Tennessee Market Highlights for November 15, 2013 have been posted at market111513. Continue reading
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Nov
2013
Recent Updates
12
Nov
2013
Crop Progress – Summarized from NASS
12
Nov
2013
As reported by NASS on November 12, 2013
COTTON, SOYBEAN HARVESTS LAG WELL BEHIND AVERAGE
Cold and rainy conditions this fall have delayed soybean and particularly cotton harvests in the majority of the State this season. The lag in the harvests of these crops has had the additional effect of delayed wheat seedings. Despite this, yields continue to be reported as above average. Continue reading
08
Nov
2013
If you had SDS this year – sample for SCN
08
Nov
2013
There were multiple reports of Sudden Death Syndrome (SDS) in soybeans this past year. The cooler, wet season helped promote the disease in susceptible varieties, but the presence of soybean cyst nematode (SCN) can also increase the effect of SDS. Continue reading
08
Nov
2013
Tennessee Custom Rate Survey
08
Nov
2013
The Tennessee Custom Rate Survey has been released and can be found at TNCustomRates2013. Continue reading
08
Nov
2013
Profitability Outlook Update for 2014
08
Nov
2013
As producers start to wrap up 2013 harvest, decisions for 2014 will soon need to be made. Of immediate attention is the decision of whether to plant wheat. The recommended planting window will soon be closing. Other decisions will soon focus on variety selection for 2014 as suppliers generally start booking the varieties for the next year. Considering those decisions, the 2014 crop plan has definitely started as producers start sketching out their 2014 cropping plan. Continue reading
07
Nov
2013
Tobacco Thrips Resistance to Cruiser
07
Nov
2013
Syngenta has recently confirmed the presence of resistance to thiamethoxam in populations of tobacco thrips collected from the Mid South. Thiamethoxam is the active ingredient used for thrips control on cotton seed treated with Cruiser, Cruiser Avicta, and Acceleron N. It is also the active ingredient used as Cruiser in soybean and corn. This discovery comes as no surprise in Tennessee as thrips control failures on Cruiser treated cotton seed have become more and more common during the past few years. Continue reading
05
Nov
2013
2014 NRCS EQIP Opportunities and Deadlines
05
Nov
2013
State offices of the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) have established application deadlines for the 2014 Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP). Deadlines for your state are Continue reading
04
Nov
2013
Crop Progress – Summarized from NASS
04
Nov
2013
As reported by NASS on November 4, 2013
ROW CROP HARVEST AGAIN HAMPERED BY RAIN
Frost continues to bring benefits in the form of helping cotton dry down and open. Soybean, corn, and cotton harvests continue, with above average yields being reported for all. Rain delayed harvest last week and kept producers out of the fields for at least one day across most of the State. Activities last week included wheat seeding and cotton defoliation. Continue reading