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Afternoon Comments 05/17


Wheat futures seemed to suffer Friday from the ongoing dollar rally and its potential for curtailing export demand. Other price shifts may simply have reflected the impact of wet weekend forecasts for the central U.S. That is, increased moisture in the west could improve the winter wheat harvest, thereby weighing upon Chicago and Kansas City prices. On the other hand, wet fields in the Northern Plains could slow spring wheat plantings and reduce production prospects for that region. July CBOT wheat futures slipped 4.5 cents to $6.8325/bushel in Friday morning trading, and July KCBT wheat dropped 5.25 to $7.3725, while July MGE futures were unchanged at $8.0375.
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Hessian fly publication released for Southeast

Ayanava Majumdar, entomologist, Alabama Cooperative Extension System  |   February 6, 2013
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A new publication is available to help Southeastern farmers deal with the Hessian fly, a devastating insect pest of wheat. You can download the fact sheet “Biology and Management of Hessian Fly in the Southeast” to learn how the Hessian fly damages wheat and how to control it.

You can download the Hessian fly publication by clicking here.

Entomologists from five Southeastern states (Alabama, North Carolina, Georgia, Virginia and Kentucky) worked together to produce the fact sheet.

This publication is a bit different than the usual Extension fact sheet. Throughout the document you will find clickable links to a supporting website (www.aces.edu/HessianFly). On that site you can find state by state reports on Hessian fly resistant varieties, additional pictures of the insect and associ-ated plant damage, and research data showing how various agronomic practices affect the risk from Hessian fly. Results of various insecticide trials are included.


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