View from Kim’s Korner Canola: The majority of the winter canola seems to be in good shape. Big enough to survive a reasonable winter, but not so big we have wasted growth. Don’t forget the leaves you see right now are not the leaves the plant will use this spring.

Be at war with your vices; at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man. Benjamin Franklin Drop the last year into the silent limbo of the past. Let it go, for it was imperfect, and thank God that it can go.

Climate is what we expect, weather is what we get. Mark Twain Don't knock the weather; nine-tenths of the people couldn't start a conversation if it didn't change once in a while. Kin Hubbard I have had a lot of calls and questions about “yellow” wheat and what might be the cause.

It has been brought to my attention that fall and beet army worms in winter wheat as well as the Diamond Back larvae in winter canola are prevalent in southern Oklahoma. I have not seen any of these pest in our area yet and with the recent “blessed” rain the acuteness of this threat may have lessened for now. Just wanted to raise awareness with this message.

   An Agronomical Nightmare! This plant has been through the following: Record heat and drought, cut off at the base, full rate of Ignite, two seperate applications of at least 1 pound active ingredient of glyphosate, 1.5 pints of Banvel/24D, 1/10th oz. of Ally.

  There are several insect pests out and about in the country that should be watched for. In the soybeans these would include the Green Clover worm (foliage eater), the Cabbage Looper (foliage eater), the Stink Bug (pod damage), and the Corn Ear Worm aka Soybean Pod Worm (pod damage). The beans can loose about 20-25% of their foliage at the stage most are in and still not have yield loss so unless there are high numbers of the foliage eaters, spraying might be avoided.

Soybeans:  The price of this commodity this summer makes it very hard to give up on and should influence all decisions made. Yields that normally would not be worth dragging a combine through, could easily gross $75 to $130/acre, a "fair" yield $260/acre. Makes you want to hang in there a little longer. The condition of this crop seems to be all over the board, from burnt up and gone, to there is still hope.  Most of the full season, early planted beans are toast.......b...

"If you saw a heat wave, would you wave at it?" Well it is official now, it is the hottest, driest, and windiest time period on record for North Central Oklahoma! I would,     wave goodbye,        to it. We are living history at the moment, just not the kind we would like.  Our Fathers, Grandfathers, or our Fathers' Grandfathers, have not lived through what we are living through at the moment, in our area at least.

Field Of Dreams (An Update) For those of you who are not familiar with the field of dreams, it is a 10 acre intensive management wheat trial we are conducting set in the surrounding 120 acres of wheat in southern Grant County. This is the second year we have ran it, with the cooperating conventional till producer using his normal practices, then on top of that we increase the management on the ten acre plot. The purpose of the trial has been to see whether with additional management and inputs i...

Ties That Bind………or ………..Bindweed That Ties……Us Up. “But a weed is simply a plant that wants to grow where people want something else. In blaming nature, people mistake the culprit.