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Last week temperatures ranged from 6 degrees below normal to 2 degrees above normal. Precipitation has ranged from a trace to one inch. Base 50 growing degree-days ranged from 30-110. Read more

View from the Field: Alfalfa Weevil - Alfalfa weevil is causing issues in alfalfa regrowth (after 1st cutting) across much the state. Remember if a field Read more

Working with two committees along with agency partners, the Cornell Nutrient Management SPEAR Program has revised Adaptive Management Guidelines for the 2018 growing season. Read more

The full version of What’s Cropping Up? Volume 28 No. 2 is available as a downloadable PDF and on issuu. Topics include Western Bean Cutworm and Mycotoxin screening, an assessment of the very wet 2017 growing year and its effects on New York growers, and the forage quality of spring growth. Read more

Alfalfa Weevil and Growing Degree Days: Time to cover a few crop pests to on the look out for at this point in the growing season. Alfalfa weevil is one to consider if you have finished up cutting your alfalfa. Read more

Last week temperatures ranged from 4 to 12 degrees above-normal. Precipitation has ranged from a trace to 2 inches. Base 50 growing degree-days ranged from 40-160. Read more

1 View from the Field, 2  Weather Outlook – May 31, 2018, 3 New York Field Crop Pest Degree Day Accumulations for selected locations, 4 Clipboard Checklist Read more

Topics in this issue: Weather Website (important for any farmer that wants useful weather information), Alfalfa Weevil & PLH, Corn, Barley Read more

Making Hay as the Sun Shines -  The good weather this last week allowed most farms to get a great start on first cutting.  The field still standing this week continued to grow and mature rapidly. 
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The spring harvest of alfalfa-grass mixes may account for up to half of the total forage yield of those crops for dairy farmers. The results of alfalfa-grass research may suggest a new option for dairy farmers. Read more

Last week temperatures ranged from 2 degrees below-normal to 8 degrees above-normal. Precipitation has ranged from ½ “ to 3 inches. Base 50 growing degree-days ranged from 10-110. Read more

Cornell will establish a new Center of Excellence in Food and Agriculture Innovation at the New York State Agriculture Experiment Station in Geneva, thanks to $1 million in state funding.   Read more

This is a critical week for management of Fusarium head blight (FHB) in winter malting barley.  Some winter barley fields in New York are fully headed now and many more will head out this later week. Read more

Save the date for the first New York Soil Health Summit. This event, organized by the New York Soil Health project, is for farmers, researchers, agriculture service providers, government agencies, non-profits and policy-makers interested in advancing soil health efforts across the state. Read more

Last week temperatures ranged from near-normal to 4 degrees above normal. Precipitation has ranged from a trace to over two inches. Base 50 growing degree-days ranged from 20-80. Read more

Contents
1 Welcome Back and Some Changes!
2 View from the Field
3 Weather Outlook – May 10, 2018
4 Degree Day Maps
5 Clipboard Checklist Read more

Last week temperatures ranged from 4 to 10 degrees above normal. Precipitation has ranged from a trace to near two inches. Base 50 growing degree-days ranged from 10-110. Read more

While spring tasks vary by farm, there are many “rites of spring,” and they are often completed in a fairly rigid sequence. Depending on the farm, these often include fixing fence, spreading manure, planting new seedings, planting corn and harvesting first cutting, and are often performed in this order. Read more

Landscapes that surround agricultural lands strongly influence the dynamics of beneficial insects as well as insect pests on farms, which in turn affect crop yields, a new study finds.  Read more