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Building Strong and Vibrant New York Communities Cornell Cooperative Extension provides
equal program and employment opportunities
“Every increased possession loads us with new weari-
ness.” —John Ruskin
Announcements Friday, June 19, from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Growing
Grains for Flour will be held at Cooperative Extension,
34570 State Highway 10, Hamden, NY. .The cost is $15 per
person – checks should be made out to “Cornell Cooperative Extension”
and mailed to 34570 State Highway 10, Hamden, NY, 13782 by June 12.
Write “flour grains” on the memo line and provide complete contact in-
formation. Snacks and beverages will be provided. Bring your own bag
lunch. Registration and requests for accommodations for persons with
disabilities should be made by June 12 by calling Extension: 607-865-
6531 or emailing Janet Aldrich: [email protected].
Sheep and Goat Workshop – Thursday, June 11th – 9:00
am to 4:00 pm - SUNY Cobleskill, Center for Agriculture
and Natural Resources building, Route 7, Cobleskill
(Schoharie County) - Dr. James Miller, (well known and re-
garded for his work in small ruminant parasitology, Interim
Associate Dean for Research and Advanced Studies at Loui-
siana State University) will be the main focus of our pro-
gram, sharing his information on the latest research and
methods of keeping your animals managed to reduce parasite
populations.. Faculty and staff from SUNY Cobleskill’s Ani-
mal Science Department on hand to assist with the fecal
analysis portion of the lab, and sharing some of our experi-
ences in raising sheep and goats – breed selection and pas-
ture management are two topic areas we are presenting upon.
Capital Area
Agricultural & Horticul-
ture Program Staff
Sandra A. Buxton
Farm Business Management
Aaron Gabriel
Crops and Soils
Tom Gallagher
Livestock Production &
Marketing
Steve Hadcock
New Farmer /
Market Development
Chuck Schmitt
Commercial Horticulture
(Greenhouse, Nursery,
Landscape)
The Ag Report is pro-
duced by
Aaron Gabriel
The NYS IPM
Weekly field Crops
Pest Report is at
http://blogs.cornell.edu/
ipmwpr/
Capital Area Ag Report
June 4, 2015
Page 2 Ag Report June 4, 2015
A light lunch and beverages provided. For more information, contact Dr. Cindi Shelley at
[email protected] or phone 518.231.0553
Tuesday, June 23rd, 1 pm to 3 pm – “Alfalfa IPM and New Technology – at the O.A. Borden
Farm, 2841 Valley Falls Rd., Easton. A field meeting about RoundUp Ready Alfalfa, Hybrid
Alfalfa, Low-lignin Alfalfa, Potato Leafhopper Resistant Alfalfa and how it affects integrated
pest management. RSVP and Questions to Aaron Gabriel, Capital Area Agriculture & Horticul-
ture Program, 518-380-1496, [email protected]. TWO PESTICIDE CREDITS, CCA
CREDITS REQUESTED.
Thursday, July 2nd, 8:30 am—Famous Grazing and Holistic Planning Expert to Eastern
NY. At Ber lin Town Fire Hall, 11 Community Avenue, Ber lin, NY. Presentations begin
at 9:00 AM. Lunch will be served at noon at the same location with a pasture walk to follow.
The pasture walk portion of the day will be hosted at Black Queen Angus Farm, 630 Green Hol-
low Road, Berlin, NY 12022.
The Winter Green-up Committee, Cornell Cooperative Extension Albany County and
Black Queen Angus Farm, LLC will host a presentation and pasture walk by famed grazier and
Holistic Planning expert, Ian Mitchell-Innes. Ian Mitchell-Innes is a South African who began
high stock density grazing on his operation many years ago in an effort to take his farm into
both financial profitability and ecological enhancement.
