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Alabama
Alabama
Alabama: Cotton Being Treated for Thrips
5-17 Alabama Insect Blog
Many acres in north Alabama are being treated for thrips as large numbers move from grass to cotton plants in the first to second true leaf stage.…
Alabama: Thrips Damage in Cotton5-15 Alabama Insect Blog
Alabama: Planting Resumes After Rainfall5-14 USDA
Arkansas
Arkansas
Arkansas Rice: Turning Out To Be An Expensive Year For Weed Control
5-17 University of Arkansas
It is turning out to be an expensive weed control season in rice. Lack of rain has forced a lot of fields to need full rates of propanil, Facet and/or…
Arkansas Rice Verification Update: N-STaR* Recs Show Shifting Needs5-17 University of Arkansas
Arkansas: Suspicious-Looking Caterpillar Making Appearance5-16 Arkansas Row Crops
Arkansas: Corn and Grain Sorghum Research Verification Program Update5-14 Arkansas Row Crops
Arkansas: Producers Wrapping Up Spring Planting5-14 USDA
Arkansas: Cotton, Soybean and Rice Insect Update5-14 Arkansas Row Crops
Arkansas: Soybean Cash Market, Forward Booking Prices May 7-115-14 Arkansas Row Crops
California
California
California Cotton: Thrips Can Provide Valuable Ecological Service5-17 University of California
California: S&W Seed to Acquire 1,880 Acres of Imperial Valley Farmland5-14 Press Release
California Almonds: Demand Remains Steady, Pricing Prospects Bullish5-13
California Almonds: How Nitrogen Applications Vary By Location5-13 Almond Doctor Blog
California Almonds: May Sprays, Mite Sprays And Something For Rust – AgFax Almonds5-13
Florida
Florida
Florida: Continued Drought Delays Planting
5-14 USDA
Crop Progress and Condition for the Week Ending May 13, 2012.
Weather Summary: Minimal showers this past week did not affect the State’s overall drought conditions. According to the U.S.…
Georgia
Georgia
Georgia: Scout Corn for Stink Bugs at V15 Stage
5-17 University of Georgia Cooperative Extension
Farmers should scout their fields for stink bugs beginning at V15 stage or as ears begin to form and elongate.
I suggest using a threshold of 25 percent infested plants …
Georgia: Early Blight Appearing on Backyard Tomatoes5-15 Georgia FACES
Georgia: Round Spots on Corn Leaves?5-15 Seminole Crop E News
Georgia Corn: Leafminer Feeding Often Mistaken For Disease5-13 Seminole County E-News
Georgia Corn: Indications Of Thrips Feeding5-13 Seminole County E-News
Georgia: Wheat Harvest is Under Way5-11 Seminole Crop E News
Georgia: Stink Bugs Getting into Corn5-11 Seminole Crop E News
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Crop progress reports from Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri and Texas. Dry conditions persist, flushing continues. Warmer temperatures putting crop on track again. Most planting wraps up in Midsouth.
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Illinois
Illinois
Illinois: Corn Planting Nearly Complete as Fieldwork Resumes
5-14 USDA
Crop Progress and Condition for the Week Ending May 13, 2012.
Last week, weather patterns returned to more normal conditions than in previous weeks and fieldwork resumed at a brisk…
Illinois: The Black Cutworm Watch and Other Entomological Musings5-11 Integrated Pest Management Bulletin
Indiana
Indiana
Indiana Corn: Making a Wise Decision on Replanting
5-17 Corny News Network
Crappy stands of corn (aka less than desirable) occur somewhere in Indiana every year.
Unacceptable stand establishment in some of these fields may eventually require growers to make decisions about…
Indiana: Extended Spring Weather Brings Armyworm Problems5-15 Ag Answers
Indiana: Planting Pace Slows but Still Ahead of Normal5-14 USDA
Iowa
Iowa
Iowa: Seedling Diseases Reported in Corn, Soybeans5-17 Integrated Crop Management News
Iowa: Western Bean Cutworm Cooperators Needed5-17 Integrated Crop Management News
Iowa: Nearly a Third of Expected Soybean Acres Planted Last Week5-14 USDA
Iowa Corn: Imbibitional Chilling and Variable Emergence5-14 Integrated Crop Management News
Kansas
Kansas
Kansas: Cooler Temperatures but Moisture Remains a Concern
5-14 USDA
Crop Progress and Condition for the Week Ending May 13, 2012.
Agricultural Summary: Last week, many Kansas producers received a break from the unseasonably hot temperatures as more than half…
Kansas Wheat: Dry Conditions Add to Stress in Some Areas5-14 K-State Research and Extension
Kentucky
Kentucky
Kentucky: Fungicides Best Used At Reproductive Stage Of Corn5-15 Kentucky Pest News
Kentucky: Corn Planting Nearly Complete Despite Increased Rains5-14 USDA
Louisiana
Louisiana
Louisiana Cotton: A Large Pest (Video)
5-16
Consultants and farmers in the lower South often tell us about seeing alligators in their fields, but this is the first time anyone has sent us a video.
