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Cull Onion Piles
Onion Treasure Valley - Idaho
onion maggot
Posted on: March 7, 2011 by Jerry Neufeld
Attached below is a pdf with information from the Idaho State Department of Agriculture about the disposal rules for the control of Onion Maggot.
Webcast in potato irrigation
Potato All Locations
Posted on: March 1, 2011 by Jeff Miller
A new webcast is available through the Focus on Potato website (www.plantmanagementnetwork.org/fop). While much of the content is only available through a paid subscription, new webcasts (such as the one described below) are available for viewing at no cost for a period of time. The following webcast is available for no charge through April 30. If you have any questions or feedback, please feel free to contact me (Jeff Miller, 531-5124 or jeff@millerresearch.com).
"Avoid Crop Water Stress, Produce Higher Yielding, Quality Potatoes through Latest Focus on Potato Webcast"
Careful irrigation is required to avoid crop water stress and produce high-yielding, high quality potatoes.
To help growers and consultants achieve this end, Focus on Potato, a crop science resource for growers and consultants in the potato industry, has published its latest webcast, titled “Early Season Irrigation Management of Potato.”
This 56-minute presentation, authored by Howard Neibling, Professor of Biological and Agricultural Engineering at the University of Idaho, explains a method of pre-season irrigation planning to evaluate the adequacy of irrigation system capacity under the viewer's specific climate and soil conditions for normal and unusually high water-use years.
And for marginal or inadequate systems, suggestions are given for pre-season equipment changes and water management strategies to produce a high yield and quality potato crop.
View this presentation at http://www.plantmanagementnetwork.org/edcenter/seminars/potato/Irrigation_EarlySeason/
Other presentations are available on the Focus on Potato website at www.plantmanagementnetwork.org/fop.
Focus on Potato is a publication of the Plant Management Network (www.plantmanagementnetwork.org), a nonprofit online publisher whose mission is to enhance the health, management, and production of agricultural and horticultural crops. It achieves this mission through its applied, science-based resources. PMN is jointly managed by the American Society of Agronomy, American Phytopathological Society, and Crop Science Society of America.
» http://www.plantmanagementnetwork.org/edcenter/seminars/potato/Irrigation_EarlySeason/
Stripe Rust Alert
Small Grains All Locations
Stripe Rust
Posted on: February 18, 2011 by Juliet Marshall
Thought we should all know what is transpiring to our west / northwest. See the stripe rust alert below from Dr. Xianming Chen, USDA-ARS, Pullman, WA. While this does not mean we WILL have an early and damaging amount of stripe rust this upcoming season, it does mean we will have increased risk of stripe rust developing. Conditions conducive for disease in wheat will also be conducive for disease in barley, although stripe rust in barley is rare.
We will be constantly monitoring the situation and will release additional alerts as needed. Check our website at
http://www.cals.uidaho.edu/scseidaho/
Juliet Marshall
Associate Professor, Cereals Pathology and Agronomy
Stripe Rust Starts Developing in the Pacific Northwest
Xianming Chen, February 18, 2011
Stripe rust of wheat has waked up much earlier this year than last year in the Pacific Northwest and may not have slept in the western Oregon and western Washington. Don Wysocki and Jim Towne found sporulating rust pustules in a wheat field near Pendleton in the northeastern Oregon on the 1st of this month. Last week, Mike Flowers and Chris Mundt reported that stripe rust was easily found (about 5% incidence) in wheat fields in the Willamette Valley of western Oregon.
Yesterday, I stopped by the Horse Heaven Hills in the south-central Washington and found sporulating rust pustules in several wheat fields, even in some fields where plants were still small (5 to 7 leaves without dead leaves) and stripe rust was not found in last November. Rust severity was up to 5% of incidence. The rust has survived the relatively mild winter with help with the widespread snow cover in the cold spell of the first week of last December.
Rust will develop fast when weather gets warm (night temperatures into the 40s F and day temperatures into the 50s F). Considering widespread infection before the winter, early application of fungicides will be better for fields planted with susceptible and moderate susceptible cultivars. Please check your fields when weather in your area reaches the above range and if you see stripe rust, consider spaying with fungicide even before herbicide application. If no rust is found but the planted cultivar is susceptible or moderately susceptible based on last year’s reaction, the field should be sprayed with fungicide when you spray herbicide. Please consider using full rate of fungicide at the time of herbicide application as the rust has already started so early and this rust season will likely be very long.
Spanish Pesticide Safety Training
Announcements Treasure Valley - Idaho
Posted on: February 1, 2011 by Jerry Neufeld
Attached is a pdf with information about an upcoming pesticide safety training conducted in Spanish.