Weather Data—June 2, 2015
I am sorry for taking so long to get the weather table updated. Until the recent
rains, we have been 3 to 5 inches below normal spring precipitation
Rain GDD 86/50 GDD 41
Location Past Week This Since
Past Week Since Past
Week
Since
Month April 1st April 1st April 1st
Granville 2.4 1.2 5.7 101 595 162 795
Whitehall 2.1 1.3 6.7 106 609 164 904
Argyle 3.0 1.0 5.6 97 610 158 867
Jackson 2.9 1.0 5.4 112 729 181 1047
Easton 1.3 1.2 4.0 104 657 168 929
Alb. Airport 1.4 0.8 3.8 116 668 178 939
Guilderland 1.3 0.7 4.0 101 619 161 854
Castleton 1.6 0.5 4.0 107 636 168 905
Hudson 1.8 1.0 5.7 109 675 170 950
Redhook 2.5 1.4 6.4 109 677 169 904
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Both dairy farmers and beef producers as well as sheep and goat producers stand to gain
relevant knowledge on the planning and practices that make for a low stress, profitable grazing
operation.
The cost of this one-day event is $60.00 per person or $100.00 for two people from the same
farm. It is well worth the low cost. Lunch is included.
We will be meeting at the Berlin Town Fire Hall, 11 Community Ave. Berlin, NY
12022 at 8:30 AM with opening remarks and Ian’s presentation to begin at 9:00 AM. Lunch
will be served at noon at the same location with a pasture walk to follow. The pasture walk por-
tion of the day will be hosted at Black Queen Angus Farm, 630 Green Hollow Road, Berlin,
NY 12022.
For more information and to register, please contact Tove Foss Ford, Cornell Coopera-
tive Extension, Albany County at [email protected] or direct phone line (518) 765-3518. You
can also reach Tom Gallagher at [email protected] or Morgan Hartman at mor-
[email protected] or (413) 358-8435 for information.
Please contact Tove to register. We need registrations as soon as possible to best gauge
the number of lunches to provide. Please make checks payable to Cornell Cooperative Exten-
sion, P.O. Box 497, 24 Martin Road, Voorheesville, NY 12186.
Tuesday, June 16, 2015 from 5-7pm, Farm Transfer and Estate Planning Workshop at
Cornell Cooperative Extension of Ulster County 232 Plaza Road, Kingston, This work-
shop is free but please RSVP by June 10 so we can plan ahead. Refreshments will be provid-
ed. RSVP to Maria Rojas at 212-788-3814 or email [email protected].
FYI A recent peer-reviewed study of 2,4-D that has been published (in press). Authored by Dr. Julie Goodman and two colleagues, this meta-analysis study examines the
carcinogenic potential of 2,4-D. Find it at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/
pii/S1047279715001568. Dr. Goodman and her co-authors concluded that “The epidemiol-
ogy evidence does not support an association between 2,4-D and NHL, gastric cancer, or prostate cancer risk.” Watch Dr. Goodman interviewed discussing her meta-analysis. A meta-analysis uses statistics to contrast and combine results from different studies to de-termine whether there are patterns among study results, sources of disagreement among those results, or other relationships in the context of multiple studies. A meta-analysis can tell us whether studies as a whole indicate a compound is likely associated with a health effect, like cancer. (from the Industry Task Force II on 2,4-D)
“Which (pastured) Chicken Should I Raise” is a SARE grant study conducted by a
farmer. Find it at http://onpasture.com/2015/06/01/what-chicken-should-i-raise/.
Page 4 Ag Report June 4, 2015
Agronomy—Aaron Gabriel
Soil Health: Our current drought situation is a pr ime teaching moment about soil health.
Until the rain at the very end of May, we were 3 to 5 inches below normal rainfall since April
1st. Then, we received a decent rain in a couple of days. I got 2.2 inches at my place—not
enough to saturate the soil. The question is, did all of that rain infiltrate your soil? Did you
have ponding? Runoff? Erosion? Often we do not realize that we do have control over the ef-
fects of weather. Except in extreme downpours, our management will determine how much
rain infiltrates the soil. Good soil structure (from appropriate tillage); a mulch layer of residue
on the soil surface; nurse crops; removal of hard soil layers; and crop rotation are just some of
the practices that will foster soil health. How much is an acre-inch of water worth? It is hard
to put a value on soil health, but we can give it a pretty good try. In Idaho, they say it takes 5
acre-inches of water to produce one ton of alfalfa. At $150/ton, an acre-inch of water is worth
$30/acre. For corn, an acre-inch of rain will produce 9 bushels of corn. That is $36/acre at $/
bushel corn. There is a value to soil health. What can you do to capture an acre-inch and gain
$30/ac?
