Entolomogy
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This past week, corn growers are finishing up planting this year’s crop. Cotton and peanut growers are preparing to begin this planting season. Growers are burning down fields and finishing deep turning peanut ground. Rain was observed the first part of last week. Fungicide applications were applied to small grains. According to the drought monitor…
Posted in: Corn, Cotton, Entolomogy, Hay & Forages, Peanuts, Pecans, Small Grains, Soybeans, weather -
As corn planting is in full gear, please remember to plant corn 1.5 to 2 inches deep. Growers need to check their planters to avoid too much down pressure. Please make sure the furrow is closed properly. Sometimes we get in a hurry to finish. Please check your speed to ensure that seed spacing is…
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Current situation: Corn planting is starting around the county. Peanut growers are deep turning in preparation of the new crop. Burndown herbicides are going out on cotton and peanut fields. In a blog post by Pam Knox, earlier this week NOAA released their predictions for what the spring climate will be like. They are calling…
Posted in: Corn, Cotton, Cover Crops, Entolomogy, Hay & Forages, Peanuts, Pecans, Plant Pathology, Small Grains, weather -
Pam Knox mentioned that chances of heavy rain go up slightly as tropical cyclone becomes better organized this up coming week. In her blog post, she mentions that the rainfall that is expected over the next week has increased slightly as the area of low pressure in the western Gulf becomes more organized. The low,…
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Articles in this month’s issue include: http://www.ugacotton.com/vault/file/September-Cotton-Team-Newsletter.pdf
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Cotton: The cotton crop is progressing fast. Growers could be defoliating earlier planted cotton in not-so-distant future. There is a peanut maturity and cotton defoliation meeting being held this week. Whitefly populations have increased dramatically over the last couple of weeks due to the dry weather. Below are last week’s trap numbers from stopwhite.org and…
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I have been getting a question or two about fall armyworms in hayfields and pastures. The threshold for foliage feeding caterpillars in forages is 3 caterpillars per square foot that are 1/2 inch or longer. Below is information from Drs. Buntin, Hudson and Baxter about army worms. If you have any questions contact your local…
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The cotton crop ranges from 2 leaf to the 4th week of bloom. The corn crop ranges from blister to 3/4 milk line. Lesser corn stalk borer and foliage feeding caterpillers are reported in peanuts. A couple reports of whitefly in cotton. The drought monitor was released on July 3, 2024. The drought monitor statistics…
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Current Situation: Rain over the past week has been a blessing. Lesser corn stalk borers have been to topic in peanuts. Cotton is being side-dressed with nitrogen. The corn crop ranges from blister stage to ½ milk line. The illustration below shows rainfall amounts for last Saturday. Rainfall amounts ranged from under an inch to…
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Current Situation: It does not take long for dry weather to set in. Cotton crop ranges from 1 leaf to 2nd week of bloom. Plant bug populations are building in some fields. Lesser cornstalk borer has been a topic of conversation among peanut growers. The corn crop has reached peak water requirements during this hot…