Alabama

Alabama: 2 Counties Designated Natural Disaster Areas to Drought

Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated two Alabama counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers in Baldwin and Mobile counties who suffered losses due to recent drought, may be eligible for […]   🕔Jul 2, 2020

Alabama: Unusual Weather Gives Unusual Year for Cotton Insects   🕔Jul 1, 2020

Alabama Soybeans: Scout Fields for Redbanded Stink Bugs   🕔Jun 30, 2020

Arkansas

Rice Disease Alert: Leaf Blast Has Started; Sheath Blight Is Bouncing

Blast: We received our first report of leaf blast on June 30 in 2020 from Randolph County on a medium grain rice, Titan. Although minimal, blast has been detected this season on […]   🕔Jul 1, 2020

Arkansas: Corn, Cotton Acreage Fall; Soybeans, Rice Make Gains   🕔Jun 30, 2020

Arkansas Rice: Looking Ahead — More Sunlight Would Sure Help   🕔Jun 26, 2020

Arkansas Rice: Keep Your Eyes Peeled for Sheath Blight   🕔Jun 26, 2020

California

California: 22 Counties Designated Natural Disaster Areas to Drought

Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated 22 California counties, as primary natural disaster areas, under two separate disaster designations. Producers who suffered losses due to recent drought, may be eligible for […]   🕔Jul 2, 2020

California Almonds: An In-Depth Look at Spear-Lep Insecticide   🕔Jun 29, 2020

California: Almond Gumming – When Is It a Problem?   🕔Jun 29, 2020

California Almonds: A Big Crop Begins Splitting – AgFax   🕔Jun 27, 2020

California Walnuts: 10 Key Management Points Ahead Of Harvest   🕔Jun 27, 2020

California Walnuts: More Mold, More Questions   🕔Jun 27, 2020

Florida

Florida: Videos from Virtual Perennial Peanut Field Day

For the past several years the Perennial Peanut Producers Association, and UF/IFAS Extension have partnered to host a summer field day at UF/IFAS research stations in North Florida. This year […]   🕔Jun 26, 2020

Georgia

Georgia Cotton Commission – Richey Seaton Retiring, Sills to Serve as Executive Director

The Georgia Cotton Commission recently announced that Richey Seaton, the Commission’s Executive Director, has decided to retire effective August 1, 2020.  Taylor Sills will serve as Executive Director upon Seaton’s […]   🕔Jul 1, 2020

Georgia Pecans: New Triazole Fungicides Show Promise   🕔Jun 30, 2020

Georgia Peanuts: 3 Comments on Current Weed Situation   🕔Jun 30, 2020

Cover Crops for Weed Management – Researchers Respond to Herbicide Crackdown   🕔Jun 29, 2020

Sustainable Weed Management: Cooperation, Preparation, Science Are Key – Commentary   🕔Jun 29, 2020

Illinois

Illinois Corn: Dealing with Bacterial Leaf Streak

Recently there have been a flood of reports of Bacterial leaf streak (BLS) from areas within Iowa.  Not surprisingly reports of  BLS have started to come in from portions of Northern Illinois, an […]   🕔Jun 29, 2020

Indiana

Indiana: Weed Management Considerations for Late June

As we move into this time of the year, weed control operations in corn are mostly complete.  Weed control operations in soybeans are still ongoing with many folks putting on […]   🕔Jun 29, 2020

Iowa

Iowa, Minnesota Webinar Series – Essential Row Crop Management for Summer 2020 – July 14

University of Minnesota Extension and Iowa State University Extension and Outreach are collaborating to provide another series of short, timely, and topic-specific webinars for farmers, ag professionals, Extension personnel and […]   🕔Jul 2, 2020

Iowa Field Reports: Varying Moisture Levels; Bacterial Leaf Streak in Corn   🕔Jul 1, 2020

Iowa Soybeans: Identifying Common Herbicide Symptoms   🕔Jun 30, 2020

Iowa Farm Business: Liquidity Remains a Concern   🕔Jun 29, 2020

Kansas

Kansas: Researchers Ask Farmers to Complete Weed Challenge Survey

Every year Kansas farmers wage a silent but persistent battle with weeds that rob their crops of valuable moisture and nutrients in the soil and reduce crop yields. Compounding the […]   🕔Jun 26, 2020

Kentucky

Kentucky Soybeans: Septoria Brown Spot and Phyllosticta Leaf Spot

As the rains fall, environmental conditions become favorable for leaf diseases of soybean.  Currently, there are a couple of foliar diseases of soybean that can be observed in fields in […]   🕔Jul 1, 2020

Louisiana

Rice: Horizon Ag’s Louisiana Field Day Coming Up On July 8

Rice farmers will see and hear firsthand about the latest developments in the Provisia Rice System and the new Clearfield variety CLL17, available for planting next season, at the 2020 […]   🕔Jul 2, 2020

Louisiana: Beginning Farmer Training Program, Baton Rouge, Oct. 1   🕔Jul 2, 2020

Louisiana Corn: Should You Apply Pre-Tassel Nitrogen?   🕔Jun 26, 2020

Louisiana Soybeans: Managing In-Season Potassium Deficiency   🕔Jun 26, 2020

Michigan

Michigan Wheat: 1st True Armyworm Outbreak Since 2010

Some wheat growers in southern Michigan counties have experienced their first true armyworm outbreak since 2010. In the past few days, we have been contacted by several farmers in many […]   🕔Jun 26, 2020

