It is raining as I write and the forecast is not optimistic about getting much done in the field this week. As soon as it dries corn planting will take priority along with some early soybean planting. There is no major problem with planting corn right around a burndown application which makes it much easier than in soybean where many of the burndown herbicides have plant back restrictions. Continue reading
Corn planting started in West Tennessee this past week. With corn planting in mind, I keep seeing an advertisement on TV about one-pass programs providing season-long weed control. This advertisement might be true in some places but not in our neck of the woods. Continue reading
Ryegrass questions have become much more prevalent this week. I have had no good answers for the calls on how to control ryegrass that escaped the glyphosate burndown in emerged corn. Herbicides like Accent or Steadfast will not control ryegrass. Liberty tankmixed with atrazine on LL corn would burn the ryegrass back some and is the only even fair option that is available. Continue reading
I have written a couple of pieces on fomesafen carryover into grain sorghum. I emphasized fomesafen because it is used on almost all soybean acres in Tennessee. However, I would be remiss if I did not add that some other herbicides commonly used in soybean have lengthy plant backs to grain sorghum as well. Continue reading
There have been a number of calls this spring on weed control in conventional soybean. This is not new as calls on weed control in conventional soybeans have been more frequent the last two years. Typically the weed spectrum that is the main issue with these calls is not Palmer amaranth but cocklebur and sicklepod. Continue reading
A wet and mostly cold March has us well behind the pace for burndown. As soon as the weather permits corn planting will take priority followed by burndown for grain sorghum and early planted soybean. Continue reading
There continues to be quite a few folks wanting to know how fomesafen applied last year could affect grain sorghum planted this spring. The concern is understandable as grain sorghum is very prone to injury from fomesafen carryover. Continue reading
With planting season just around the corner there are a few management considerations to keep in mind with respect to your cover crop. Continue reading