With planting just around the corner, there are a few management considerations of cover crops that are being used for weed control. There is no single best way to manage all cover crops prior to any given cash crop. Tailoring the cover crop to best fit your cash crop can make a difference in the ultimate success of your weed control program. Continue reading
With the Xtend technology now available, hopefully everybody is gearing up with the correct nozzles and application knowledge needed to be successful. Although there are other application requirements in place with the new Xtendimax™ (www.xtendimaxapplicationrequirements.com) and Engenia™ (www.engeniatankmix.com) herbicide labels, the single most important thing you can do to steward this technology is equip your sprayer with the correct nozzles. Continue reading
Where is the horseweed (marestail)? That has been a common question this March. I have no data to say exactly but I can speculate. My thought is that the main event that has limited its germination was the very dry fall and indeed winter of 2016 and 2017. Continue reading
The new publication, “W 403: Verticillium Wilt in Tennessee Valley Cotton” provides background on Verticillium wilt, summarizes recent variety trial results, and highlights other practices that can reduce the impact of the disease. Continue reading
The crazy warm and mostly dry February has many folks thinking about planting March corn. If this is the case on your farm, it is time to be applying burndown. This is particularly true for fields infested with ryegrass. Continue reading
The fourth blog on stewardship of XtendiMax and Engenia on Xtend crops will revisit nozzles. Dr. Bob Wolf, a leading expert on nozzles, wrote me after he read my last blog and stated that his research would suggest that the ideal pressure range to run TTI11004 nozzles on is between 45 and 60 PSI. I had suggested 30 to 60 psi. Continue reading
Ryan Blair, County Variety Testing Coordinator
The 2016 TN Cotton Variety Trial Results Publication (PB1742) is now available online. This document contains detailed results from all harvested trails in the 2016 University of Tennessee Cotton Variety Testing Program. Continue reading
The 2017 Tennessee Grain & Soybean Producers Conference is being held at the Dyer County Fairgrounds in Dyersburg, TN on Thursday, February 2nd. On-site registration begins at 7:45. The programs ends after lunch following the Keynote Address by Harrison M. Pittman, Director, National Agricultural Law Center (University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture) on “Ag Law Update: Recent & Emerging Issues for the Ag Industry”. Preliminary Agenda (updated)