May 2026

• State of the Farm Conference

  May 13, 2026

  Seven Hills Auctions will be having a State of the Farm Conference here at the Extension Office on June 17th. I have the flyer with the speaker lineup, agenda, and the registration link below. Several of our local friends are on the agenda to speak, so I hope you can make it.  Please use the…

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• Valor and Peanuts

  May 7, 2026

  I have received a few inquiries about Valor applications with the rain we just had.  Here are some reminders about Valor after a rain. If they get dinged, they will look ugly for a few days, but they’ll come out of it.

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• Grasshoppers

  May 6, 2026

  Grasshopper problems are sporadic and almost always associated with reduced tillage fields. I’ve seen a few hopping around in some fields I’ve been in. Grasshoppers overwinter in egg cases, which were deposited in the soil last fall. Increased overwintering survival and spring emergence are associated with dry conditions. Grasshoppers also appear to be more problematic…

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