To Attend The Pesticide Plot Tour And Points Meeting
On June 13, 2018
On Tuesday, June 19th there will be a Plot Tour and Pesticide Credit meeting from
7:00 – 9:00 PM at the Eugene Martin Farm, 224 Eastern School Road, New Holland, PA 17557
The program will include a tour of 12 corn plots and Mike Myers, FMC rep. will discuss corn and soybean herbicide programs. Jeff Graybill, Penn State Extension will discuss the herbicide plots, weed control programs and answer questions. Leon Ressler, Penn State Extension will discuss protecting wells and surface waters from pesticide contamination. Iva Mfg. will have a sprayer demo discussion and there will be 2 Core and 2 Category Pa. Private Pesticide Applicator Credits available. Participants are invited to bring weed samples along for identification. Refreshments (watermelon!) will be provided.
For more information or with questions contact: Penn State Extension, 1383 Arcadia Rd. #140, Lancaster PA 17601. (717) 394-6851. Ask for Jeff Graybill.
To Consider A Prevented Planting Claim For Your Crop Insurance
More widespread heavy rain has further delayed the already late corn and soybean planting. Extension Agronomist Andrew Frankenfield reports farmers are now considering their options if they still have corn and soybeans to plant.
To qualify for a prevented planting claim you must have been prevented from planting the insured crop due to an insured cause of loss that is general to the surrounding area.You do not have a prevented planting loss if anything is planted on the prevented planting acreage before the final planting date for the insured crop. To have a claim the acreage that was prevented from being planted must constitute at least the lesser of 20 acres or 20% of the unit. Your prevented planting coverage will be 55% for com and 60% for soybeans of your production guarantee for timely planted acreage.The final planting dates June 10th for corn and June 20th for soybeans. The late planting period is 25 days after final planting date.
If you have been prevented from planting you have three options.
You can plant the intended crop into the late planting period and your production guarantee will be reduced by 1% per day for up to 25 days for corn and soybeans. Or you can plant a crop other than the intended crop. Or you can submit a prevented planting claim and if approved receive an indemnity.
You must report all prevented planting acres on your acreage report and report the prevent plant acres to FSA by June 20th for Corn and June 30th for Soybeans. If you choose to plant a second crop after the late planting period, you will receive 35% of the prevented planting indemnity and pay 35% of the premium on the prevented planting crop. You must insure the second crop if it is insurable and pay the full premium. Your Actual Production History (APH) for the prevented planting acres will be 60% of the approved yield for that unit.
If you plant a cover crop on the prevented planting acreage you cannot hay or graze that cover crop until after November 1st of the year in which the intended crop would have been harvested. Cover crops species can be found in in the Penn
State Agronomy Guide https://extension.psu.edu/the-penn-state-agronomy-guide . Summer cover crops include sudangrass, pearl and japanese millet, cow peas, sunhemp, sunflowers and buckwheat. As you get later into the summer oats, annual ryegrass, clovers, hairy vetch, field peas and brassicas would get planted in August and then winter small grains beginning in September. (Be mindful of any pre-plant herbicide applications made this spring and their restrictions to planting a cover crop)
Premiums for prevented planting acres will be the same as premiums for timely planted acres.The number of acres eligible for a prevented planting claim is the maximum number of acres of the crop that have been planted in the county in any one of the four most recent crop years.Contact your Crop Insurance Agent with specific questions.
To Control Diseases In Grapes
The 2018 season has gone from 0 to 100 mph over the past four weeks, and grapevine shoots are currently growing at a rate of at least an inch a day. Trying to keep grape tissue protected with pesticide sprays can be a bit of a challenge when canopies double or triple in size each week. However, now it’s time for the most critical fungicide applications of the season; the immediate pre and post-bloom sprays. Extension Plant Pathologist Bryan Hed provides this annual reminder.
Fruit ($$) of all grape varieties are most vulnerable to infection from all the major fungal diseases at this time (black rot, Phomopsis, powdery and downy mildew), and in many places across Pennsylvania the previous 4 weeks have been warmer and wetter than average; the perfect setup for fungal disease development on fruit. There’s no more critical time to “spare no expense” than immediately before bloom to about 2 weeks (juice grapes) to 4 weeks (wine grapes) after bloom. Use best materials, apply for best coverage, and allow no more than 10-14 days between these next 2 to 3 sprays. At this time, do not rely on materials that we know are slipping in efficacy, or have already slipped in efficacy, due to the development of resistance in many parts of the East (ie, strobilurins and sterol inhibitors).
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