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Midwest farmers face stalk quality issues
Oct 19, 2017, 15:09 PM
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An agronomist with Seed Consultants says late season dry conditions in the Midwest have led to stalk quality deterioration.
Bill McDonald says it has caused the stalk to cannibalize itself to meet the plant’s nutrition needs.
“Plants had to pull it out of the stalk to get started and then we got some rains and ears filled out,” he says. “We have some decent size ears, but our stalk quality is not that good this year.”
He tells Brownfield it has also led to diplodia and fusarium stalk rot.
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