Getting your soil samples and reviewing the results is a great way to start your Spring preparations. Knowing what nutrients your soil needs will help you make better informed decisions during your planting season. Not having the right products applied at the right times could be devastating to your yield. With the frequent rain showers, […]

REPORTS OF APHIDS AND On May 8th. FMC’s Technical Rep Nick Hustedde, was rating a wheat trial in Carlyle, IL. He noticed that Bird Oat Aphids were increasing in population. Bird Cherry Oat Aphid Notes: • Fall moisture can improve host plant and aphid development (plenty of fall moisture last year) • Bird Cherry Oat […]

Take-all is a plant disease affecting the roots of grass and cereal plants in temperate climates caused by the fungus Gaeumannomyces creminis var. triatic. All varieties of wheat and barley are susceptible. The pathogen survives in the soil on infected cereal and grass residues. The fungus infects the root tissue of young plants and can […]