Volume 6 Issue 10     July 28, 2009

Minnesota Strip-Till Expo, 2009
Tuesday              August 11, 2009
Southwest Research & Outreach Center, Lamberton

Irrigated Corn Silage Plot Tour
Friday, August 28, 2009
10:30 a.m.         Dan Dreyer Farm – Ottertail City

Soybean Aphid and Spider Mite Situations in Region
Soybean aphid populations are gradually increasing throughout NW MN. Similar increases are being noted in ND. Many of you are monitoring fields now, and should continue to do so as we reach this critical time of the season.

Time to Scout  for Banded Sunflower Moth
Banded sunflower moths are flying in the region. A network of pheromone traps in North Dakota, Manitoba, and NW Minnesota began catching moths in large numbers in late July.

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