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19 Sep 2014

Tennessee Market Highlights

19 Sep 2014
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Corn, cotton, soybeans, and wheat were down for the week. Friday saw new harvest futures contract lows for both soybeans and corn of $9.56 and $3.31, respectively. The size of this year’s crop will continue to provide downward pressure for corn and soybean futures and weaken basis across the state. In Tennessee, cash corn prices dipped below $3.00 in some locations. At this time, it is unlikely that we have seen the harvest low for either soybeans or corn as the record harvest is just underway and a strong downward trend persists in futures markets for both commodities. Continue reading at Tennessee Market Highlights

 

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16 Sep 2014

Cotton Yield Monitoring with the Case-IH and Deere Pickers

16 Sep 2014
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focus on cottonDr. Mike Buschermohle and Lori Duncan with the University of Tennessee have just released a new Focus On Cotton webinar covering the topic of cotton yield monitoring from the Deere platform.  This timely, very informative release was accompanied by another webinar by Dr. Pedro Andradé-Sanchez  with the University of Arizona covering cotton yield monitoring from the Case-IH platform (links below).  As we inch closer to this harvest season I would encourage you to visit the Focus on Cotton website and watch these videos.  Continue reading →

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16 Sep 2014

Crop Progress

16 Sep 2014
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As reported by NASS on September 15, 2014

CORN, SOYBEAN HARVEST CONTINUES, THEN STALLED BY RAIN

Producers continued their harvest of corn, early soybeans, and milo but rain hindered progress late in the week. Though reminiscent of the wet weather that slowed plantings, these rains benefitted late soybeans and pasture. As of September 1, record corn yield and production for the State was forecast. There were reports of armyworms in Bermuda grass and disease in tobacco. Continue reading at Crop Progress 9 14 14.

 

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12 Sep 2014

Tennessee Market Highlights

12 Sep 2014
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Corn, soybeans, and wheat were down; cotton was up for the week. The September WASDE and Crop Production reports were released on Thursday. The reports confirmed record domestic yields and production for soybeans and corn. Average corn yields were estimated to be 171.7 bpa for the U.S. and 152 bpa for Tennessee. Continue reading at Tennessee Market Highlights.

 

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12 Sep 2014

2014 Mid-South Defoliation Guide

12 Sep 2014
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2014_midsoutdefolguideCooler temperatures have arrived in West TN.  Luckily, much of our cotton crop has made up a tremendous amount of lost ground over the past month and several fields will have received their first shot of defoliant by the end of next week.  With this less-than-desirable forecast and generally late crop, I would again encourage you to know your crop, know your environment/forecast, and use this information to guide your product selection and timing. Continue reading →

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12 Sep 2014

weather.utcrops.com

12 Sep 2014
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A new tool for tracking weather, heat units, and crop progress

I needed a quick way to view and download weather data from several counties, to determine accumulated heat units for many different planting dates and crops, and to compare against the 30-yr averages for making predictions and crop management decisions. So, I developed a web-based tool with that express purpose. Just point your browser or click-on http://weather.utcrops.com and the rest should be self-explanatory. There is also a Quick Link to this site on the left menu. If you are only interested in counties in Tennessee, you can click on Continue reading →

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