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Monday 09/10/07

SCN - Top Count at 136,000

Nebraska farmer finds a high SCN egg count in a field and sets state record.[Read Full Blog Post]

Posted at 11:16AM CDT 09/10/07 by Dan Davidson | Post a Comment

Comments (2)

Ohio State estimated over 200,000 on two farms just west of me. Time for corn!

Posted by Ed Winkle at 3:16PM CDT 09/10/07

Ed you are right time for corn, and if I can add, time for corn for several years in a row.

Posted by Daniel Davidson at 3:21PM CDT 09/10/07

Farm Liability Policy Provides Weak Medical Coverage

A recent accident on our family revealed how our liability policy does not automatically cover medical expenses leaving us at financial risk.[Read Full Blog Post]

Posted at 10:41AM CDT 09/10/07 by Dan Davidson | 0 Comments | Post a Comment

Free Ammonia Fatal to Seed

Nebraska farmer learns that it is not safe to seed oats directly after applying a heavy dose of cattle manure. The free ammonia is toxic to germinating seed.[Read Full Blog Post]

Posted at 9:01AM CDT 09/10/07 by Dan Davidson | 0 Comments | Post a Comment

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2	3	4 Are You Ready for Corn Harvest Farm Accident Creates a Weekend Scare	5 Corn Expansion in the North Can You Aerially Seed Winter Rye into Standing Corn? On to a Bin Moving Project	6 Rules of the Road for Sharing Semis at Harvest Do Your Fields Smell Like Swamps Pre-harvest Sprouting in Corn	7 Renovating WRP Land First Ever Corn Harvest is a Disappointment Harvesting Downed Corn	8
9	10 SCN - Top Count at 136,000 Farm Liability Policy Provides Weak Medical Coverage Free Ammonia Fatal to Seed	11 Is Corn Lodging on the Increase? Post Mortem - Nitrogen Deficient Corn Another Weed Succumbs and Becomes Roundup Resistant.	12 Fall Control of Winter Annuals Scout for Late Season Diseases in Corn Corn Test Weight - Highs and Lows	13	14 Fall Harvest Brings a Flurry of Activity on the Farm Husker Harvest Days 2007	15 Field Horsetail - Tillage is Your Only Option
16	17 Can You Burn Unleaded Gas in Old Gas Engine Tractors? $300 Seed Corn Coming? 07' Corn Crop Maturing Faster Than Normal	18 Aerial Seeding Rye into Standing Corn - Now a Pilot Project 136,000 SCN Egg Count Near Top	19 Field Trip Reveals Farmers Thoughts on Harvest Off to See The 2006 Soybean Champ	20 National Soybean Champ Will Probably Hit it Again. Harvest Tour	21 Accelerated Yield Gain Bumps Soybean Yield 12% Time Fall Soil Sampling to Weather Conditions $1 Million Gift Jump Starts New Century Farm in Iowa	22
23	24 Another Fall Outbreak in Soybean Rust Sightings Drop in Engine Oil Pressure Blindsides Me	25 Wanted - New Stay Green Strategy Little Risk from Slugs in the Arid High Plains Lucky to Have Planted Only Soybeans in 07' Won One For A Change	26 My Corn Harvest Can Wait for the Time Being Checking in on Illinois	27 Asoyia Leading the Way	28 Invisible Yield Loss	29 SBR - The Big So What Sensitivity Factor on the Increase
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Never Was a Threat

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Whose Data Do You Trust

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