Field Crops Publications

General Topics | Corn and Sorghum | Cotton | Forages | Peanuts | Pesticides and Health | Small Grains | Soybeans | Tobacco | Weather

Information on more publications (including printed copies) can be obtained by searching the Communication Services’ Extension Resource Database or visiting your local NCCE county center.

General Topics

Production Information

• A Guide to Biotechnology in Crop Production
• Winter Annual Cover Crops (PDF)

Soil Nutrient Management

• Department of Soil Science
  Publications
• Alternative Synthetic Nitrogen Fertilizer Products for Row Crop Production (PDF file)
• Best Management Practices for Agricultural Nutrients (PDF version)
• Careful Soil Sampling: The Key to Reliable Soil Test Information (PDF version)
• Deep Soil Sampling for Nutrient Management (PDF)
•  Economics of Fertilizer Management (PDF)
• Nutrient Removal by Crops in North Carolina (PDF)
  
• Overview of Nutrient Management with Economic Considerations (PDF)
• Soil Sampling for Precision Farming Systems (PDF)
•  The North Carolina Phosphorus Loss Assessment Tool (PLAT) (PDF)
• The North Carolina Phosphorus Loss Assessment Tool (PLAT): A Fact Sheet for Technical Specialists (PDF)

• Fertilizers

  • Ammonium Sulfate Liquor – A Potential Nitrogen Source for Crops (PDF version)
  • Nutrient Content of Fertilizer and Organic Materials (PDF version)
  • Using Wetting Agents (Nonionic Surfactants) on Soil (PDF version)

• Liming

  • Soil Acidity and Liming: Basic Information for Farmers and Gardeners (PDF)
  • Soil Acidity and Liming for Agricultural Soils (PDF)

• Waste Management

  • Dairy Manure as a Fertilizer Source (PDF version)
  • Land Application of Municipal Sludge – Advantages and Concerns (PDF version)
  • Legal Implications of Livestock Waste
    
  • Permit Guidelines for Application of Municipal Sludge on Agricultural Lands (PDF version)
  • Poultry Manure as a Fertilizer Source (PDF version)
  • Septage Management in North Carolina (PDF)
  • Swine Manure as a Fertilizer Source (PDF version)
  • Using Municipal Solid Waste Compost (PDF version)
  • Waste Analysis (PDF version)
  • Water Quality and Waste Management Rules for Livestock Farms in North Carolina (PDF)

Pest Management

• Agricultural Crops Pest Management Information
  
• North Carolina Agricultural Chemicals Manual
  
• North Carolina Pest News (April through September)
  
• How to Send Specimens for Disease, Insect and Weed Identification (PDF)
• Insect Management
  • Insect Notes
    
• Disease Management
  • North Carolina Plant Disease and Insect Clinic
    

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Corn and Sorghum

Marketing and Economics

• NCSU Agricultural and Resource Economics: Corn Enterprises Budgets
  
• Corn Marketing
  
• Productive and Profitable Corn Systems (PDF)

Production Information

• Corn Production Guide
  
• Crop Profile for Field Corn in North Carolina
  
• Impact of Early Drought on Corn Yield
  
• Starter Fertilizers for Corn Production (PDF version)
• Variety Selection & Planting
  • High Oil Corn, Question & Answer
    