How Do I Manage a Shortage of Forage? First cutting yields were repor ted as 50% or
less. Now what?
Fertilize grasses with up to 75 lbs of nitrogen per cutting. If dry weather continues,
then nitrate accumulation is a danger and forage should be tested for high nitrates.
For field that can be planted, plant a summer annual. Your choices are corn (a long-season
hybrid if planted after June), forage sorghum (one-cut); sorghum-sudan or sudangrass (two
cuttings, maybe three). Fertilize these summer annuals with manure before field prep.
Often new seedings have a few weeds. Lambsquar ters and pigweed are very good for-
ages. Side-dress corn to get good corn yields.
Purchase standing hay in those fields that seem to never get cut by your neighbors. I
am seeing several fields of grass that are still standing.
Plant winter forages in September/October so that you have an ear ly forage supply in
2016.
Plant oats in August for harvest at the end of September. Follow with rye planted in
October.
Fusarium head blight commentary, June 1, 2015 -- Gary Bergstrom, Extension Plant
Pathologist, Cornell University
Generally dry conditions over the past 10 days, when most winter cereals initiated flow-
ering in New York State, have resulted in a low forecast risk of Fusarium head blight epidem-
ics. However, general rains on May 30 and 31 with a forecast for more rain on June 1 may
change the risk predictions for late flowering fields. Check the Fusarium Risk Assessment
Tool (http://www.wheatscab.psu.edu/) and your local weather forecast frequently. The triazole
products Caramba and Prosaro are the most effective fungicides for suppression of FHB and
deoxynivalenol (DON) toxin contamination when applied at wheat flowering (emergence of
anthers on heads) or at full head emergence in barley (anthers begin to appear on barley before
Page 5 Ag Report June 4, 2015
heads emerge from the boot). There is an application window of approximately 6 days from
the beginning of flowering in which reasonable FHB suppression can be expected. Fungicide
products containing strobilurins should not be applied to headed wheat or barley as they may
result in increased levels of DON in grain. Leaf rust has been observed on wheat in northwest-
ern New York and should be expected in other parts of the state as well. Triazole applications
at flowering should provide adequate protection against early developing rust, powdery mil-
dew, and fungal leaf blotches on flag leaves.
New Alfalfa Seedings: Hay planted this
spring had a difficult start. Some alfalfa germi-
nated early (as indicated by the large plant in
the photo). And some is now germinating (as
indicated by the seedlings in this photo). This
photo was taken today, Thursday, June 4th. It
will take a while for alfalfa fields to grow in this
year. We will need more rain to keep them
growing—they are not “out of the woods” yet.
Migratory insects: Potato leafhopper , cutworm and armyworm moths have most likely
traveled to our area on the storm front that dumped rain on us at the beginning of June. Moni-
tor new alfalfa seedings for PLH, and your corn and grass fields for cutworm and
armyworm.
Barley: 2,4-D, dicamba,
and other growth regula-
tor herbicides must be
used on grains before the
“jointing stage. If you
cannot apply them this
week, then your herbi-
cide options for weed
control include Buctril, a
contact pigment inhibi-
tor, that is safe at any
stage of grain growth. It
will not kill large or per-
ennial weeds, but set
them back. Harmony Extra is another option that is safe
upto the flag leaf stage (a week or so away).
Corn & Soybeans: What I have seen looks pretty
good. Some heat will help them move along. Be sure to
control weeds early, especially in corn. We do not want weeds taller than 3” in corn.
This arrow points to the
“knuckle” of the first node. This
is the beginning of the “jointing
stage”.
Page 6 Ag Report June 4, 2015
Corn Herbicide Application Timings Posted: June 2, 2015, from Penn State “Field Crop News” http://extension.psu.edu/plants/crops/
news/2015/06/corn-herbicide-application-timings
Knowing the terminology is Important in corn herbicide application timings.
