Thanks to all the agents and producers who entered the 2023 TN Top Soybean Yield Contest sponsored by Tennessee Soybean Promotion Board. There were over 50 producers across TN who participated in the 2023 contest. See the winners below!
For more information, please contact your local County Extension office. Notice of Intent for the 2024 Yield Contest are due in early September.
Complete contest rules and forms are available at your County Extension Office
Last year we reported on waterhemp in Montgomery and Macon counties that was resistant to dicamba. We came to this conclusion from both research we conducted in the fields and the confirmation of those results by greenhouse research. The greenhouse research was conducted at Purdue University by my colleague Dr. Bill Johnson and his graduate student Claudia Bland. Continue reading
As most Tennessee soybeans are entering their mid-late reproduction growth stages, some symptoms of diseases caused by soil-borne pathogens may be beginning to show up in our fields, particularly sudden death syndrome this year. The issue with diagnosing diseases caused by soil-borne pathogens is that they often exhibit very similar symptomology to each other. However, there are certain indicators that can help you differentiate between these diseases and help you make the best management decisions moving forward. Continue reading
Driving across West Tennessee last week it is very apparent we have taken a step backward on Palmer amaranth control. Many fields that looked clean from the road in late July are now showing large Palmer amaranth escapes. Upon closer inspection the pigweed escapes are at least partially affected by the dicamba applications which resulted in them staying hidden from the road until the last couple of weeks. Continue reading
Wondering what’s been making your soybeans sickly? Come to The University of Tennessee Soybean Disease Field Day, held Tuesday, Sept. 12th, at the Milan Research and Education Center. Registration will be from 8:30-9:00 AM with the tour beginning at 9 AM and concluding with a box lunch. Preregistration is not required. Pesticide re-certification and CCA points will be available. Continue reading
| Location | CEW | TBW |
| Hardeman (Bolivar) | 2 | 0 |
| Fayette (Whiteville) | 3 | 0 |
| Fayette (Somerville) | 12 | 0 |
| Shelby (Millington) | 4 | 0 |
| Tipton (Covington) | 3 | 0 |
| Tipton (North) | 3 | 0 |
| Lauderdale (Golddust) | 8 | 0 |
| Haywood(West) | 9 | 0 |
| Haywood (Brownsville) | 15 | 1 |
| Madison (WTREC) | 9 | 0 |
| Madison (North) | 0 | 0 |
| Crockett (Alamo) | 0 | 0 |
| Crockett (Friendship) | 2 | 0 |
| Dyer (King Rd) | 12 | 0 |
| Dyer (Dyersburg) | 1 | 0 |
| Lake (Ridgely) | 12 | 0 |
| Gibson (Trenton) | 30 | 0 |
| Gibson (Milan Rec) | 0 | 0 |
| Carroll (Coleman Farm) | 8 | 0 |
Numbers are consistently going down across West TN and this is the last week for trap catches.
