| Location | CEW | TBW |
| Hardeman (Bolivar) | 5 | 0 |
| Fayette (Whiteville) | 45 | 0 |
| Fayette (Somerville) | 2 | 0 |
| Shelby (Millington) | 22 | 0 |
| Tipton (Covington) | 3 | 0 |
| Tipton (North) | 26 | 0 |
| Lauderdale (Golddust) | 20 | 0 |
| Haywood(West) | 32 | 1 |
| Haywood (Brownsville) | 19 | 3 |
| Madison (WTREC) | 13 | 0 |
| Madison (North) | 0 | 0 |
| Crockett (Alamo) | 0 | 2 |
| Crockett (Friendship) | 14 | 0 |
| Dyer (King Rd) | 5 | 1 |
| Dyer (Dyersburg) | 34 | 1 |
| Lake (Ridgely) | 21 | 4 |
| Gibson (Trenton) | 26 | 0 |
| Gibson (Milan Rec) | 1 | 0 |
| Carroll (Coleman Farm) | 1 | 0 |
Corn, cotton, soybeans, and wheat were up for the week.
Many factors are influencing commodity prices. Recently, movements in corn, soybeans, wheat, and cotton prices have been driven by the Russia/Ukraine conflict, US acreage estimates, and weather concerns across a large portion of the Corn Belt, and this is likely to remain the principal focus of markets into August. As of July 18, 2023, the percentage of soybeans in Moderate Drought (D1), Severe Drought (D2), Extreme Drought (D3), and Exceptional Drought (D4) was 1%, 6%, 13%, and 30% (USDA-Ag in Drought). Continue reading at Tennessee Market Highlights.
| Location | CEW | TBW |
| Hardeman (Bolivar) | 1 | 0 |
| Fayette (Whiteville) | 15 | 0 |
| Fayette (Somerville) | 18 | 0 |
| Shelby (Millington) | 21 | 0 |
| Tipton (Covington) | 2 | 0 |
| Tipton (North) | 19 | 0 |
| Lauderdale (Golddust) | 2 | 0 |
| Haywood(West) | 19 | 0 |
| Haywood (Brownsville) | 32 | 0 |
| Madison (WTREC) | 16 | 0 |
| Madison (North) | 0 | 0 |
| Crockett (Alamo) | 0 | 0 |
| Crockett (Friendship) | 6 | 0 |
| Dyer (King Rd) | 9 | 2 |
| Dyer (Dyersburg) | 46 | 0 |
| Lake (Ridgely) | 20 | 0 |
| Gibson (Trenton) | 0 | 0 |
| Gibson (Milan Rec) | 0 | 0 |
| Carroll (Coleman Farm) | 0 | 0 |
The MidSouth Cotton Specialists’ Working Group (MSCSWG) has compiled the 2023 Cotton Variety Guide for Plant Growth Regulation. This information was constructed based on the MSCSWG’s experience with each of the varieties, company ratings, and discussions with other agronomists. To access a pdf of the document, click the above image.
Several deep silt loam fields I’ve walked this week are a little ahead of management; the internode between the 4th and 5th nodes down from the top of many plant has already stretched beyond 3 inches, and with the rains moving through the area this week, I suspect the upper internodes will likely continue to grow longer than desired. Many of these acres have already received their first shot of PGR, but we weren’t aggressive enough with that application to properly regulate growth. In this article, I cover a few thoughts on bringing these acres back into check without negatively impacting yields. Continue reading
In fall of ’22, we planted 21 wheat varieties from 7 companies in 8 county trials, and the yield results in. Very good yields again this year, especially with early concerns from some delayed planting last fall combined with a wet spring and late freeze that hit much of TN. The varieties we are planting in TN are much better than what we had just a decade ago! These varieties have been selected to be more suitable to our wetter climate and our yields seem to be more stable and predictable based on management and inputs.
With our 21 varieties at 8 locations, we had an overall average of over 92 bu/ac, with location averages ranging from 136 to 61 bu/ac.
All CST’s are: on-farm, large strip trials and are managed and maintained by each county’s cooperating producer/s. Thank you to all the County Agents and growers who contributed to this data.
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I have had the opportunity to visit fields where dicamba application/s failed to control Palmer amaranth and observe the success and failure of follow-up weed control tactics. On the positive side, where more timely and diverse weed control tactics were employed Palmer amaranth control was often a success. In a couple of cases, timely Liberty applications on Palmer amaranth escapes often provided 70 to 80% control. Follow-up hooded applications followed by cultivation increased Palmer control in these fields to greater than 95% (Picture 1). Continue reading
With the majority of soybean fields in Tennessee in reproductive growth stages, it’s time to scout for diseases and make fungicide application decisions. Continue reading