Early Burndown. One overall observation on the winter annual weed pressure this spring is that bluegrass and henbit pressure is extremely heavy across many Tennessee row crop fields. In general, Continue reading
Recrop Intervals After Wheat Herbicides. There has been a lot of wheat sprayed in the last couple of weeks. Most of the wheat acres in the state look very good at this point. There may be a handful of fields however that may be more profitable to be burned down and replanted to another crop. Knowing when and what herbicides were applied Continue reading
Cotton Focus and Precision Ag Conference Presentations have been posted at UTCrops.com under Presentations or can be accessed by the following link. http://www.utextension.utk.edu/fieldCrops/presentations.htm
The state of Tennessee has just received a new 24c special needs label for Reflex herbicide use in cotton. It reads as follows:
After Reflex application, a minimum of 0.5 inch of rainfall or overhead irrigation must occur before planting cotton on medium or fine-textured soils. Continue reading
Many of you have heard about the budget reductions that were passed by the House of Representatives last week. The Smith-Lever cuts, if approved by the Senate Continue reading
There have been a few calls coming in with folks interested in spraying wild garlic (onions) in wheat. The main concern is whether or not there is enough new growth on the wild garlic to obtain good control with Continue reading