Register now for the 11th Annual Crops & Soils Field Day on July 26th – www.regonline.com/2018cropsfieldday. Fifth generation Ontario farmer Blake Vince will share his experience with no-till and cover cropping. On their family farm, they produce corn, soybeans, and winter wheat on 1300 acres and have been no-till planting for more than 30 years. …
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Interested in Trying Cover Crop Interseeding?
The University of Vermont Extension Northwest Crop and Soils Team recently received a grant to work with farmers to adopt cover crop interseeding. Our team is seeking out interested farmers in the Champlain Valley and Northeast Kingdom to try interseeding this season. What is interseeding? Interseeding is a method of planting seeds in between rows …
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Be on the lookout for Powdery Mildew
Be on the lookout! Keep an eye on your cucurbits for powdery mildew! Powdery mildew is a very common disease on cucurbits (cucumbers, zucchini, squash, melons). Powdery mildew is likely to first appear within a month and continue throughout the season. This video shows the identification, life cycle, and scouting technique, and describes biofungicide options …
On the Lookout for Smut!
This season the NWCS team is interested in collecting smut infected grain heads with a goal of identifying all smut disease that are present in the Northeast. We are looking for farmers to notify us if they spot smut in their small grain fields. Smuts are one of the easiest grain diseases to spot in …
Supporting our Industrial Hemp Research
We began our industrial hemp research program in 2016 with the help of program donations – thank you! Interest in the crop and research-based guidance has continued to grow, and we need your help to keep this research project going. Please view our Industrial Hemp web page – http://www.uvm.edu/extension/cropsoil/hemp to see the research and current …
Industrial Hemp updates
Here are some quick Industrial Hemp updates – Visit our Industrial Hemp web page to view the 2017 research reports as well as related articles – http://www.uvm.edu/extension/cropsoil/hemp We also have the presentation on Hemp production and processing that was given during our 2018 Grain Growers Conference – Growing and Processing Hemp (PDF) with …
USDA Risk Management Agency information
February 13, 2018 REMINDER: Upcoming Sales Closing Dates RMA wants to remind producers about upcoming Sales Closing Dates for crop insurance coverage. Sales closing dates vary by crop, state, and county, but in Vermont, most spring-planted crops have a sales closing date of March 15, 2018. The deadline for growers of nursery crops is May …
Upcoming meetings and conferences
We have some great opportunities coming up that we wanted to share with everyone. Please see below. If you have any questions, please contact Susan Brouillette at 802-524-6501 or susan.brouillette@uvm.edu. 2018 Nutrient Management for Vegetable Farmers – is an informative, fun, and free workshop for all vegetable growers to insure you are compliant with Vermont’s …
Registration Open for 10th Annual Crops and Soils Field Day, 7/27
Our 10th Annual Crops and Soils Field Day is just 2 weeks away and you are invited! All farmers, Extension educators, ag service providers, and other interested folk are welcome to attend our annual event on Thursday July 27, 2017 at Borderview Research Farm in Alburgh, Vermont. This day-long event provides an opportunity to check …
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Crops Stressed by Rains
With last week’s deluge of rain in many parts of the state and this weekend’s forecast, we have dug up a couple of past blog posts that may be of interest: Recent Rain Creates Stress on Crops addresses flooding, ponding, and soil saturation of corn, pasture and and hay fields. Rain Putting a Damper on …
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