Peanuts: Still battling vigor issues in replants. The cloudy weather isn’t helping much either. Dr. Harris says gypsum may be in short supply this year. There is a potential disruption in the supply chain from coal plants transitioning to natural gas and COVID-19. If gypsum is short we have a few options. Calcium through the pivot isn’t as good as spreading gypsum but it can be effective. Pegging zone tests are recommended to give you a good idea of how much you actually need. Peanuts being saved for seed automatically get 1000lbs regardless of calcium levels.

Cotton: Tough week for cotton as we lost the use of Dicamba. U.S Court of Appeals overturned the EPA registration for Dicamba which renders it illegal to use. Those of you who use it know it does a good job of cleaning up cotton especially knocking out pigweeds. Hopefully, we can get this reversed. Be on the lookout for plant bugs in squaring cotton. I’ve heard reports of a few fields in middle Georgia already spraying for them. Cotton stand so far looks really good.

Corn: Northern Corn Leaf Blight and Southern Corn Rust have both been spotted. As of right now, Northern Corn Leaf Blight is in Georgia, not Tift County, and Southern Corn Rust has been spotted in Madison Florida, so it is creeping near. Scout your cornfields carefully moving forward.

Melons: Cantaloupes are coming in and looking good. I think Florida watermelons are about to play out and the Georgia crop is coming very soon. Prices for watermelons are a lot better this year than last so maybe they’ll hold.