Friday night Grand Island received some heavy rain and hail. Fortunately, the plot escaped any damage from this storm. I hope farmers in the area are in the same boat, as well. The photo below shows some of the minor leaf stripping we saw at the plot do to hail earlier in the week.
Here is the most recent visusal update of the plot. We finally established the new gate entrance to the plot area from the east.
The Ear Worm moth trap has been quite popular this year. We've been catching 10 to 30 moths every 3 days for the past 2 weeks. I think we may have hit the peak already.
The vegetable display looks great and everything is really taking off. The pumpkins in the plot will need to be managed to prevent taking over the entire display!
The vegetable display looks great and everything is really taking off. The pumpkins in the plot will need to be managed to prevent taking over the entire display!
Here is a snapshot of the best looking cotton in Nebraska...
The Roundup Ready Sugar Beets are looking good, as well.
We just recent planted the Roundup Ready Canola and will thin the crop in about another week to get to the desired plant population.
A glimpse of the Stress Mitigation tent is already showing some visual height differences. You'll see the stress area is on right and the full irrigation on left. The plants under full irrigation are taller than the plants under water stress.
A close-up of the corn silks just emerging - now, THIS is an agronomist's version of a beauty shot!
Along with the silks, the tassels are emerging, as well.
These photos from outside of fence show you the growth of the corn and how tall it's getting. The tent is 8', and the tallest corn is 2+ feet over the fence.. and that's the corn that's just beginning to tassel .
I have received insect eggs (Corn Ear Worm and Fall Armyworm) and plan on inoculating an area of corn within the demo early this next week. So look back next week for an update on that and more.
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