I planted my first cotton trial this year on April 13th.  That trial protocol specifically requested an early plant date into adverse conditions.  But with the temperatures and general lack of rainfall in the forecast through the second and third weeks of April, we continued planting.  Here on the 14th day of May, my crew has only a few small and large plot trials remaining before we get to our late-planted trial work, slated for the first week in June.  Most fields in the mid-April window have come up to acceptable stands.  Some fields planted closer to the first of May- right in front of what I hope was our one and only blackberry winter for 2026- caught both cool temperatures and rainfall events in excess of 1″.  A few of those fields have been very slow to emerge, and some are moving to replant those fields now. Continue reading →

Soybean replanting decisions are almost always a tough call and a subjective decision.  Unseasonably warm and dry conditions throughout the late winter and up to the present have sent planting progress well above any “average” number I can come up with.  As we wrap up the month of April, let’s take a look at some objective factors that can help inform replant decisions on beans.

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