Some reports of ineffective burndown applications to winter annual cover crops (winter wheat, cereal rye, hairy vetch, crimson clover, etc.) have been coming in. Even in our research at the West Tennessee Research and Education Center cover crops have proven difficult to control with a single pass of the sprayer. Paraquat and glyphosate are the typical go-to herbicides for this type of burndown application, but neither has proven consistently effective this spring. Continue reading
Judging by rating corn trials this week the answer depends upon the herbicide. Continue reading
Cotton Planting Forecast 5/6 to 5/10: For the first time we may have a window to plant cotton! Continue reading
Good News: With a few exceptions, horseweed (marestail) control with burndown applications this spring has been much better than the last couple of years. Continue reading
Last spring, as we all know, was atypical for early planting. Chris Main actually had March planted cotton perform well in a trial here at Jackson. If the weather will cooperate, early planted in 2013 will be planted the first full week of May. Continue reading
Many producers in Tennessee are utilizing metribuzin (Sencor/Lexone/Tricor/etc) pre emergence in their soybeans to help control Palmer amaranth. Continue reading
Although you wouldn’t know if from the weather, we have now entered our recommended cotton planting window of April 20—May 10. Continue reading
There have been more reports of unsuccessful burndown of cover crop and volunteer wheat this spring. Indeed, in our research here we have had some very poor control with glyphosate and glyphosate tankmixes on wheat. Continue reading