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Texas LRGV IPM: More Fleahoppers in Cotton; Sugarcane Aphids Take Off in Sorghum
General Situation Hot and muggy this week as the LRGV received some rain on Monday and Tuesday and a little on Wednesday. Harlingen, Raymondville and Weslaco areas received anywhere from […]
Texas LRGV Cotton, Sorghum: Aphids Attracting Ladybugs
At the start of this week we were rained out across the Valley. Many areas including Donna, Pharr, Edinburg, Weslaco, Mercedes, La Villa, and others received 1.5 to 2 inches […]
Texas LRGV Cotton, Sorghum: Dryland – Drought; Fleahoppers
General Situation For the majority of the Valley cotton and grain is coming along nicely but for those dryland farmers in Willacy County this has certainly been a rough year […]
Texas: Lower Rio Grande Planting Progresses but Moisture Needed
Water! It has been on everyone’s mind as we have been planting and having to irrigate early to get our crops to come up and some even irrigating again already […]
Texas LRGV Cotton: Time to Consider Harvest Aid Timing
General Situation We received some good rains this week in some areas around the Valley, it was what I call a ‘hit and miss’. Grain sorghum and corn harvesting has […]
Texas Cotton LRGV: Hot, Dry and Plenty of Open Bolls; Whiteflies Active
It’s very hot and dry. We’ve had a few days here this week at 104 to 106 degrees with heat index of about 110. Everyone is either irrigating or going to […]
Texas Grains: Sugarcane Aphids Active in LRGV Sorghum; Some Corn Silking
It has been a very busy week. Conditions across the Valley continue to be dry, hot and windy. We did however receive a cold front this week which lowered temps […]
Grain Sorghum: Sugarcane Aphids Gain A Huge Head Start In Texas
My student Alma and I detected sugarcane aphids on commercial sorghum at about the V8 stage down by the river in Hidalgo County. That was on Tuesday, March 21, about 3 […]
Texas Cotton: LRGV Crop Progressing Well, Watch for Aphids and Thrips
The majority of the valley’s cotton has just started squaring pretty good with the exception of some older cotton farther along. In cotton we have been finding thrips, cotton aphids, […]
Texas: LRGV Cotton Defoliation Picks Up, Sorghum Harvest Continues
Very hot days this week with little wind in the LRGV as harvesting continues and cotton defoliation begins. Cotton Defoliation time! This week throughout the Valley you could see many […]
