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Wheat Production and Fertilization in Indiana
Lists recommended varieties and discusses management steps needed to ensure adequate fertilization, proper seedbed preparation,and optimum stand establishment of wheat in Indiana. ...
Improving Pasture by Renovation
Discusses steps to successfully renovate pasture land to improve both forage yields and animal performance. ...
Forage Selection and Seeding Guide for Indiana
The purpose of this publication is to simplify the process of forage selection for the producer by collecting all of the relevant information and presenting it in one place and in convenient form. The relative advanta...
Implementing Site-Specific Management: Map Versus Sensor-Based Variable Rate Application
This publication discusses two different site-specific management approaches for the variable rate application of crop production inputs (i.e., fertilizer, pesticides, etc.) and the benefits of each....
Implementing Site-Specific Management: Controlling Application Rate On-the-Go
Fundamentals of the construction and function of spraying systems, from simple fixed-rate units to state-of-the-art variable-rate systems. ...
Fundamentals of the modulated spraying nozzle control (MSNC) system, a technology which can significantly improve the performance of both new and existing spraying equipment....
Estimating Corn & Soybean Residue Cover
This publication shows corn and soybean producers who use conservation tillage methods how they can estimate and manage crop residue cover....
Managing Crop Residue With Farm Machinery
This guide is a planning tool to help producers develop a residue management program using selected tillage machines...
Utilizing Inoculants in a Corn-Soybean Rotation
Soybean relies on a specific species of bacteria, Bradyrhizobium japonicum, to fix atmospheric nitrogen. This publication explores how this symbiotic relationship works and how inoculating these microbes can affect soybe...
Grain Drill Metering Systems and the Need for Calibration
This five-page publication explains that calibrating a soybean grain drill becomes more important as the cost of soybean seed increases. It cites other advantages of calibration, explains how to perform such a calibratio...
4-page publication explaining the consequences of and compromises involved in planting more corn after corn for ethanol production....
Using Honey Bees in Pollination
This publication Information includes pollination procedures, pesticide recommendations and the duration of the toxic effects on bees....
This publication presents research that shows how plant height uniformity influences yield in continuous corn using conservation tillage systems. This publication discusses some real causes of yield loss in no-till corn...
Soybean Production Systems: Plant Populations and Seedling Rates for Soybeans
Seeding rate, plant population, and row spacing are tied together. If the population is too high, plants compete with each other and often lodge. If the population is too low, a producer is wasting growing space and lo...
Soybean Production Systems: Thin Soybean Stands: Should I Replant, Fill In, or Leave Them Alone?
One of the most difficult early -season management questions that soybean growers ask is...
Phosphorus and Potassium Fertilization of Alfalfa
Fertilizing alfalfa with phosphorus (P) and potassium (K) can increase yield and the stand's longevity. However, to maximize production and profitability, it is important to adjust fertilizer rates to meet the specific n...
Managing Wheat by Growth Stage
Management decisions in wheat production are growth-stage dependent. Applications of fertilizers, herbicides, and fungicides are most effective and profitable when applied at specific times. This publication describes pr...
Tall Fescue - Establishment and Management
Discusses the characteristics of tall fescue, its establishment, fertilization, maintenance, renovation and harvesting as pasture of hay....
Seed Requirement Table for Desired Soybean Populations
Seed requirement table intended as a general guide to assure establishment of acceptance soybean populations....
Value of Crop Rotation Under Various Tillage Systems
Discusses the effects of rotating crops on crop yields, soil fertility, insects, weeds, and diseases. Provides suggestions for making the right decisions under alternative tillage systems....
Sweetclover Production and Utilization in Indiana
Discusses the characteristics of biennial sweetclovers, as well as variety selection and planting and fertilizing recommendations....
Aerial Photography as a Crop Management Aid
Readers will discover how aerial photography can improve crop management in this publication. It also discusses problems detected, equipment needed, film and interpretation of photographs....
Producing Emergency or Supplemental Forage for Livestock
This publication discusses the selection and management of emergency or supplemental forage crops....
Earthworms and Crop Management
Earthworms are an important component of many healthy, productive soils; they improve soil porosity and tilth by their feeding, casting, and burrowing activity. Earthworms may be particularly important in no-till or othe...
Management Considerations for Relay Intercropping: I. Wheat
Intercropping involves planting soybeans into standing wheat before wheat is harvested. This publication discusses best management practices for wheat that is for intercropping including variety selection, timing of pla...
Management Considerations for Relay Intercropping: II. Soybean
Intercropping involves planting soybeans into standing wheat before wheat is harvested. This publication discusses best management practices for soybeans that are intercropped, including variety selection, seed coatings,...
