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Soybean rust was found in the Shelby County sentinel plot, in Millington near the Tipton County line. There was 7 out of 37 leaves with soybean rust with varying severity levels ranging from 1 to 35% (percentage of the leaf area that has lesions), with an average of 2% across the whole sample. Continue reading
There is no question that defoliating cotton this year will be challenging. Many of these challenges can be attributed to late planting dates, too much moisture during the growing season, lack of DD60 accumulation, or from planting a later maturing variety. Regardless the cause, there are many questions and concerns coming in about harvest aid materials as we start moving closer to harvest season. Continue reading
As reported by NASS on September 23, 2013
COTTON HARVEST BEGINS
Favorable weather conditions over the past week allowed producers to begin cotton harvest, continue corn harvest progress where moisture levels declined, and provided an average of 6.0 days suitable for field work. Even though cool, wet weather earlier in the year delayed crop development, the outlook is positive. Crops benefited from last week’s weather as crop progress and harvest increased an average of 10 points. Continue reading
No new reports of soybean rust in Tennessee from last week’s soybean sentinel plot samples. The sentinel plot in Giles County had soybean rust on 4 out of 57 leaves, all at very low levels (1% severity). Continue reading
The USDA Agriculture Marketing Service recently released their 2013 cotton varieties planted report. The full report can be found here. As can be seen in the table below, the top six varieties Continue reading
CORN HARVEST BEGINS IN EARNEST
Although a cool front toward the end of the week brought some rain and cooler temperatures, most of the week was hot and dry. There were 6.0 days suitable for field work. Declining moisture levels in corn jump-started corn harvest. The dry weather allowed cotton to make some progress, but it is still maturing at a slower than normal pace. Continue reading
The corn yields we have had here on the station as well as what I have heard of in farmer’s fields have been quite good. Even some of my weedy checks are making 160 bu/A! However, I know there are many drowned out areas in the corn that will lower the yield average and likely have stressed corn with small ears that will drop through the snap rollers. With many folks intending to plant wheat behind corn, volunteer corn will likely be a big problem this fall particularly in those areas. Continue reading