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2020 Prairie Grains Conference

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By Minnesota Wheat
| pheedloop.com
Information 2020 Prairie Grains Conference By Minnesota Wheat December 10, 2020
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Cotton - Southeast - Don’t Assume Pests Will Give You A Break This Month - AgFax

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By Pam Caraway, Xtend Crops, Minnesota Wheat
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OVERVIEW Aphid fungus has developed in southwest Georgia. The fungus also is becoming apparent in South Carolina and the southernmost fields in Alabama. Cotton across the Southeast has needed relief from aphid pressure. Spraying has been necessary in places and may still be. But this is at least a positive sign for anyone watching aphids and wondering whether to treat. Stink bug treatments are going out in the oldest cotton.
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Minnesota Wheat: Burning Flag Leaves and Leaf Tip Necrosis

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By Xtend Crops, Minnesota Wheat, Mer Rouge
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Maturing wheat. Photo: Blair Fannin, Texas AgriLife Extension In the past week, I have had several calls about wheat fields that showed severe ‘disease’ on the flag leaf. The symptoms were always described as a dying back of the flag leaf from the tip of the leaf downwards (Photo 1 and 2). This is not a disease but these symptoms are either caused by hot, dry and windy weather (Photo 1), a physiological phenomenon called leaf tip necrosis (Photo 2), or the combination of  both.
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Virginia: Bears Chowing Down on Crops

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By Texas Blacklands, Minnesota Wheat, St. Joseph
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Hungry bears hunting for food are destroying some Virginia farmers’ crops. “Bears are doing damage in our peanut fields by digging them up,” shared Southampton County farmer M.L. Everett Jr. “They have the unique ability to find the best peanuts in the field, located in the best soil.
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Minnesota Wheat: New Disease-Resistant Variety Available

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By Texas Blacklands, St. Joseph, Minnesota Wheat
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The University of Minnesota (UMN) has released a new hard red spring wheat variety called ‘MN-Washburn.’ MN-Washburn features excellent straw strength and good overall disease resistance. In particular, it contains the bdv2 gene for resistance to Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus (BYDV) making in an excellent choice in years when BYDV is prevalent.
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