Minnesota

Iowa, Minnesota Webinar Series – Essential Row Crop Management for Summer 2020 – July 14

University of Minnesota Extension and Iowa State University Extension and Outreach are collaborating to provide another series of short, timely, and topic-specific webinars for farmers, ag professionals, Extension personnel and […]   🕔Jul 2, 2020

Minnesota: Midseason Flooding and Its Impacts on Yields   🕔Jul 1, 2020

Minnesota: True Armyworm Spottings   🕔Jul 1, 2020

Minnesota Wheat: Diseases Quiet, Risk High for Fusarium Head Blight   🕔Jul 1, 2020

Mississippi

Mississippi: 3 Counties Designated Natural Disaster Areas to Drought

Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated three Mississippi counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers in Hancock, Harrison, and Jackson counties who suffered losses due to recent drought, may be eligible […]   🕔Jul 2, 2020

Mississippi Corn: Tassel Stage Management – Podcast   🕔Jun 26, 2020

Mississippi Rice: Post-Flood Weed Control Options   🕔Jun 18, 2020

Nebraska

Nebraska: Fungicide Resistance and Management of Frogeye Leaf Spot of Soybean

In 2019, QoI (strobilurin, FRAC group 11) fungicide resistance was detected in soybean frogeye leaf spot samples from 10 Nebraska counties (Fig. 1). Yield loss The presence of frogeye leaf […]   🕔Jul 1, 2020

Nebraska: Volunteer Wheat Control is Critical for Next Year’s Yields   🕔Jul 1, 2020

Nebraska: Japanese Beetles Emerging   🕔Jul 1, 2020

Nebraska Corn, Soybeans: Grasshoppers Return – Time to Scout Field Borders   🕔Jun 29, 2020

North Carolina

North Carolina Cotton: Pre-Bloom Plant Bug Management

With cotton moving into squaring it’s a good time to think about a game plan for tarnished plant bugs. In recent years, tarnished plant bug infestations have extended far into […]   🕔Jul 1, 2020

North Carolina Soybeans: Prevalent Seedling Diseases – What Should You Do?   🕔Jun 26, 2020

North Carolina Soybeans: What Stage Is My Crop In? – Video   🕔Jun 26, 2020

Ohio

Ohio Soybeans: Double Crop Recommendations

As small grains are harvested across the state, here are some management considerations for double-crop soybean production: Relative Maturity. Relative maturity (RM) has little effect on yield when soybeans are planted […]   🕔Jun 30, 2020

Ohio: Warmer Weather Favored for Rest of Growing Season   🕔Jun 30, 2020

Oklahoma

Oklahoma: 5 Counties Designated Natural Disaster Areas to Drought

Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated five Oklahoma counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers in Beaver, Blaine, Dewey, Kingfisher, and Major counties who suffered losses due to recent drought may […]   🕔Jul 2, 2020

Oklahoma Wheat: Harvest Nearly Complete   🕔Jun 30, 2020

Oklahoma Soybeans: Dry Weather Conducive for Seedling Blight, Root Rot   🕔Jun 26, 2020

Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Soybeans: Controlling Volunteer Corn

Volunteer corn in soybeans can impact yield. Here are some suggestions to help control this problem.   🕔Jun 29, 2020

Pennsylvania: Early Considerations Staging Soybeans   🕔Jun 26, 2020

Pennsylvania: Soybean Cyst Nematodes – Now’s a Great Time to Scout   🕔Jun 26, 2020

Pennsylvania Soybeans: Evaluating Nodulation   🕔Jun 26, 2020

South Dakota

South Dakota: Deuel County Designated Natural Disaster Area to Floods

Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated Deuel County, South Dakota, as a primary natural disaster area. Producers who suffered losses due to excessive moisture and flooding that has occurred since Jan. […]   🕔Jul 2, 2020

Tennessee

Tennessee: Weed, Insect Problems Going into July – Podcast

Weed management is dominating calls to UT Extension specialists this week. Larry Steckel answers those frequently asked questions in this episode. Scott Stewart joins him to discuss insect management issues to […]   🕔Jul 2, 2020

Tennessee: Dicamba – Concerns About Poor Pigweed Control   🕔Jun 30, 2020

Tennessee Cotton, Soybeans: Junglerice Control After Initial Glyphosate + Dicamba Application   🕔Jun 29, 2020

Tennessee: Insects Mostly Quiet   🕔Jun 26, 2020

Texas

Texas West Plains Cotton: Insects Mostly Quiet, Weeds a Bigger Problem

Cotton ranges from 5 to 13 total nodes with square set very good at +80%. The scouts have been counting at most 5 first position squares. On average the first […]   🕔Jul 2, 2020

Texas LRGV Cotton: Pests Largely Quiet   🕔Jul 2, 2020

Texas Field Reports: Summer Conditions, Forage Quality Can Reduce Cattle Gains   🕔Jul 1, 2020

PhytoGen Best Yielders Donate FFA Jackets   🕔Jul 1, 2020

Texas High Plains Cotton: More High Winds and Hail, Still Dry   🕔Jun 26, 2020

Texas Cotton: New Pima Interest Could Bring Yield-Limiting Fungus to Plains   🕔Jun 25, 2020

Virginia

Virginia Cotton: Considerations for Fertilizer Side-Dressing

The cotton during the first week of planting is all at about the 7 leaf stage and the 8th leaf is clearly visible in the bud.  This has brought us […]   🕔Jun 26, 2020