The preliminary results from the 2013 county standard trials are now available below in ‘.pdf ‘ format. There is only one CST left to harvest and that data along with yield quality data will be posted as soon as that information is received from the USDA classing office.
2013 Tennessee Preliminary Cotton CST Results
As reported by NASS on November 25, 2013
COTTON, SOYBEAN HARVESTS LIKELY TO GO INTO DECEMBER
Producers looked for opportunities to do field work last week, as rains occasionally brought crop harvest and wheat planting progress to a halt. Growers who have finished are Continue reading
Preliminary results from the 2013 cotton official variety trials are now available below in ‘.pdf ‘ format. These results will be updated once the rest of the 2013 County Standard Trials are harvested and yield quality data is received from the USDA classing office.
2013 Preliminary Cotton Official Variety Trial Results
As reported by NASS on November 18, 2013
COLD FRONT BRINGS FREEZING TEMPERATURES
A cold front brought freezing temperatures and drier air to the state this past week. The drier air allowed farmers to make good progress with corn, cotton, and soybean harvests before late-week rains once again forced them out of the fields. The same drier air also had the additional effect of allowing wheat seedings to progress. Yields continue to be reported as above average. Continue reading
As reported by NASS on November 12, 2013
COTTON, SOYBEAN HARVESTS LAG WELL BEHIND AVERAGE
Cold and rainy conditions this fall have delayed soybean and particularly cotton harvests in the majority of the State this season. The lag in the harvests of these crops has had the additional effect of delayed wheat seedings. Despite this, yields continue to be reported as above average. Continue reading
The Tennessee Custom Rate Survey has been released and can be found at TNCustomRates2013. Continue reading
As producers start to wrap up 2013 harvest, decisions for 2014 will soon need to be made. Of immediate attention is the decision of whether to plant wheat. The recommended planting window will soon be closing. Other decisions will soon focus on variety selection for 2014 as suppliers generally start booking the varieties for the next year. Considering those decisions, the 2014 crop plan has definitely started as producers start sketching out their 2014 cropping plan. Continue reading
Syngenta has recently confirmed the presence of resistance to thiamethoxam in populations of tobacco thrips collected from the Mid South. Thiamethoxam is the active ingredient used for thrips control on cotton seed treated with Cruiser, Cruiser Avicta, and Acceleron N. It is also the active ingredient used as Cruiser in soybean and corn. This discovery comes as no surprise in Tennessee as thrips control failures on Cruiser treated cotton seed have become more and more common during the past few years. Continue reading