Alabama
Alabama Cotton: PRE Treatments Behind the Planter
Cotton planting will be in full swing in just another week or two. One thing that I cannot emphasize enough is to START CLEAN (free of weeds), particularly in no-till […]
Arkansas
Projected 2020 Price Loss Coverage Benefits – April Update
USDA’s Price Loss Coverage (PLC) program is a commodity support program that makes deficiency payments when the marketing year average price for a covered commodity falls below a statutory reference […]
California
California Walnuts: April Orchard Management Considerations
Pistillate Flower Abscission (PFA): For varieties susceptible to PFA (especially Tulare or Serr), apply first ReTain® spray at 30 to 40% pistillate (female) flower bloom. The percent PFA and rate of […]
Florida
Florida Peanuts: 4 Early-Season Lessons from 2020
1. Check the germ rate of your seed I was shocked last year to see so many skippy stands, because we didn’t check the germ rate. Many peanut fields had […]
Georgia
Georgia Pecans: Fungicide Schedules – What to Spray and When
Below you will find examples of effective fungicide spray programs. Because of the high variability in scab susceptibility from one variety to the next, this year’s suggestions will be a […]
Iowa
Iowa: Preemergence Herbicides, Dry Soils, and Rain
The potential for continued dry weather across the state raises concerns about the impact of dry soils on preemergence herbicides. Preemergence herbicides kill weeds by being absorbed into the seed […]
Kansas
Kansas Sorghum: 2020 Hybrid Test Results Available Online
For years, Kansas has outpaced all other states as the top producer of grain sorghum, and growers have a resource to help keep it that way. Kansas State University’s 2020 […]
Kentucky
Kentucky Soybeans: Time to Sample for Soybean Cyst Nematodes
The soybean cyst nematode (SCN) (Figure 1) causes greater annual yield losses in Kentucky than any other pathogen of soybean. The last time a formal survey was conducted by the […]
Louisiana
Louisiana Rice: LSU Variety Developed for New Orleans Sake
Short-grain rice developed by the LSU AgCenter has been planted for a New Orleans company to make sake, a traditional Japanese beverage that is becoming more popular in the U.S. […]
Minnesota
Minnesota Corn: Tips to Prevent Fallow Syndrome
While the 2020 growing season was relatively to abnormally dry for much of Minnesota, there were pockets of the state where fields were too wet for crops to be harvested. […]
Mississippi
Mississippi: Read the Fertilizer and Lime Labels!
To read and follow pesticide labels is common knowledge and accepted practice in agriculture. It should be practiced more for fertilizers, lime, and soil fertility enhancement products. Fertilizers: Why read […]
Missouri
Missouri: New Dicamba Label Requirements
With the recent EU approval of Xtendflex soybean, commercial launch will begin in 2021. In addition, the US EPA has registered 3 dicamba products (Xtendimax, Engenia, Tavium) for use through 2025. The […]
Nebraska
Nebraska Ethanol Plant Turns into Environmental, Legal Disaster – DTN
The owners of a small ethanol plant in Mead, Nebraska, that has become an environmental disaster are looking to sell off their adjoining 30,000-head cattle feedyard as the ethanol plant […]
Ohio
Ohio Corn, Soybeans: Early April Planting – Good Idea or Bad Idea?
Planting when conditions are adequate (soil temperatures above 50°F and greater than 45% plant available water content) is recommended for corn and soybean. This year, these conditions are occurring sooner […]
Oklahoma
Oklahoma Wheat: Lots of Tan Spot, Conditions Conducive for Other Diseases
Last week (08-April) in southwestern OK, Gary Strickland (Jackson County Extn Educator) reported seeing only very little stripe rust, but that tan spot was still present in the lower canopy. […]
Texas
Texas Upper Coast Cotton: Early Season Pest Thresholds
We’ve been off to a chilly and windy start, and nearly everywhere needs rain, but most of our cotton is in the ground now, and soybeans are currently being planted. […]