It was…
Louisiana: Restocking Crawfish in Permanent Ponds a Waste5-16 LSU AgCenter News
Louisiana Rice: EPA Approves New Fungicide5-15 LSU AgCenter News
Louisiana: Cotton Fleahopper Numbers Increasing5-14 Louisiana Crops
Louisiana: Sampling Dermacor X-100 Water-Seeded Field5-14 Louisiana Rice Insects
Louisiana: Summer Forage Strategies After The 2011 Drought5-13 Louisiana State University
Louisiana (E-Central): Thrips In Cotton, Diseases In Corn And A New Ride For Spraying Pigweed5-13 Roger Carter and his colleagues at AMS
Louisiana: Termites Most Active Around Mother’s Day5-11 LSU AgCenter News
Mississippi
Mississippi
Mississippi: Corn Disease Update and Tassel Fungicide Decisions
5-16 Mississippi Crop Situation
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Mississippi: Insect Scout School Dates Set5-16 Mississippi Crop Situation
Mississippi: Herbicide Resistant Weeds and Much Needed Rains5-14 USDA
Mississippi (Central): Variable Rates May Produce Variable Crops5-13 Field Notes, Ernie Flint
Mississippi: Thrips Pressure Heavy In Cotton5-11 Mississippi Crop Situation
Mississippi: Insect Trap Counts5-11 Mississippi Crop Situation
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Missouri
Missouri
Missouri: Southern Districts Continue to Suffer from Lack of Rain
5-14 USDA
Crop Progress and Condition for the Week Ending May 13, 2012.
Agricultural Summary
Seasonal temperatures returned with scattered showers across the state. Irrigation was in full swing in the southeast…
Nebraska
North Carolina
North Carolina
North Carolina: Kudzu Bug Eggs Turn Up On Volunteer And Planted Soybean5-15 North Carolina Crops
North Carolina Cotton: Start Scouting For Thrips And Other Seedling Pests – Here’s How5-13 North Carolina Crops
North Carolina: Sorting Through Decisions About Thrips In Soybeans And Corn5-13 North Carolina Crops
Ohio
Ohio
Ohio: Time to Scout for Slugs5-11 C.O.R.N. Newsletter
Oklahoma
Oklahoma
Oklahoma: Early Wheat Harvest Delayed by Rain
5-14 USDA
Crop Progress and Condition for the Week Ending May 13, 2012.
An early wheat harvest was progressing mid-week, but rain over the weekend stopped the combines in southwestern Oklahoma. An…
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South Carolina
South Carolina
South Carolina: Kudzu Bugs Invading Early Planted Soybeans
5-16 Clemson Agronomic News
Eye-catching populations have been observed in the state.…
South Carolina: Herbicides For Peanuts5-15 Clemson Agronomic News
South Carolina: Clemson Peanut Brief5-15 Clemson Agronomic News
South Carolina: Corn Planting Nearly Complete Amid Much Needed Rains5-14 USDA
South Carolina: Kudzu Bug Spreading in Southeast5-11 Clemson Agronomic News
Tennessee
Tennessee
Tennessee: False Chinch Bugs Killing Cotton — Beans Next?5-16 UTCrops
Tennessee: Weekend Showers Welcomed5-14 USDA
Tennessee Cotton: Weed Control Off to Rough Start for Some5-14 UTCrops
Tennessee: UT Weed Tour Scheduled June 215-14 UTCrops
Tennessee: Corn Herbicide Tank-Mix Reminders5-11 UTCrops
Texas
Texas
Texas: 2 Soil Nutrient Management Courses Set for August5-17 Texas AgriLife
Texas: Rains Jump-Start Cotton Planting, But Areas Are Still Very Dry5-15 AgriLife Today
Texas: Converting Crops to Fuel All About Math5-15 Texas AgriLife
Texas: More Diversified Herbicide Plan May be Needed5-15 Texas AgriLife
Texas: Rains Help Improve Crop Conditions in Most Areas5-14 USDA
Texas: Hot and Humid Nights Decrease Rice Yield and Quality5-11 Texas AgriLife
Virginia
Virginia
Virginia Cotton: A Little Dry Weather Would be Nice
5-17 Commonwealth Gin
We folks in agriculture get picked on sometimes for being unsatisfied with the weather. “It is either too wet when it is raining, or it is too dry.”
So without…
Virginia: Corn Nutrient Deficiencies5-15 Virginia Cooperative Extension-Southampton County
Virginia Soybeans: On the Lookout for Fungal Seedling Disease5-15 Virginia Cooperative Extension
Virginia Cotton: Beneficial Moisture Spreads Out Planting Season5-14 Commonwealth Gin
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