Alfalfa disease spread hits Wisconsin fields this wet year
UW Extension pathologist Craig Gray notes widespread alfalfa sickness across Wisconsin due to excess rain, with Phytophthora root rot and other diseases appearing even in well drained fields. He urges disease resistant varieties, field records, and correct diagnosis to justify costs and protect yields.
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EPA bans toxaphene for most uses nationwide
The EPA moved to ban toxaphene due to environmental persistence and harm to fish. Farm use in cotton soybean and peanut crops and on cattle and sheep will mostly end within about 40 days, with limited exceptions for emergencies and pre ban manufactured product.
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