The growing season last year seemed to run about 3 weeks ahead of “normal”. This season seems to be running, if anything, about 2 weeks later than normal. It looks like this upcoming week will at least be a little warmer than last week with lows in the high 30s (which beats below freezing) and highs in the high 50s to low 60s. There have been a lot of questions about applying burndowns during cold weather. Continue reading
This spring has been almost 180 degrees different from last spring. The dry spring of 2012 allowed a lot of early field work and at this time we were in the middle of corn planting. This spring we are way behind on applying burndowns due to all the wet weather. With the crunch to get burndowns out there have been a lot of calls on how best to proceed burning down particularly now with some looking to adjust their crop mix from corn to more cotton. Continue reading
Dr. Jeff Gore, one of my counterparts at Mississippi State University, recently wrote an article showing the results of a survey of many field-crop entomologist across Continue reading
There have been a number of calls from folks who are tentatively planning to double crop soybean behind their corn crop this year. Several farmers did this last year and were able to plant soybeans in July after the corn was harvested. In several cases the double crop soybeans made in the 30 bushel range. The question I get from these folks is what herbicides can they use in corn and come back with soybeans in July? Continue reading
The 2013 Insect Control Recommendations for Field Crops (PB1768) is now available on the web.
Printed copies will soon be available at your County Extension Office and at many upcoming educational events.
The Tennessee Grain & Soybean Producers Conference is scheduled for Thursday, February 7 at the Dyer County Fairgrounds, James Rice Road, in Dyersburg (GPS coordinates: N 36.066730, W 089.365147). Registration begins at 7:45 AM with the first presentation scheduled for 9:00 AM. Trade show and sponsor booths will be open at 8:00 AM. Draft Program Directions
The Middle Tennessee Grain Conference is scheduled for Thursday, January 31 at the Coffee County Fairgrounds in Manchester. Registration begins at 7:30 AM, with the first presentation scheduled for 8:30 AM. Contact the Coffee County Extension Office (931-723-5141) for registration information. Complete Program
The 2012 corn hybrid data is now posted on www.utcrops.com. Needless to say, yields are lower than typical in some locations due to limited rainfall, but results reflect the conditions growers experienced this season. Extremely low yielding trials may not be helpful when making hybrid selections for next year. Instead, growers should put more focus on data generated in locations that received better rainfall, the Milan REC irrigated data or data from 2011 when making hybrid choices.
2012 Corn Hybrid Trial Results (PDF file)