This is shaping up to be the “Year of the Pigweed”. That is how one consultant described our situation which, unfortunately, for many fields is right on the mark. Frequent flooding and hard rains last week followed by more of the same this week make it impossible to spray Palmer amaranth as timely as needed. Continue reading
As reported by NASS on June 9, 2014
HEAVY RAINFALL HINDERS SOME FIELD ACTIVITIES
Heavy rainfall brought needed moisture, but continued to cause delays in cotton and soybean planting. While a few areas were reporting dry conditions, overall crop condition was mostly good to excellent. Continue reading at Crop Progress 6 8 14
Tennessee Market Highlights for June 6, 2014 has been posted at http://economics.ag.utk.edu/market/tnmkt/2014/market060614.pdf .
Have been checking fields this week for stalk issues in corn, especially after the high winds that occurred here lately. Fortunately many fields look fine and corn is standing well. In other areas at least some corn did sustain wind damage causing leaning or snapped stems. Continue reading
There will be quite a bit of Liberty being sprayed over the next couple weeks. This is just a quick reminder that the time of day that Liberty is applied has large determination on the success or failure of that application. Continue reading
With wheat harvest comes the planting of double crop soybeans. Timeliness of planting is always critical. It seems our planting window narrows when planting soybeans behind wheat. Custom harvesting or planting could be good options. Continue reading at http://southeastfarmpress.com/soybeans/what-should-be-charged-custom-wheat-harvest-soybean-planting
As an update to the article below, reports of multiple thrips per plant are becoming more common. This is expected as seedling plants get larger. Once past the third true leaf, there is generally little or no benefit to treating Continue reading
A lot of reports of cotton injury from post applied Dual Mag or Warrant over the past several days. This is not unusual as we have this issues to some degree every year. Continue reading