The front which moved through this past weekend (3/18-3/20) brought low temperatures down within a few degrees of records set back in 1965. Based on the growth stage and temperatures observed, I believe we will see damage in some of our wheat. In this blog article, I cover basic information on the conditions that led to the injury and how best to assess the level of injury in your wheat crop following a freeze near jointing. Continue reading
Cotton Focus will be held Wednesday, Feb. 8th, at the West Tennessee Research and Education Center (605 Airways Blvd, Jackson, TN 38301). The agenda has been finalized and we are very excited about our speaker line-up. Points will be provided and the event will conclude with lunch from Tulum.
Additionally, the annual meeting of the Tennessee Boll Weevil Eradication Foundation (TBWEF) will be held after lunch in Room 127 of the West Tennessee Ag Research & Education Center at Jackson. All producers are invited to attend.
Looking forward to seeing each of you there!
The 2023 University of Tennessee Cotton Focus is coming up on February 8th from 8AM to 1PM in Jackson, TN at the West Tennessee Research and Education Center (605 Airways Blvd Jackson, TN 38301). Lunch will be provided and CCA, Commercial Applicator and Master Row Crop Points will be available. Tulum will be catering lunch.
We have several excellent guest speakers that will provide very valuable insight into several important decisions that we will have to make during 2023. Additionally, we have several industry updates that you will not want to miss. We look forward to seeing you there!
The 2022 Tennessee Cotton Variety Trial Results Publication (PB 1742) is now available online. Included within these results are ten large strip trials (CSTs) testing 13 XtendFlex commercial varieties, four large strip trials (CSTs) testing 6 Enlist commercial varieties, and six small plot trials (OVTs) testing 40 experimental and commercial varieties.
Special thanks to all of the agents and producers who helped generate this data. Additionally, thanks to the USDA Classing Office in Memphis for assisting with this effort. If you have any questions on location response or variety placement, please do not hesitate to reach out directly to your county agent.
We have finished ginning all collected Official Variety Trial samples and I expect to have the remaining fiber quality data back from the USDA Classing Office in Memphis any minute now. We are on track to have the complete results from both the Official Variety Trials and the County Standard Trials weeks earlier than normal. Still, I wanted to share some of the preliminary results with you now. Continue reading
Conversations this week have centered on the forecast lows over the coming weekend, boll maturation at temperatures averaging below 60F, and slow activity of defoliants and boll openers. In this blog, I briefly tackle each of these issues. Continue reading
This has been a big week for defoliation. Most of the calls have consisted of one or two questions. First, how long should I wait on acres that are nowhere near ready and second, what is the concoction when the weather is this cool? In this blog, I share a few thoughts on timing and some results from a strip trial we completed in cool conditions during 2020.
On October 18th at 10:00 am there will be a pond meeting on aeration. Fisheries Biologist Bob Robinson from Kasco aerators will be discussing everything about aerators. He will even have a couple of types there to see. The meeting will be at:
468 Charlie Owen Rd in Covington TN.
There is a covered pavilion with picnic tables and chairs as well as a restroom. Memphis Net and Twine and Kasco are sponsoring our lunch so I will need a head count. Please call the office at 901-476-0231 or email me at beckymuller@utk.edu or Jeff Via at 901-476-0231 or jvia@utk.edu if you plan to attend.