There may have been a time when farmers had the luxury to wait until after harvest and the winter months set in to start thinking about the next year. Unfortunately, that time has long past.
Obviously, producers planning on planting wheat or canola in Tennessee have already made a conscious effort in planning. Continue readinga at Southeast Farm Press.
As reported by NASS on September 28, 2015
DRY CONDITIONS IDEAL FOR ROW CROP HARVEST
Many producers were able to wrap up corn harvest and soybean harvest progressed well. Good yields for both crops were reported. With the dry conditions, cotton defoliation was underway. The dry conditions did little for pastures development and seeded wheat, which are both in need of a soaking rain. There were 6.5 days suitable for field work last week. Continue reading at Crop Progress 9 27 15.
September has been warmer and drier than normal but rain is in the forecast over the next few days. The first report of picking in TN came in late last week and we should be in full-picking-mode after this rain moves through. Still, there is more to getting back into the field than just waiting for the bolls to dry and ground to ‘hold up’. With the adoption of the new module-building pickers, the weight of our equipment has increased to record levels. Continue reading
Corn, soybeans, and wheat were up; cotton was mixed for the week. December corn rallied at the end of the week posting double digit gains from this week’s low on Monday. In Tennessee, gains in the futures market were offset by a weakening basis at barge points and county elevators as harvest was in full swing until rain came on Thursday/Friday. December futures are now almost 30 cents higher than the contract low of $3.57 ½ on August 12th. Continue reading at Tennessee Market Highlights.
The first shot of the Crockett County Defoliation Trial was applied today (9/24) on Mr. Tommy Butner’s farm. This plot is flagged on all four corners with large red bicycle flags. The northwest corner is located near coordinates: 35.810726°, -89.245217°. Treatments include one and two shot approaches. The plot is located just east of 7529 Tennessee 88, Friendship, TN 38034 (just west of Maury City, TN). Continue reading
Dr. David Kohl was the keynote speaker at the August 5th Mid-South Agricultural Finance Conference at UT Martin. Please see his comments below and link to a Corn & Soybean Digest article.
Would you burn working capital to keep farming?This valuable question was posed to a panel of experts at the recent Mid-South Agricultural Finance Conference at the University of Tennessee at Martin. The panel to whom this question was posed consisted of Freddie Bernard of Purdue University, Steve Isaacs of University of Kentucky, my fellow officemate in graduate school at Cornell, Richard Brock, and of course, yours truly. Continue reading at Corn & Soybean Digest.
it’s time for producers in Tennessee and surrounding states to start looking closely on whether they want to plant wheat for the 2016 season. Wheat for 2016 has as much profit potential as competing crops and appears to have a place in a grain rotation.
Weather conditions in the fall generally have a bearing on wheat acres. We typically plant wheat after corn as well as early soybeans so the ability to get those crops harvested timely have a direct bearing on planting wheat. Continue reading at Southeast Farm Press.
Mr. Philip Shelby (Gibson County AG Extension Agent) and I put a defoliation strip trial out on Mr. Jason Luckey’s farm last Thursday (9/17). This plot is flagged on all four corners with large red bicycle flags. The southwest corner is located near coordinates: 35.797906°, -88.835526°. Navigating to 36 Esquire Peek Rd in Humboldt, TN 38343 and looking north will put you roughly 100 yards south of the plot. Treatments target a one-shot approach to defoliation with Continue reading