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Alabama
Alabama Cotton: Sidedress Fertilizer Applications
With cotton planting dates varying widely across the state, time for sidedress fertilizer may or may not be fast-approaching. Regardless of planting date, demand for nitrogen (N) increases significantly after […]
Arkansas
Arkansas: Rice Water Weevil Getting Worse
Phone calls on rice water weevil adults moving into rice have picked up tremendously over the past two weeks. A few weeks ago, we made the comment that it was […]
Georgia
Georgia Peanuts: Early to Mid-Season Irrigation
Similar to May of 2019 which was very hot and dry, we had some very hot and dry weather during May of 2021, dry enough that we had to apply […]
Illinois
Corn, Soybeans: Chances of Lower Harvest Revenues in 2021
The harvest-time futures contracts for corn and soybeans continue to trade at levels well above those experienced since 2013. In a recent article (farmdoc daily, May 11, 2021), we used the farmdoc Price […]
Iowa
Iowa Soybeans: Northern Research Farm Field Day, Kanawha, June 23
Micronutrients for soybean production, soybean cyst nematode management and white mold of soybean will highlight the summer field day at the Iowa State University Northern Research and Demonstration Farm near Kanawha. The […]
Louisiana
Louisiana Rice: Horizon Ag Field Day, Kaplan, Jun. 29
The 2021 Horizon Ag Louisiana Field Day is back in person and better than ever, with the spotlight this year on new, high-performing Clearfield and Provisia varieties that are raising […]
Minnesota
Minnesota Farmers Face Expanding Drought – DTN
It last rained in Waverly, Minnesota, on May 27, and farmer Dan Glessing is watching his crops nervously, hoping for a break. The latest drought monitor shows expansion of moderate […]
Mississippi
Mississippi: Watermelon Quality Good as Harvest Gets Underway
Watermelon production is on track despite cool weather at planting. “I’ve been in our watermelon fields a good bit over the past several days,” Heath Steede, Mississippi State University Extension […]
Missouri
Missouri: Spring Rains Bring Root Rots
Persistent rains have resulted in ample conditions for seedling and root rotting diseases in many Missouri fields this spring season. Most prominently, Pythium species have been resulting in infection of the roots […]
Nebraska
Nebraska: Weed Management Field Day, Hastings, June 23
Growers, crop consultants and educators are encouraged to attend Nebraska Extension’s Weed Management Field Day from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday, June 23, 2021 at the South Central Agricultural […]
New Mexico
New Mexico: 33 Counties Designated Natural Disaster Areas to Drought
This Secretarial natural disaster designation allows the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) to extend much-needed emergency credit to producers recovering from natural disasters through emergency loans. […]
Ohio
Ohio Wheat: Don’t Delay Harvest
Wheat harvest date could impact both grain yield and quality. Delaying wheat harvest puts the crop at risk for increased disease, lodging, sprouting, harvest loss, and grain contamination with mycotoxins. […]
Texas
West Texas Corn, Sorghum: Massive Fall Armyworm Flight According to Traps
Corn and sorghum withstood our severe weather quite well this spring, and most fields got a good start. The first cloud is now on the horizon because fall armyworm pheromone […]
