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  • Happy 4th of July! I know I’ll be on the grill Saturday night. Enjoy the 4th weekend and please try not to set yourselves on fire with fireworks. Peanuts: Disease time and conditions are coming. I haven’t found or heard of white mold yet but it is coming, especially when the temperatures start lingering above…

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  • Peanuts: Lesser Cornstalk Borers (LCB) are starting to show up. You have 4 options for LCB, 1) Prevathon, 2) Diamond, 3) Chlorpyrifos (Do not use in dryland situation), and 4) Move to the beach. Prevathon and Diamond will give you about a 2 week residual. Diamond has been known to work “slower” but still effective…

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  • Cotton: I would start monitoring all squaring fields for tarnished plant bugs. The few fields that have had higher populations have been older cotton. The past trend is that earlier cotton is more susceptible to plant bugs. Pull the trigger if you are at or below 80% retention rate on your first position squares. We…

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  • It has been an odd week. First, we lose Dicamba, then we get a 24c label for Liberty, the weather is funky, Mexico is phasing out Glyphosate, and hurricane season is underway with expected above-normal activity. Cotton: Whiteflies have been spotted in cotton. They are not at threshold levels yet but we all know how…

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  • 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…

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  • Be on the lookout for Southern Corn Rust

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  • Cotton: Grasshoppers and false chinch bugs have been seen in a few places. Grasshoppers can chew through the stem if bad enough. Only treat if the stand is being effected. The immatures are easiest to kill and can be taken out with some Acephate. False chinch bugs can feed on the plant and high populations…

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  • Peanuts: It rained this week so I’m sure some Valor injury is going to start showing up. Dr. Prostko has years worth of research that shows peanuts that suffer injury from Valor at 3oz /A will very likely recover with no effects on final yield. Some are ready for cracking sprays. Remember you have about…

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  • I have held off on my cattle updates lately because the market has been so volatile. It still is extremely volatile but I think we have a better understanding of where we’re at now. Beef Shortage: There is no beef shortage. There is a supply problem. Supply chains have been disrupted and were having a…

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  • Peanuts: Several have had stand problems. Unfortunately, there is no clear answer. It’s the old diplomatic answer of, it depends. We all hate that answer but it fits because each field has been different. Here is some of what we’ve been seeing. The cooler weather has slowed germination Germination was poor to begin with Combination…

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