In the past there were generally two or three times when herbicides were applied in corn - pre-
plant, pre or postemergence. Now with more and newer products, post application timings in
particular are being subdivided into different timings (i.e., delayed pre, early post, mid post,
post, late post, etc.). Unfortunately there are no exact definitions for these various timings. In
general, the standard preplant, pre, and post definitions are adequate for most products, but if
you would like a more refined breakdown of herbicide application timings, please read on.
Below are some general guidelines to follow, based on our opinion. Keep in mind, these defini-
tions may vary between parties, so always refer to the product label for the proper application
timing with respect to corn and weed growth stages. (For a more in depth discussion and pic-
tures of corn growth stages, refer to the Iowa State website entitled “How a Corn Plant Devel-
ops.”
SEE THE TABLE ON THE NEXT PAGE
Just as a reminder, with the exception of Princep (simazine), Prequel, Verdict, and a few others,
most of the corn herbicides that are typically applied pre, also can be applied post. However,
their restrictions differ depending on the product and tank-mix partners.
Certain products are limited to corn no larger than 2-leaf stage (e.g., Instigate, Zidua), others
can be applied to corn up to 11 or 12 inches tall (e.g., atrazine, Harness Xtra, Keystone NXT,
Lumax EZ, Lexar EZ, Outlook, SureStart II, others) and still others can be applied up to 30-
inch tall (V8 stage) corn (e.g., Prowl H2O, Zemax, Halex GT). Refer to the herbicide label or
The Penn State Agronomy Guide (Table 2.2-12) for application timing restrictions. Also, once
the corn has emerged, do not apply these products in a liquid fertilizer carrier.
Contact Information Dwight Lingenfelter
Program Development Specialist Email: [email protected]
Phone: 814-865-2242
William Curran
Professor of Weed Science Email: [email protected]
Phone: 814-863-1014
Page 7 Ag Report June 4, 2015
Appli-
cation
timing
Number
of corn
leavesa
Number
of corn
collarsb
Average
corn
heightc
Weed
height WAPd
Comments
Pre-
plant 0 0 0 Varies 0
Typical of standard preplant or
preemergence applications such as
Bicep, Lexar, Harness Xtra, Zidua/
Anthem, Corvus, SureStart, etc.
Include burndown herbicides if
necessary.
Pre 0 0 0 0 to 2 0 to 1
Typical of standard preplant or
preemergence applications such as
Bicep, Lexar, Harness Xtra, Zidua/
Anthem, Corvus, SureStart, etc.
May need to include burndown
herbicide if weeds are present.
De-
layed
pre
0 0 <1 inch 0 to 2
inches 1 to 1.5
Ideal application timing for Prowl.
Other products can vary, see label.
Spike 1 (tightly
wrapped) 0 <2 inches
0 to 2
inches 1 to 3
Typical application timing for
Prowl
Early
post 1 to 3 £2 £6 inches
£3 inch-
es 2 to 4
Ideal application timing for Clarity/
Banvel and Basis Blend. Some
chloroacetamide ± atrazine prod-
ucts and Balance Flexx can still be
applied at this stage.
Mid
post 3 to 6 2 to 4
Up to 12
inches
2 to 6
inches 3 to 5
Typical of many post applications
(Glyphosate, Status, Steadfast Q,
Resolve Q, Callisto, Capreno, Ca-
det, etc.)
Post Varies Varies Varies Varies Varies
General term that may encompass
early, mid, and late post applica-
tions.
Late
post
(not
split)
7 to 11 5 to 9 12 to 20
inches
8 to 12
inches 7 to 8
Typical of some applications. Later
timings generally not recommended
except as a rescue.
Late
post
(as
split
treat-
ment)
7 to 11 5 to 9 12 to 20
inches
2 to 6
inches 7 to 8
May be the second application in a
planned pre/early post followed by
a late post herbicide program.
Layby
(use
drop
noz-
zles)
11 to 13 9 to 10 20 to 36
inches Varies 8 to 9
Layby refers to an application at
the last cultivation time or the
equivalent.