largest to date, with 24 new Enlist E3 soybean varieties featuring genetics from Corteva Agriscience and a focus on consistent performance in any growing season.
Some Minnesotans are experiencing a bit of weather whiplash as some areas that experienced a historically severe drought in 2021 are currently experiencing very wet weather. In addition to delaying spring planting, the weather also impacts when crop pests will emerge or arrive.
With tight profit margins, and other issues affecting farm profitability, some producers that use iLeVO for helping manage sudden death syndrome (SDS) of soybeans have decided to skip including base fungicide treatments in an effort to save money.
Most Midwest producers are behind in getting corn and soybeans into the ground this year as a result of persistent rains and cool temperatures. The University of Illinois takes a look at what this might mean for some of the common field crop diseases.
Simply planting SCN varieties said to be resistant is no longer an effective solution to the problem, and areas with high levels of both SDS and SCN need to managed simultaneously, says Purdue University Extension.
Researchers consistently found that Fusarium virguliforme on corn kernels at average harvest loss resulted in the most sudden death syndrome, says a University of Nebraska Extension Educator.
Source: By Heather Young Kelly, University of Tennessee Extension
There were multiple reports of Sudden Death Syndrome (SDS) in soybeans this past year. The cooler, wet season helped promote the disease in susceptible varieties, but the presence of soybean cyst nematode (SCN) can also increase the effect of SDS.
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