The slides shown in last week’s Cotton Focus meeting are available on UTcrops.com at the following link: Cotton Focus PowerPoint Slides. Although there is no audio, perhaps this will remind you of some of the important take home points made by our presenters.
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
Seven or eight years ago the main weed call in wheat was Italian ryegrass. That has changed over the last several years with henbit and poa (annual bluegrass) causing the most problems in wheat. Continue reading
The joint Kentucky-Tennessee Grain Conference will be held on February 8, 2013 at the Logan County Extension Office, 255 John Paul Avenue, Russellville, KY. The program begins at 8:00 AM and ends at 3:00 AM. Program
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
Quite a few calls continue to come in on an a sundry of weed control issues in wheat. Continue reading
The annual UT Cotton Focus meeting will be held at the West Tennessee Research and Education Center in Jackson on the morning of Thursday, February 14. We expect a full schedule of speakers covering important topics related to cotton production. Please mark your calendars!