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This key is designed to serve as a guide to identification of the more typical larvae of some of the common insect species found in many alfalfa fields during the mid-to-late season. A 10-power to 15-power hand lens will be most helpful in using this key.
Early last winter, I visited a Michigan dairy farm that was having problems with its corn silage. In looking at the silage it was immediately obvious that it was poorly processed; in every handful there were obvious whole or barely cracked kernels.
As you prepare for the hay and forage harvesting season, there are many simple activities that you can do to reduce production costs according to Scott Sanford, University of Wisconsin-Extension senior outreach specialist.
Potato leafhoppers have the potential to hurt alfalfa every year. This is generally a second-cutting and third-cutting pest and has been more common recently.
These small (one-eighth-inch long), bright green, wedge-shaped insects may cause severe damage to alfalfa by injecting a toxin into the plant as they feed. This feeding results in a distinctive yellow or purple triangle shape at the tip of the leaf.
Hay and forage producers have a wide variety of equipment options for raking and merging swaths or windrows.
Selecting the proper equipment and operating it correctly will ensure high-quality hay and forage with a cost effective harvesting system.
The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) interim Tier 4 regulations mandating lower emissions for high-horsepower tractors went into effect January 1, 2011.
My nine-year-old grandson was just in here telling me all about the red Camaro he saw in the church parking lot today. He claimed that I needed to get one.
With growers getting anxious to get out into the fields, we wanted to find out what kinds of pests or disease problems our featured producers were going to be looking out for this season.
“Secondary” soil insects including wireworms, seedcorn maggots and white grubs, feed on seeds or young developing corn plants.
This weakens plants, reducing stands and yields, and may result in replanting in severe cases. This article will discuss secondary soil insect damage to corn and management options available.
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