Effects of Uneven Seedling Emergence in Corn
This publication discusses why corn emerges unevenly, describes research that measured how much uneven emergence reduces corn yields, provides recommendations for managing uneven emerging stands, and gives suggestions ...
Terminating Cover Crops: Successful Cover Crop Termination with Herbicides
Many cover crop species have characteristics that make them both desirable as cover crops and troublesome weed species. Weedy cover crop escapes not only affect the current production crop, but also can produce seeds and...
Determining a Value for Corn Silage
Pricing silage crops can be much more challenging than pricing grains. This publication outlines methods for determining prices for various types of silage and includes a Web link to Purdue's Corn Silage Crop Calculator ...
Adoption of Agricultural Conservation Practices: Insights from Research and Practice
Because agriculture dominates the Midwestern landscape, it has a huge impact on environmental quality. Agricultural producers are often advised to adopt practices that help to reduce the impact of agriculture on the e...
For many years, N recommendations in the Midwest were based on achieving a specific corn yield goal (if you want so many bushels per acre, apply so much N). This began to change in 2006. As growers consider adopting thes...
Diseases of Wheat: Fusarium Head Blight (Head Scab)
In Indiana, Fusarium head blight of wheat (FHB), periodically causes significant yield loss and reduced grain quality. The disease also produces mycotoxins, which are chemicals that are toxic to humans and livestock. Thi...
Terminating Cover Crops: Successful Annual Ryegrass Termination with Herbicides
Annual ryegrass has become a popular cover crop choice for growers in Indiana and many other states. Unfortunately, its adaptability, quick establishment, and aggressive growth are also considered to be characteristics o...
This one-page publication is a great teaching resource about the nitrogen cycle and can be used with a ...
This one-page publication is a great teaching resource for cover crops and can be used with a companion video
Exploring Climate Change Beliefs
This fact sheet describes some research findings about how farmer beliefs and perceptions about climate change influence on-farm decisions. It can be used with a <...
Greenhouse Gases and Agriculture
This fact sheet describes greenhouse gases in agricultural systems and can be used with a ...
No-Tillage Impacts on Soil Carbon, Nitrogen, and Water
This fact sheet describes the benefits of no-tillage in a corn-soybean system and can be used with a ...
Integrated Pest Management, Filling in the Cracks
This fact sheet describes how climate change is impacting plant diseases, pests, and weeds in corn-soybean systems in the Midwest. It can be used with a ...
Understanding the Dynamics of Soil Diversity and Variability in the Field
This fact sheet describes soil diversity and variability and can be used with a ...
This fact sheet describes how carbon dioxide affects climate and can be used with a companion...
This fact sheet describes soil organic carbon and can be used with a companion video (availabl...
This fact sheet describes field-scale water balance and can be used with a companion video (availa...
Nitrogen Sensing and Impact on C, N, H2O
This fact sheet describes using nitrogren sensing for precision application of nitrogen. It can be used with a ...
A resource for extension educators, agricultural advisors and others, for understanding regional perspectives of corn-soybean farmers about climate change. Delineated by watershed, this collection of tables and maps p...
This publication for farmers, farm advisors and agricultural teachers contains articles about some of the findings of a USDA-NIFA-funded project researching ways to make corn-soybean systems more resilient to the impa...
Farmer Attitudes Toward Farm-level Adaptation to Increased Weather Variability
This four-page fact sheet provides a summary of answers to four questions posed to farmers, about the need for farm-level adaptation to increased weather variability. The questions were a part of a USDA-NIFA-supported...
This four-page fact sheet provides a summary of answers to four questions posed to farmers, about the need for institutional support for adaptation to increased weather variability. The questions were a part of a USDA...
Corn Belt Farmers' Attitudes Toward Actions to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
This four-page fact sheet provides a summary of answers to two questions posed to farmers, about the need for government and/or farmers to take actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The questions were a part of ...
Corn Belt Farmers' Beliefs about Climate Change and Its Causes
This four-page fact sheet provides a summary of answers to five questions posed to farmers, about climate change and its causes. The questions were a part of a USDA-NIFA-supported survey, conducted in 2012, of 4,778 f...
Climate Change and Farm Producer Needs and Costs
This fact sheet describes how economic factors from climate change can influence farm management. This publication, part of the Climate and Corn-based Cropping Systems Coordinated Agricultural Project (CSCAP), is ava...
Corn Belt Farmers' Concerns About Water-related Threats to Farm Viability
This brief summarizes key results from a 2012 survey of 4,778 farmers in 11 Corn-belt states. Here, the focus is upon farmers' concerns about how climate change and variable weather might affect soil moisture and prec...