Miller Research Potato Pest Management Workshop
Potato All Locations
Posted on: January 28, 2011 by Jeff Miller
Miller Research LLC will be holding its annual potato pest management research meeting on Tuesday, February 15 and Wednesday, February 16. The same program will be presented both days. The meetings will be held at the new Miller Research facility located near Acequia, ID (426 E 200 N). Presentations will discuss chemical and cultural practices to manage diseases and nematode pests.
There is no cost to attend this meeting. A total of 3 CCA (pest management) and 3 ISDA recertification credits are available. If you have question or concerns you would like addressed please submit them by e-mail. If you know of other interested parties please forward this notice.
The meetings will begin at 8:30 and conclude at noon.
8:30 White mold control
9:00 Managing early blight and brown leaf spot
9:30 Late blight expectations for 2011
10:00 Break
10:15 Managing nematodes in potato (Dr. Saad Hafez)
11:00 Fungicides for pink rot management
11:30 Rhizoctonia and Fusarium dry rot management
Weed Short Course (Pesticide Credits)
Announcements All Locations
Posted on: January 26, 2011 by Steve Norberg
Weed Control Short Course
Feb. 15-16, 2011 (Applied for 12 ID, OR and WA credits, CCA credits also applied for)
Four Rivers Cultural Center
$65 per person until Feb. 7th
$75 per person after Feb. 7th
Lunch included in the price on the 15th.
For more information see attached file or call the Extension Office at 541-881-1417
Steve Norberg, Field Crops and Watershed Management
Webinar: Optimizing Fertility Management in Malting Barley a
Small Grains All Locations
Nitrogen Management
Posted on: January 25, 2011 by Juliet Marshall
Don’t Miss our next Idaho Grain Webinar… scheduled this Thursday, January 27, 2011 at 8:30 a.m. MST on Optimizing Fertility Management in Malting Barley and Hard Red Spring Wheat, presented by Dr. Brad Brown, UI Parma R&E Center.
To join this webinar from your own computer, please log onto: https://connect.cals.uidaho.edu/barley/
Kelly L Olson, Administrator
Idaho Barley Commission
208-334-2090
Fax: 208-334-2335
kolson@idahobarley.org
No-tillage and Strip Tillage Meeting
All Crops All Locations
Posted on: January 25, 2011 by Steve Norberg
2nd Annual Strip Tillage and No-till Drilling Conference
February 10, 2011 at 9:00 AM, Four Rivers Cultural Center, Ontario, OR
Please RSVP by February 4 at noon by calling the Malheur Extension Office at 541-881-1417
Put on by Oregon State University
Agenda
9:00 AM Welcome - Steve Norberg, OSU, Field Crops and Watershed Mgt.
9:05 AM Why Consider Strip Tillage or No-till Drilling? - Steve Norberg, OSU
9:30 AM How to Manage Soil Temperature in High Residue Conditions – Andy McGuire,
Washington State University Extension
10:00 AM Strip Till and No-till Machinery and Lesson’s Learned– Steve Norberg
10:30 AM Break
10:45 AM Machinery for Planting in High Residue Conditions-Andy McGuire
11:30 AM Farmer Experience with Strip Tillage – Kenneth Jensen
11:50 AM Use of Oregon's Business Energy Tax Credit for No-till Drills- Mark Wettstein -
producer
12:00 PM Lunch (Courtesy of Sponsors)
12:45PM Setting of No-till drills – Steve Norberg and others
1:00 PM Farmer Experiences with No-till Drills - Jeremy Chamberlain, Doug Stipe, Gary
Westcott and John Fabricius
2:00 PM Farmer Experiences with Strip Tillage –Bill Romans, Ron Smith and Rob
Wagstaff
3:00 PM Adjourn
Sustainable Agricutlture Symposium
All Crops Treasure Valley - Idaho
Posted on: January 24, 2011 by Tony McCammon
We are sorry for the previous attachments for this program. We hope we have fixed the error. For more information on this symposium please contact Charlene Wimpy at 642-4402.
Thursday, February 17th at the Four Rivers Cultural Center in Ontario. The programs runs from 8:30am to 4:00pm. Registration starts at 8am.
Cereal Schools for Southern Idaho, Feb 1, 2011
Small Grains Magic Valley
Posted on: January 17, 2011 by Juliet Marshall
Cereal School Agenda will include variety updates, insect and disease information, and fertility management for high protein grain. Hope to see you there!
Burley, Burley Inn, Contact Joel Packham 878-9461
Cereal Schools for Southeast Idaho, Feb 2-4, 2011
Small Grains All Locations
Posted on: January 17, 2011 by Juliet Marshall
Cereal School Agenda will include variety updates, insect and disease information, and fertility management for high protein grain. Hope to see you there!
