Corn: Since the market open on Monday, September corn futures have gained $0.10 while basis stayed relatively unchanged at the local level. The continuing rally in corn futures is a three part story. First, the damage to the South American crop continues to prevail in the market price of corn. Second, the recent weakening of the U.S. dollar has made exports more attractive to foreign buyers. Continue reading
Our earliest cotton is beginning to square, and I think a few reminders are in order. Continue reading
Temperatures are heading up and even west TN is finally experiencing a break in rainfall. It is time to take stock of crop growth stages, make any last minute repairs to irrigation equipment and irrigate our corn. We also need to decide how early to begin watering soybeans and any sorghum under a pivot. Continue reading
Growers continue to replant, spot plant or supplement soybean stands this month. In west TN this is due to too much rain, causing surface packing or seed and seedling rots. Dry weather in central TN is creating additional headaches, where wetter spots free of cover crop residue may germinate well, while other parts of fields have seeds germinating over many days as rains fall too late to wet soil profile deep enough. Continue reading
A number of folks are seeing a good bit of burn when they have tankmixed Liberty and glyphosate on their Delta and Pine Land cotton. In our research when we have tankmixed those two herbicides indeed we have seen about 20% cotton injury. Continue reading
On June 6, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) announced an estimated 300 million in cost-share assistance payments to cotton producers through the new Cotton Ginning Cost Share program (CGCS) program. Through the CGCS program, eligible producers can receive a one-time cost share payment, which is based on a producer’s 2015 cotton acres reported to FSA, multiplied by 40 percent of the average ginning cost for each production region. Continue reading
There was some good news today as the EPA approved the Section 18 requests allowing the emergency use of Transform in cotton for the control of tarnished plant bugs. Continue reading
WHEAT HARVEST BEGINS
Wheat harvest has begun with reports of good yields and quality. Hay cutting was in full swing in dry areas of the State. Wet conditions in other areas continue to hamper soybean planting but are beneficial to crops which had started to show signs of stress. Cooler weather and wet conditions hindered cotton development. Crops were in mostly good condition. There were 4.1 days suitable for field work. Continue reading the Tennessee Crop Progress at TN_06_06_2016. The U.S. Crop Progress report can be read at CropProg-06-06-2016.