Corn Belt Farmers' Concerns About Drought and Heat-related Threats to Their Farm Operations
This brief summarizes key results from a 2012 survey of 4,778 farmers in 11 Corn-belt states. Here, the focus is upon farmers' concerns about drought- and heat-related threats to their farm operations. This publicatio...
Corn Belt Farmers' Concerns About Pest and Disease Related Threats to Their Farm Operations
This brief summarizes key results from a 2012 survey of 4,778 farmers in 11 Corn-belt states. Here, the focus is upon farmers' concerns about how climate change and variable weather might affect pests and disease and ...
This second atlas (Volume 2) provides additional results from a 2012 survey of 4,778 farmers in 11 Corn-belt states. Here, the focus is upon farmers' specific behaviors, beliefs about climate and weather, and the tool...
Build Soil Organic Matter to Improve Your Crop Production System
A resource for farmers, teachers, and extension educators and agricultural advisors for understanding the benefits of building soil organic matter and how to build soil organic matter. This publication was written by ...
Climate Change and Agricultural Extension
This report describes lessons learned from social science research and the experiences of a team of university extension and outreach educators. The research and educators were a part of two USDA-NIFA climate projects...
Climate Change in the Corn Belt
Understand how climate change is impacting and will continue to impact the weather in the Corn Belt. Raymond Arritt's research encompasses mesoscale meteorology, regional climate, and aerobiology in the Departments of...
Midwest Climate and Specialty Crops
To develop a plan of work that responds to Midwest specialty crop needs, twenty-five specialty crop leaders, research and extension faculty participated in a planning process using a concept mapping methodology. The r...
Diseases of Corn: Fungicide Efficacy for Control of Corn Diseases
This publication provides a table that includes the most widely marketed fungicide products to control common diseases in corn. It was updated in January 2021....
Indiana Soil and Water: The Effects of Late-season Nitrogen Applications in Corn
In recent years, high-clearance fertilizer application equipment make it feasible to apply nitrogen (N) fertilizer to corn later in the growing season. This publication explores the potential uses of late-season N app...
Precautions for Using Dicamba Herbicides in Xtend® Soybeans
This publication describes some of the issues associated with dicamba applications and how growers can manage them.
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Vegetable Diseases: Downy Mildew of Cucurbits
Downy mildew causes a severe foliar disease of all cucurbit crops, which include cucumber, gourd, cantaloupe, squash, watermelon, and zucchini. However, in Indiana, downy mildew does not occur consistently each year. ...
Vegetable Diseases: Fusarium Wilt of Watermelon
Fusarium wilt is one of the most serious watermelon diseases in Indiana. This publication describes the cycle and symptoms of Fusarium wilt and offers management recommendations...
To make excellent quality hay, the forage needs to be cut at the right growth stage and packaged into a bale at the right moisture content without incidence of rain damage. Baling hay too wet can result in mold format...
Making excellent quality hay is a process that requires proper use of the right harvest equipment at the right stage of forage growth. Doing this will minimize yield and quality losses so nutritional needs of livesto...
Managing Phytophthora Blight of Cucurbits
Phytophthora blight is perhaps the most serious disease of cucurbits in Indiana. This updated (2020) bulletin describes the disease cycle, symptoms and management of Phytophthora blight of cucurbits, which has charac...
Is organic right for my grain operation?
Domestic demand for organic grains exceeds production. A lack of available information on marketing opportunities, supply and demand volumes, and pricing information might deter some farmers from making the switch. Th...
The tag, label or placard on a bag of seed allows consumers to make informed choices. In this publication, a Purdue University expert explains seed tags and the regulations that seek to assure consumers that what they...
Sensory Analysis of Hay Quality for First- Time Buyer
Sensory analysis is one of two methods that producers use when buying appropriate hay to meet animal requirements in a cost-effective manner. A forage test is the other. In this paper, two Purdue University experts ex...
Applied Research in Field Crop Pathology for Indiana - 2019 (PDF)
This report is a summary of applied field crop pathology research trials conducted in 2019 under the direction of the Purdue Field Crop Pathology program in the Department of Botany and Plant Pathology at Purdue Universi...
Identifying Barriers to Organic Certification for Indiana Grain Farmers
Crop farmers who transition to certified organic grains report higher per-acre returns and enhanced economic stability. Organic production practices also support farmers' ability to manage excess nutrients, promote biolo...
Applied Research in Field Crop Pathology for Indiana - 2020
This is a report summary of our 2020 applied field crop pathology research trials conducted in Indiana. ...
Diseases of Soybean: Fungicide Efficacy for Control of Soybean Seedling Diseases
This publication provides a table that includes the most widely marketed fungicide products to control common seedling diseases in soybean. It was updated in January 2021...