Pocatello Feb 2 Red Lion Inn - contact Reed Findlay 236-7310
Idaho Falls Feb 3 Red Lion Inn - contact Wayne Jones 529-1390
Ashton Feb 3 Trails Inn - contact Lance Ellis 624-3102
Preston Feb 4 Robinson Building, Preston Fair grounds - contact Stuart Parkinson 852-1097
2011 Snake River Sugarbeet School
Announcements All Locations
Posted on: January 5, 2011 by Jerry Neufeld
Click on the pdf's below for more information about the 2011 Snake River Sugarbeet School which is January 13 and 14 at the College of Southern Idaho in Twin Falls.
SWCD Sustainable Agriculture Symposium
All Crops Treasure Valley - Idaho
Posted on: January 5, 2011 by Tony McCammon
The Payette and Malheur County SWCDs are holding the 2nd Annual Sustainable Agriculture Symposium, Thursday, Feb. 17, 2011 at the Four Rivers Cultural Center. I have attached a copy of the flyer.
For more information:
Contact person: 208-642-4402 ext. 102
Email: Charlene.Wimpy@id.nacdnet.net
Id/Or Winter Alfalfa Seed School
Announcements Treasure Valley - Idaho
Posted on: January 4, 2011 by Jerry Neufeld
Click on the pdf below for information about the 2011 Idaho and Oregon Alfalfa Seed Growers Association Winter Seed School.
Soybean Meeting
Announcements All Locations
Posted on: January 3, 2011 by Steve Norberg
How Soybeans will Help Increase Profits For Dairies and
Help Control Yellow Nutsedge Control in Onions
If you are struggling with either high protein costs for soybean meal or weed control in your onions, then do not miss this meeting.
2010 Soybean Meeting (Oregon State University)
January 6, 2011 at 9:00 AM, Malheur Extension Office
710 SW 5th Ave., Ontario, OR 97914
Please RSVP to the Extension Office by January 5 at 541-881-1417.
Agenda
9:00 AM Welcome - Steve Norberg, OSU Field Crops and Watershed Mgt.
9:05 AM Why Onion Farmers Should Be Especially Interested in Growing Soybeans- Steve Norberg, OSU
9:20AM Market Development of Soybeans In Dairy - Lorne Clapson – Producer
9:50 AM Feeding Soybeans from a Nutritionist Perspective - Larry Burrows, Cargill Nutritionist
10:30 AM Break
10:45 AM How to Grow Soybeans and Soybean Variety Trials – Steve Norberg, OSU
11:45 AM First Year in Marketing Soybeans, (Tentative) Jon Sperl, Pendleton Grain Growers
12:00 AM Lunch – Courtesy of Monsanto, Syngenta, and Landview Fertilizer
1:00 PM Experiences Growing Soybeans in the Pacific Northwest- Panel
2:00 AM Seed Availability in Soybeans – TBA
2:15PM Adjourn
Outback Steakhouse Gift Certificate Winners
All Crops All Locations
Posted on: December 17, 2010 by Jerry Neufeld
Thank you to everyone for filling out a pest alert survey for 2010. The winners of the Outback Steakhouse Gift Certificates sere Dale Buzzell, Tony Noe and Terry Clinton. Certificates are going in the mail today.
Jerry Neufeld
Outback Steakhouse Gift Certificate Winners
All Crops All Locations
Posted on: December 17, 2010 by Jerry Neufeld
Thank you to everyone for filling out a pest alert survey for 2010. The winners of the Outback Steakhouse Gift Certificates sere Dale Buzzell, Tony Noe and Terry Clinton. Certificates are going in the mail today.
Jerry Neufeld
Idaho's Trade Managers Appointments
Tree Fruits Treasure Valley - Idaho
Posted on: December 7, 2010 by Tony McCammon
Scheduled Dates
Armando Orellano will be in Idaho Febuary 7th through the 18th. To schedule an appointment Click Here
Eddie Yen and Xu Fang will be in Idaho Febuary 14th through the 22nd. To schedule an appointment Click Here
Idaho's Trade Office Managers for Mexico, Southeast Asia
and China
Agriculture companies have the opportunity for one-on-one consultations with Eddie Yen, Idaho's Asia Trade Office Manager, Xu Fang, Idaho's China Trade Office Manager, and Armando Orellano, Idaho's Mexico Trade Office Manager, to identify strategies for expanding sales in these markets. Their visits primarily focus on meeting one-on-one with individual companies to provide market intelligence and consulting. If your company is interested in entering or expanding in these markets, Eddie Yen, Xu Fang, and Armando Orellano are excellent resources. Please contact Laura Johnson or Kim Peterson if you are interested in learning more about Idaho's overseas trade offices, or would like to schedule meetings with any of the trade office managers.
