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A list of meetings for Row Crop and Forage producers.

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.

Tar spot of corn has been confirmed in Maryland for the 2023 growing season. The first report came from a field in Cecil county, followed by several additional reports in Harford and Carroll county.

Grain Market Summary for the Agronomy News

All eyes have been on news headlines coming from the Black Sea for the last two to three weeks since the termination of the previous agreement between Russia and Ukraine. The escalation in the war between these two nations has seen drone strikes, missile engagements, and major destruction of Black Sea ports like Odessa in Ukraine. Traders have watched these headlines and acted accordingly in the market place as the price of corn and wheat retraced previous months losses.

Agronomy Newsletter -July 2023, Volume 14, Issue 4. Topics include: Wildlife Management Symposium, Nutrient Management Update, Cover Crop Sign-Up, Interested in Planting Green?, Cover Crop Seeding Forum, Wheat Quality and Falling Numbers, Weather Market Phenomena, Hay and Straw Directory, Corn and Soybean Fungicide Charts, Scouting for Tar Spot in Corn, Pesticide Exam Now Available Online, LEAD Maryland Applications Open, Weather Outlook, and Regional Crop Reports.

Tar spot in corn, Tar spot is a foliar disease of corn caused by the fungus Phyllachora maydis. This disease has the potential to significantly impact yield.

What a droughty spring means for corn and soybeans. Andrew Kness shares his views on the pressing issue.

Agronomy News-April 2023, Volume 14, Issue 1. Topics in this issue are Nutrient Management Plan Writing Change, Bonus Cover Crop Program Seeking Collaborators, Survey of Italian Ryegrass, Wildlife Partnerships Seminar, USDA Organic Transition Assistance, Grain Market Report, What a Droughty Spring Means for Corn and Soybeans, Weather Outlook, and Regional Crop Reports.

Agronomy News-May 2023, Volume 14, Issue 2. Topics in this issue are Up and Down: Maryland Weather at its Finest, How’s That Burndown Looking?, Wet Cool Spring May Increase Slug Damage, Managing Fusarium Head Blight in Small Grains: Symptoms, Favorable Environments, and Disease Management Strategies, Maryland Weather Outlook, Maryland Regional Crop Reports, MDA Pesticide Container Recycling Program Ending, Don’t Forget to Take a Manure Test, Pythium Root Rot in Corn, USDA Still Accepting Census of Ag Responses From MD Producers, April 2023 Grain Market Update (information from USDA WASDE report), Managing and Scouting Fields for Fusarium Head Blight, New Web-Based Soybean Herbicide Tool, and Bt and Herbicide Tolerant Traits in Corn and Current Resistance of Target Insect Pests.