Crop Progress
As reported by NASS on April 7, 2014
CORN PLANTING IN PROGRESS
Persistent rain in most corn planting areas of the State minimized or prevented producer’s ability to get as much of the crop planted as planned, as confirmed by an average of 3.5 days suitable for field work last week. The warmer weather in some areas was welcome as it helped greening of pastures. Continue reading
Spring time is finally here and it is time to consider terminating winter-annual cover crops. Many people have been questioning the timing of cover crop termination. Much of West Tennessee has encountered a cool and wet spring, which has limited the biomass accumulated by the cover crops when compared to the last several warmer winter/springs. So do we delay cover crop termination to get more growth or wait? Continue reading
There has been more metribuzin injury on wheat stands this year than we have seen in more than a decade. This has been very evident in research trials as well as walking some grower’s wheat fields. Continue reading
There has been some reports from various sources suggesting that insecticide seed treatments (IST) have limited value and don’t affect yield. Some of this is related to the anti-neonicotinoid craze that has become a very political issue. It is dangerous Continue reading
The wheat maturity stage across Tennessee varies quite a bit. Much of the variance is due to the wide range of planting dates last fall coupled with the cold winter which has really checked up growth particularly of later planted fields. Unfortunately, you really have to squint to see the wheat in some of these later planted fields. A good bit of the Tennessee wheat crop falls into this category. However, there were some more timely planted wheat fields last fall and this wheat looks good and is well on its way to getting to the first node. This maturity stage of wheat is a major cut-off point for many herbicides used in wheat. Continue reading
Drs. Jason Fewell and Aaron Smith, Ag Economists at the University of Tennessee, have written a brief publication about the recently passed Agricultural Act of 2014. This document highlights some changes that may affect producers in your areas. Click here to view the article.
We have fielded a number of calls from folks who believe that they are seeing more metribuzin injury on wheat this fall than in previous years. Continue reading
Results of the 2013 Soybean Variety Performance Tests in Tennessee have been posted at www.UTcrops.com.
The 2014 Insect Control Recommendations for Field Crops (PB 1768) is now available online. Hard copies of this publication are not yet available.