Soybeans

Agronomy News is a statewide newsletter for farmers, consultants, researchers, and educators interested in grain and row crop forage production systems. The topic for this edition is Small Grain Variety Trials,

Trials were established at the Wye Research and Education Center in Queenstown, MD (WYE), Central Maryland Research and Education Center in Ellicott City, MD (CMREC), and Western Maryland Research and Education Center in Keedysville, MD (WMREC) in 2022 to assess the efficacy of select fungicides for the suppression of soybean foliar diseases.

Agronomy Newsletter -November 2023, Volume 14, Issue 8. Topics include: Flame Weeding for Early-Season Weed Control, Optimizing Early Season Pest Management for Maryland Field Corn, Effects of Cover Crops and Nitrogen Rates on Corn Yields, 2023/2024 UME Crop Production Meetings, Soybean Foliar Fungicide Trials, 2023 Maryland Tar Spot Research, Effects of Increasing Corn Tissue Boron and Sulfur Concentrations on Nitrogen and Yield , Corn Planting Timing Effects on Yield and the Relationship to Deer Feeding , Soil Texture Relationships to Grid Sampled Coastal Soils, Nutrient Management Update, Advanced Cover Cropping Field Day, 2023 Maryland Corn Hybrid Trials, SBA Disaster Loan Program, Grain Market Report, Weather Outlook, and Regional Crop Reports

Starting clean or weed-free is the key to a good weed control program, especially when noxious weeds, such as Palmer amaranth are present. While conventional growers can use soil-active herbicides to manage these weeds, control is more complicated in organic systems. Flame weeding is a non-chemical tactic that has been shown to control several grass and broadleaf weed species.

Grain Market Summary for the Agronomy News

Agronomy Newsletter -October 2023, Volume 14, Issue 7. Topics include: Pesticide & Nutrient Management Trainings, EPA Webinar on Bulletins Live Two, 2023 Crop Management School Registration, Scout for Aphids in Small Grains, 2022-2023 Cover Crop Growth and Tillage, On-Farm Research Trials, Tar Spot Confirmed in Additional Counties, Job Openings: Nutrient Management Advisors, Updated Tax Credits for Farmer Food Donations, Farm Storage Facility Loan Program, Cost-Share for Manure Transport & Injection, Grain Market Report, Weather Outlook, Regional Crop Reports.

Agronomy Newsletter -September 2023, Volume 14, Issue 6. Topics include: Farmland Rental Averages, Mid-Atlantic Crop Management School, Nutrient Management Farmer Training, Tar Spot Confirmed in Maryland for 2023, SARE Farmer Grants, Nitrogen Modeling Survey, Beneficial Stink Bugs in Crops, Deer Damage Survey, Wildlife Wednesday Webinars, On-Farm Research Trials, Weather Outlook, and Regional Crop Reports.

Agronomy Newsletter -August 2023, Volume 14, Issue 5. Topics include: 2022 Maryland Weed Control Trial Results, 2022/23, Maryland Wheat & Barley Trials, 4R Symposium, Frederick Grain Marketing Meetings, New Nutrient Management Details Revealed, Nutrient Management Task Force Nominations, When Does Corn Rally in August?, Public Release of Pesticide Incident Data, Grain Market Report, Weather Outlook, and Regional Crop Reports.