Table Grape Association
Tree Fruits Treasure Valley - Idaho
Posted on: December 2, 2010 by Tony McCammon
Hello Table Grape Growers and Friends,
Below is a Snippet of our November 2010 News Letter.
To View the Full Version of the "Snake River Table Grape Growers News Letter" please visit the link below.
https://sites.google.com/site/srtgga/srtgga-news-letter
Or visit our home page at www.srtgga.org
Organic Marketing Conference
Announcements All Locations
Posted on: November 18, 2010 by Nora Olsen
Organic Marketing Conference
Tuesday, December 7 to Wednesday, December 8
Twin Falls, Idaho
This two-day conference on marketing organic farm products, including vegetables, grains, forages, milk and livestock, will feature national, regional, and Idaho speakers. The second day includes trainings on developing an effective marketing plan, social media, a mock certified organic inspection, GAP audit, ISDA's 2011 organic promotion, and a series on financial management tools. Full conference details are available at www.pesticide.org.
$50/person for both days; $35/person for one day
Register by November 26 at www.pesticide.org or by contacting Jennifer Miller at jmiller@pesticide.org or 208-850-6504
pesticide applicator recertification training
Announcements Treasure Valley - Idaho
Posted on: November 12, 2010 by Jerry Neufeld
The pdf below contains information about a 6 credit pesticide applicator recertification training on December 8, 2010 in Caldwell.
2010 Idaho Association of Plant Protection Meeting
All Crops All Locations
Posted on: November 5, 2010 by Nora Olsen
The annual meeting for the Idaho Association of Plant Protection will be held at the Best Western Sawtooth Inn and Suites in Jerome, ID on the afternoon of Nov 8 (12:30 to 5:30 pm)and the morning (8 am to noon) of Nov 9. The meeting program has multiple topics on potatoes, sugar beets, grain and others. There will be 3 CCA (PM) and 3 ISDA pesticide credits available for the Nov 8 session and another 3 CCA (PM) and 3 ISDA pesticide credits available for the Nov 9 session. The registration cost for the meeting is $15 per person.
ISDA Pesticide Disposal Program
Announcements All Locations
Posted on: September 9, 2010 by Jerry Neufeld
Click on the PDF below for information about Idaho State Department of Agriculture’s Pesticide Disposal Program next week in eastern Idaho and the Magic Valley.
corn earworm
All Crops Treasure Valley - Idaho
corn earworm
Posted on: August 26, 2010 by Jerry Neufeld
Dr. Jim Barbour from the UI Parma R and E Center, Terry Clinton from Crookham Company and I are once again collaborating on a project to trap corn earworm moths across the Treasure Valley. We set out 14 traps at various locations from near Melba to near Weiser. I check the traps once a week and post the moth counts to this website. Click on the pdf below for this week’s moth count. Purdue University recommends the treatment threshold to be 10 moths per trap per night.
sugarbeet root aphids
Sugarbeets Magic Valley
sugarbeet root aphids
Posted on: August 20, 2010 by Jerry Neufeld
UI Extension Entomologist Erik Wenninger is reporting that sugar beet root aphids have been observed on the roots of common lambsquarters within sugar beet fields in Kimberly. Aphids have not yet been observed on adjacent beets, but they are expected to move to beets soon. Sugar beet root aphids may be pinhead sized and up to 5/64-inch (2 mm) long. They are pale whitish yellow and broadly oval to pear shaped. They secrete white, waxy strands, which give beets a distinctive “moldy” appearance. Severe infestations may reduce tonnage and sucrose levels. There are no rescue insecticide options available; when root aphids are found attacking beets, cultural control practices should be followed (see below).
Sugar beet root aphids feed on the roots of sugar beet plants, but will also attack closely related species, including spinach, table beets, common lambsquarters, and pigweed. Pulling alternate weed hosts found within or adjacent to sugar beet fields and inspecting the roots for aphids and distinctive wax secretions may be a convenient method of preliminary scouting. If aphids are found on weeds, then nearby sugar beets should be examined as well.
When root aphid infestations are found on sugar beets, careful maintenance of a proper irrigation schedule is the single most important cultural control tool available. Damage by root aphids is exacerbated when plants are drought stress (conversely, diseases are encouraged when plants are over irrigated), so an optimal irrigation schedule will enhance the ability of the crop to resist attack from aphids. In addition, good management of alternate weed hosts (including lambsquarters, dock, pigweed, and prostrate knotweed) is important, and care should be taken to avoid contaminating uninfested fields with soil or irrigation water from an infested field. The use of resistant sugar beet varieties may be considered for future plantings.