  • Replant Guidelines For Corn Flood or Moisture Damage in Corn
    

Pest Management in Corn and Sorghum

• General Resources

  • North Carolina Agricultural Chemicals Manual
    
  • Crop
    Profile for Corn in North Carolina
    
  • Crop
    Profile for Sorghum in North Carolina
    
  • Scouting
    Corn in North Carolina
    

• Corn Insect Management

• • Corn
    Insect Management with Transgenic Bt Corn in North Carolina
    
  • Corn
    Rootworm Management in North Carolina Field Corn
    
  • Insect
    Pests of Corn & Sorghum
    
  • Management
    of Field Corn Insect Pests in North Carolina
    
  • Management
    of Southern Corn Billbug in Field Corn
    

• Corn Disease Management

• • Disease
    Management
    
  • Major
    Corn Diseases in North Carolina
    
  • Mycotoxins
    in Corn
    

• Corn Weed Management

• • Weed
    Management
    

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Cotton

Production Information

• NCSU Agricultural and Resource Economics: Cotton Enterprise Budgets
  
• Crop Profile for Cotton in North Carolina

Pest Management in Cotton

• General Resources

  • Crop Profile for Cotton in North Carolina
    
  • Pesticides and Wildlife – Cotton
    

• Cotton Insect Management

  • Cotton Insect Corner
    
  • Cotton Insect Scouting Guide (En Español)
  • Pests of Cotton
    

• Cotton Disease Management

  • Bacterial Blight (Angular Leaf Spot) of Cotton
    
  • Cotton Seedling Diseases
    
  • Cotton Stem Canker, Wet Weather Blight, or Ascochyta Blight
    

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Forages

Marketing & Economics

• North Carolina Forage Budgets
  

Production Information

• Forage Programs and Documents
  
• Alfalfa Management
  
• Bermuda Grass Management in North Carolina
  
• Carostan Flaccidgrass (PDF)
• Checking Forage Legume Nodulation (PDF)
• Dallisgrass Poisoning Can Occur in Late Summer
  
• Extending the Grazing Season (PDF)
• Forage Legume Innoculation (PDF)
• Forage Seed Selection and Quality
  
• Tall Fescue: No-till Establishment, Defoliation, Growth Distribution, Yield, Stockpiling Management, and Nutritive Value
  

Pest Management in Forage

• General Resources

  • Scouting Alfalfa
    

• Forage Disease Management

  • Alfalfa Disease Management
    

• Forage Insect Management

  • Green June Beetle Grubs
    
  • Insects Found in Forage and Pasture
    
  • Pests of Forages and Pastures
    
  • Scouting for Insects in Alfalfa
    

• Forage Weed Management

  • Johnsongrass
    

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Peanuts

Production Information

• North Carolina Peanut Production Guide (PDF)
• Advisory Index for Transitioning from Conventional to Reduced Tillage Peanut Production in North Carolina (PDF)
• Crop Profile for Peanuts in North Carolina (PDF)
• Conservation Tillage Use in Peanut Production (PDF)
• Peanut Seed Production — A Guide for Producers of Virginia-type Peanut Seed (PDF)

Pest Management of Peanuts

• General Resources

  • NCSU Crop Science Peanut Publications and Related Information
    
  • Crop Profile for Peanuts in North Carolina
    
  • Integrated Pest Management Peanut Scouting Manual (PDF)
  • Tank Mixing Chemicals Applied to Peanut Crops: Are the Chemicals Compatible? (PDF)
  • Wildlife and Pesticides – Peanuts
    

• Peanut Insect Management

  • Pests of Peanuts
    
  • Southern Corn Rootworm Advisory for Peanut Pod Damage in North Carolina and Virginia
    

• Peanut Disease Management

  • Peanut Disease Guide – North Carolina and Virginia
    
  • Peanut Disease Information Notes
    
  • Managing Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus in Peanuts in North Carolina and Virginia
    
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Pesticides and Farmworker Health

• Department of Environmental & Molecular Toxicology Pesticides Resources (Website)
• Pesticides and Farmworker Health Toolkit

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Small Grains (Soft Red Winter Wheat, Oats, Barley, and Triticale)

Marketing Information

• NC State Grain Marketing
  

Production Information

• Crop Profile for Small Grains in North Carolina
• NC Small Grains Production Web Site
  
• Small Grain Production Guide Individual Chapters
  
• Complete Small Grain Production Guide
  

Pest Management in Small Grains

• General Resources

  • Crop Profile for Small Grains in North Carolina
    
  • Pesticides & Wildlife – Small Grains
    
  • Scouting Small Grains
    

• Small Grain Insect Management

  • Hessian Fly
    
  • The Hessian Fly: A Pest of Wheat in North Carolina
    
  • Managing The Cereal Leaf Beetle in Small Grains and Corn
    
  • Pests of Small Grains
    
  • Preventive Measures for Reducing Damage to Bagged Commercial Seed in Warehouses
    

