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120 Kentucky Counties Eligible for FSA Emergency Loans

  
Temporary permit excludes use for crop irrigation
    Contact: Allison Fleck, Division of Water, 502-564-3410

   Tax Issues Related to the Drought
      Rick Costin, Farm Business Analysis, Agriculture Economics

   Unique Fall Setting up an Interesting 2008 Crop Scenario
      By Aimee Nielson
      Contact: Kenny Burdine, 859-257-7273

Corn and Soybeans
  
Cover Crops Following a Drought
      By Laura Skillman
      Contact:  Greg Schwab, 859-257-9780

  
Nutrient Removal of Corn Stover & Soybean Hay
      Lloyd Murdock and Greg Schwab, Plant and Soil Sciences
  
  
Low Soil pH Values this Fall
      Lloyd Murdock, Paula Howe, Greg Schwab and Frank Sikora, Plant and Soil Sciences
      and Regulatory Services

   Hot, Dry Weather Continues to Take Toll on Crops
      By Laura Skillman
      Contacts: Jim Herbek, 270-365-7541, ext. 205
                      Chad Lee, 859-257-3203

   Charcoal Rot Likely to be a Problem this Season
      By Don Hershman, Plant Pathology

   Drought Stress Reduces Corn Silage Yield More Than Quality
      Impact of Defoliation of Corn Forage Quality

      Wisconsin Corn Agronomy Feature, August 21, 2007

   "Corn and Soybean News",  August, 2007
      Weak Corn Stalks from Drought
     
Chad Lee, Plant and Soil Sciences

     Mycotoxin Risk Higher During Drought
      Paul Vincelli, Plant Pathology

     Charcoal Rot Likely to be a Problem this Season
      Don Hershman, Plant Pathology

     Soybean Forage: A Rescue Option?
      Chad Lee and Garry Lacefield, Plant and Soil Science
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 “Corn and Soybean Science News”, June,  2007
      Did the Dry May Affect Yield in 2007
      D.B. Egli, Plant and Soil Sciences

     
Corn Development during Water Stress
     
Chad Lee and Jim Herbek, Plant and Soil Sciences

     
Common Nutrient Deficiencies During Drought
     
Lloyd Murdock & Greg Schwab, University of Kentucky

   “Corn and Soybean Science Newsletter”, August, 2005
      Feast or Famine - How Much Rain is Enough?
     
Dennis B. Egli, Plant and Soil Sciences

      Drought Impact on Corn Yield
      
Chad Lee, Plant and Soil Sciences

    Using Corn Fungicides in Dry Growing Season News Release
       By Laura Skillman   
      Contact: Paul Vincelli, 859-257-7445, ext. 80722

    Nitrate Levels in Drought Damaged Forages, July 6,2007
      Chad Lee, Ray Smith, Plant and Soils Sciences and Patty
      Scharko, Livestock Disease Diagnostic Center
  

    Soybean Insects and Mites in Hot Dry Weather
      Doug Johnson, Entomology

   Harvesting Drought Damage Corn for Silage, August 2, 2007
       Chad Lee, Plant and Soil Sciences

    Effects of Hot Dry Weather on More Insects and Their Relatives
       Lee Townsend, Entomology

   Managing Weed: 2007 a Unique Season New Release
      By Laura  Skillman
      Contact:  Jim Martin, 270-365-7541, ext 203

University of Kentucky Publications:
  
Producing Corn for Silage  AGR  79

   Using Drought Stressed Corn: Harvesting, Storage, Feeding, Pricing, and Marketing ID-86

  Tobacco
   Weather and Management Changes Could Aid Tobacco Curing 
      By Laura Skillman
      Contacts: Tom Priddy, 859-257-3000, ext. 300
      Gary Palmer, 859-257-8667

   “Tobacco News”, June 2007
      Dry Start is Overriding force for State’s Tobacco Crop
     
Gary Palmer, Plant and Soil Sciences

      Black Shank and the Drought of 2007
     
Kenny Seebold, Plant Pathology

      Tobacco Plants in Late Plowed Field Suffers the most During Drought    
      Bob Pearce and Gary Palmer, Plant and Soil Sciences

      Effective Use of Quadris to Manage Target Spot and other Diseases”
     
Kenny Seebold, Plant Pathology

      More Nitrogen Needed
     
Bob Pearce, Plant and Soil Sciences

      Early Season Drought Conditions May Lesson Effectiveness of Herbicides and
      Increase Carryover Potential to Rotational Crops
     
Andy Bailey, Plant and Soil Sciences

   Considerations for Irrigating Tobacco Power Point Presentations
       Dr. George Duncan and Richard Warner,  Bio-Systems and Agriculture Engineering

   Black Shank and the Drought of 2007
      Kenny Seebold, Plant Pathology

   Tobacco Irrigation Decision Aid (Burley)
      Greg Halich and Laura Powers, Agriculture Economics

   Tobacco Irrigation Decision Aid (Dark-Cured)
      Greg Halich and Laura Powers, Agriculture Economics

Kentucky Emergency Disaster Education Network  (EDEN) Drought Site
   Drought and Crops

 

 

 

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