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Many growers have been waiting on the upper bolls to hopefully maximize yields.
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We often get questions about soil types and productivity for certain types of soils.There is a very useful tool that is available from The Natural Resource Conservation Service.
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agroclimate.org – long term forecasts and other tools for farmers and ranchers
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Only one partially sunny day since September 21st and between 3 and 5 inches of rain have put a hurting on our cotton crop. Boll rot is fairly prevalent across the area and we are now seeing seeds sprouting in open bolls. At this stage there is really nothing that we can do except hope…
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Corn for grain production is forecast at 48.8 million bushels, down 7 % from 2014. If realized, yield at 184 bushels/acre will be a record high. Cotton acreage is revised up to 1,120,000 planted and 1,110,000 harvested with production forecasted at 2.2 million bales, down 14% from 2014. Peanut acreage is revised down to 790,000…
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We are finally seeing soybean rust across the area but in most cases it is too late to reduce yields.
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Stepped over this little guy last week taking a peanut sample for a maturity test. It is that time of year folks, and every one out in the field needs to keep an eye out.
Posted in: Peanuts