Soybean Disease Management: Fungicide Efficacy for Control of Soybean Foliar Diseases
This publication provides a table that includes the most widely marketed fungicide products to control common foliar diseases in soybean. It was updated in February 2021. ...
Corn Yield Response to Drainage Water Recycling Using Subirrigation
Drainage water recycling is a practice of capturing and storing agricultural surface and subsurface drainage water in a reservoir, and then reusing that water as supplemental irrigation. This innovative approach to drain...
Applied Research in Field Crop Pathology for Indiana - 2021
This report is a summary of applied field crop pathology research trials conducted in 2021 under the direction of the Purdue Field Crop Pathology program in the Department of Botany and Plant Pathology at Purdue Universi...
Diseases of Soybean: White Mold
White mold, also called Sclerotinia stem rot, is considered a minor disease in Indiana, but can significantly damage fields throughout most of the northern states. It favors cool, wet conditions during early reproductive...
Indiana Organic Grain Production: Cases to Consider
This 9-page publication summarizes advice and themes from seven Indiana farmers involved in organic grain production. It looks at their five farm operations, which were at different points in the organic transition proce...
Protecting Pollinators: Protecting Pollinators in Agronomic Crop Production
Although agronomic crops do not require pollinators to produce a crop, foraging bees are extremely likely to pass over or near agronomic crop fields in Indiana and states with similar cropping practices. As a result, ...
Protecting Pollinators: Tips for Commercial Agricultural Pesticide Applicators
While agricultural pesticide applicators may not be able to control factors like habitat loss, they can take practical steps to help protect the pollinators so many in the agricultural industry rely upon. This publica...
This pocket-size, in-field reference provides detailed and descriptive information for wheat producers. Topics include selecting varieties, harvest practices, insects, diseases, weeds, and fertility.
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Differentiating 2, 4-D and Dicamba Injury on Soybeans
This publication discusses and describes the differences between 2,4-D and dicamba symptomology on soybeans. The objective of this publication is to help farmers and Ag professionals to accurately diagnose herbicide o...
Differentiating 2, 4-D and Dicamba Injury on Soybeans
This publication discusses and describes the differences between 2,4-D and dicamba symptomology on soybeans. The objective of this publication is to help farmers and Ag professionals to accurately diagnose herbicide o...
Pesticide Applicator Record Book
This publication is for certified private applicators to record applications of restricted use pesticides.
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Midwest Cover Crops Field Guide, third edition
The third edition of this guide includes new photos, expanded information, and more. This popular pocket-size, in-field reference helps readers effectively select, grow, and use cover crops in their farming systems. It w...
Management-Intensive Grazing in Indiana
Grazing systems management is a combination of art and science. You will have to master the art as it relates to your farm, but this manual will get you started on the science. It outlines the basics of grazing systems...
Applied Weed Science for the Field Scout (2021)
This fully illustrated publication is a resource for identifying weeds and understanding herbicide injury to crops. It provides photos and identification tips for 50 weed species found in Midwest agronomic production sys...
2024 Corn & Soybean Field Guide
The 2024 edition of this pocket-size, in-field reference provides detailed and descriptive information for corn and soybean producers. Other topics include identifying and managing insect, disease, and weeds; diagnosing ...
2024 Weed Control Guide for Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois
This 2024 Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri Weed Control Guide focuses on the application of pesticides for the control of weeds in agronomic or horticultural crops. Learn about the importance of weed control and fin...
Midwest Strawberry Production Guide
This production guide is produced for the Midwest strawberry industry. Sections include management, economics, plasticulture production, and marketing....
Building Soils for Better Crops, 3rd Edition
Building Soils for Better Crops is a one–of–a–kind, practical guide to ecological soil management, now expanded and in full color. It provides step–by–step information on soil&ndas...
This pocket-size, in-field reference provides detailed and descriptive information for wheat producers. Topics include selecting varieties, harvest practices, insects, diseases, weeds, and fertility.
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Midwest Cover Crops Field Guide, third edition (25/box)
This is a box of 25 copies of our popular in-field reference. The third edition of this guide includes new photos, expanded information, and more. This popular pocket-size, in-field reference helps readers effectively se...
Applied Weed Science for the Field Scout (2021) - Box of 25
This is a box of 25 copies of the guide. This fully illustrated publication is a resource for identifying weeds and understanding herbicide injury to crops. It provides photos and identification tips for 50 weed species ...
2024 Corn & Soybean Field Guide (25/box)
This is a box of 25 copies of our popular in-field reference. The 2024 edition of this pocket-size, in-field reference provides detailed and descriptive information for corn and soybean producers. Other topics include id...