• Small Grain Disease Management

  • Understanding and Coping with Effects of Mycotoxins in Livestock Feed and Forage
    
  • Wheat and Small Grain Disease Management
    

• Small Grain Weed Management

  • Small Grain Weed Control
    

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Soybeans

Production Information

• Characteristics of Soybean Varieties in North Carolina
• Crop Profile for Soybeans in North Carolina (PDF)
• Reduce Soybean Harvest Losses

Pest Management in Soybeans

• General Resources

  • Pesticides and Wildlife – Soybeans
    
  • Scouting Soybeans in North Carolina
    

• Soybean Insect Management

  • Pests of Soybeans
    
  • Soybean Insect Management
    

• Soybean Disease Management

  • Disease Resistance in Soybean
    
  • Frogeye Leaf Spot of Soybean
    
  • Identification and Management of Mid-to-Late Season Soybean Stem and Root Rots
    
  • Management of Lance Nematode on Soybean
    
  • Management of Soybean Cyst Nematode
    
  • Soybean Seed and Seedling Diseases
    

• Soybean Weed Management

  • Annual Broadleaf Weed Control
    
  • Annual Grass Control
    
  • Harvest Aid
    
  • Herbicide Resistance
    
  • Nutsedge Control
    
  • Perennial Broadleaf Weed Control
    
  • Perennial Grass Control
    
  • Postemergence Grass and Broadleaf Herbicide Combinations
    
  • Responsible Use of Herbicides
    
  • Scouting for Weeds in Soybean
    
  • Selecting a Herbicide Program
    
  • Sicklepod Control
    
  • Spray Adjuvants
    
  • Weed Management in Soybeans
    
  • Weed Management Strategies to Use in Conjunction with Herbicides
    

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Tobacco

Marketing and Economics

• NCSU Agricultural and Resource Economics: Tobacco Enterprise Budgets
  

Production Information

• 2007 Burley Tobacco Information
  
• 2011 Flue-Cured Tobacco Information
  
• Crop Profile for Tobacco in North Carolina (PDF)
• Tobacco Seedling Nutrition in the Greenhouse Float System (PDF)
• Tobacco Variety Trials
  

Pest Management in Tobacco

• General Resources

  • Crop Profile for Tobacco in North Carolina
    
  • Pesticides and Human Health: Tobacco (PDF) (En Español Los pesticidas y la salud humana: tabaco) (PDF)
  • For Health Providers: Pesticides and Human Health: tobacco-
    
  • Pesticides and Wildlife – Tobacco
    
  • Scouting Tobacco in North Carolina
    

• Tobacco Insect Management

  • Pests of Tobacco
    

• Tobacco Disease Management

  • Tobacco Blue Mold Forecast Center
    
  • Tobacco Disease Information Notes
    
    • Black Shank
      
    • Brown Spot
      
    • Collar Rot in Tobacco Greenhouses
      
    • Control of Tobacco Mosaic Virus on Flue-Cured Tobacco
      
    • Granville Wilt
      
    • Pythium Root Rot in Tobacco Greenhouses
      
    • Rhizoctonia Diseases in Tobacco Greenhouses
      
    • TobaccoDisease Management in Greenhouses
      

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Weather and Climate Information

• Horticulture Information Leaflets: Weather Information for Horticulture
  
  • Average First Fall Frost Dates for Selected North Carolina Locations
    
  • Average Growing Season for Selected North Carolina Locations
    
  • Average Last Spring Frost Dates for Selected North Carolina Locations
    
  • Average Solar Radiation and Wind Information for North Carolina
    
  • Frost/Freeze Protection for Horticultural Crops (PDF version)
  • Guide To Deciding When To Start And Stop Irrigating For Frost Protection of Fruit Crops (PDF version)
  • Weather and Climate Information for North Carolina Farmers (PDF version)

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