The good lord is looking out for us as DD60 accumulation is trending pretty close to the long term average (See Table Below). Continue reading
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2013
Category Archives: Cotton
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Jul
2013
Spider Mites in Cotton
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Jul
2013
A few folks are starting to spray spider mites in isolated fields, so I wanted to put forth a couple of reminders. First, UT recommends treatment when 30-50% of plants are showing symptoms of spider mite injury and Continue reading
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Jul
2013
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Jul
2013
Crop Progress – Summarized from NASS
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Jul
2013
As reported by NASS on July 15, 2013
LATEST WHEAT HARVEST IN SIXTEEN YEARS FINALLY FINISHED
This past week farmers finished the wheat harvest. This season marks the latest wheat harvest since 1997, which tied this date with 98 percent harvested. Soybean planting was also wrapped up this past week, but soybean progress is about 2 weeks behind the 5 year average. Continue reading
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Jul
2013
Profitability Outlook Update
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Jul
2013
Prices have been updated after the July 11th USDA Supply & Demand report. The midpoint of USDA’s price projections are $4.80 bushel corn, $0.80 pound cotton ($0.88 with seed rebate, etc.), $4.40 bushel grain sorghum, $10.75 bushel soybeans, and $7.15 bushel wheat. These estimates for corn, grain sorghum, and soybean prices are below the breakeven prices at the bottom of the table. Continue reading
11
Jul
2013
Buggy Cotton
11
Jul
2013
This truly is a bug update as I am getting multiple phone calls about tarnished plant bugs, stink bugs (mostly brown stink bugs), and clouded plant bugs. Tarnished plant bugs are being reported at 1X to 3X thresholds, primarily in Continue reading
10
Jul
2013
Small Palmer Amaranth Escapes in Soybean and Late Liberty Application in Cotton
10
Jul
2013
Judging by looking at fields last week as well as quite a few phone calls the last couple of days it is clear that Palmer amaranth is kicking our tail in a number of soybean and a few cotton fields. Continue reading
09
Jul
2013
Mid South Ag Finance Conference – August 7
09
Jul
2013
Make plans to attend the August 7, 2013 Mid South Ag Finance Conference at The University Center on the campus of The University of Tennessee at Martin. The conference runs from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Registration information can be found at http://www.utm.edu/staff/banking/agconference/. Continue reading