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Kentucky Corn, Soybeans: Assessing Freeze Damage on Seedling Crops
This seedling has damaged tissue that was at or near the soil surface. The rest of the plant is in good health and the plant should survive. Photo: University of Kentucky Corn and soybean plants were emerged in many fields when freeze events occurred last week across Kentucky and the surrounding region. Farmers want to walk fields now and likely walked fields over the weekend. That is a normal reaction to freeze events.
Corn: Root Development in Young Plants
Successful emergence (fast & uniform), while important, does not guarantee successful stand establishment in corn. The next crucial phase in the life of young corn plants is the initial establishment of a vigorous nodal root system. Successful stand establishmend is largely dependent on the initial development of nodal roots from roughly V2 (two leaves with visible leaf collars) to V6. Corn is a grass and has a fibrous type root system, as compared to soybeans or alfalfa that have tap root systems.
Rice Industry Announces 2030 Sustainability Targets
Sunrise over rice field at flood. ©Debra L Ferguson USA Rice and The Rice Foundation conducted their first joint, virtual press conference today to announce a new set of aggressive sustainability reduction and improvement targets for the industry that build on more than three decades of conservation accomplishments. “I am particularly proud to represent this industry today,” said USA Rice President & CEO Betsy Ward who kicked the press conference off.
Texas Blacklands: Corn Planting Picks Up, Limited Disease Pressure in Wheat
Planter in field. Photo: Mississippi State University GENERAL Wheat continues to progress well with minimal disease issues. Insect activity in terms of true armyworms has increased over the last week, with more fields getting close to their respective economic thresholds. Corn planting resumed earlier this week on the Western and Northern parts of Hill County, and corn that has emerged looks good with no current pest issues.
Cotton: Massive Genetic Mapping Project Opens New Doors For Plant Breeders
Open cotton boll. Photo: Larry Stalcup, AgFax Media In the United States, cotton production centers around two varieties: 95 percent of what is grown is known as Upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum), while the remaining 5 percent is called American Pima (G. barbadense.) These are two of the five major lineages of cotton; G. tomentosum, G. mustelinum, and G. darwinii are the others.
Virginia: Bears Chowing Down on Crops
Hungry bears hunting for food are destroying some Virginia farmers’ crops. “Bears are doing damage in our peanut fields by digging them up,” shared Southampton County farmer M.L. Everett Jr. “They have the unique ability to find the best peanuts in the field, located in the best soil.
Shurley on Cotton: Prices Rally Off New Low, No Signs of a Push Higher
Gin employee finishing out ginned bales of cotton. ©Debra L Ferguson Stock Images New crop December futures have rallied from the recent new low below 65 cents. December is currently at 66+ and likely to track in the 65 to 68-69 cents range in the near term unless a major unforeseen factor arises. Prices previously had “support” at 66 cents and had rallied back to over 68 cents before losing ground and eventually moving below 65 cents last week.
Minnesota Wheat: New Disease-Resistant Variety Available
The University of Minnesota (UMN) has released a new hard red spring wheat variety called ‘MN-Washburn.’ MN-Washburn features excellent straw strength and good overall disease resistance. In particular, it contains the bdv2 gene for resistance to Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus (BYDV) making in an excellent choice in years when BYDV is prevalent.
North Carolina Soybeans: 8 Upcoming Summer Field Days
Soybean field day. Photo: North Carolina State University Our county Extension agents have several excellent field days planned for this summer. There will be a diversity of soybean-related topics covered at these various field days, with many field days highlighting crops beyond soybeans.
Louisiana Field Reports: Early Rice Heading, Soybeans Strung Out
Crop Progress and Condition for the Week Ending June 16, 2019. Comments from Cooperative Extension Service Parish Agents Vince Deshotel, Saint Landry Parish “Crops were generally looking good. The soybean plantings were strung out with many producers having to replant several times to get their acres in. Some stands were marginal where rain events were an issue. The corn and rice crops were in production.
Texas Blacklands: Fleahoppers in Cotton, Start Scouting for Sugarcane Aphids
GENERAL Wheat harvest wraps up for a lot of farms last week, and yields reports have been average to higher, but bushel weights and quality took a hit after all the rain. Corn, Cotton, and Sorghum remain growing under good conditions. Earworms are starting to show up in corn, and on sorghum heads in some of our earlier planted sorghum fields. Thrips and fleahoppers are still hanging around area cotton fields in high numbers, as fields became dry enough to run a ground rig last week.
Louisiana: Rice Field Day, Crowley, June 26
Rice field day. Photo: LSU AgCenter The LSU AgCenter H. Rouse Caffey Rice Research Station will hold the annual rice field day on June 26. “This is an opportunity for our faculty members to tell rice producers about their work,” said Don Groth, resident coordinator at the station.
WASDE Wheat: Larger Domestic Supplies, Reduced Exports
Texas A&M AgriLife Communications photo by Kay Ledbetter The outlook for 2018/19 U.S. wheat this month is for larger supplies, lower exports, reduced domestic use, and higher ending stocks. Supplies are increased by 5 million bushels on higher imports. Wheat exports are lowered 35 million bushels to 965 million with reductions in Hard Red Spring and White on stronger than expected export competition for these classes.
WASDE Coarse Grains: Lower U.S. Corn Usage, Increased Stocks
This month’s 2018/19 U.S. corn outlook is for lower corn used for ethanol, reduced exports, and larger stocks. Corn used to produce ethanol is lowered 25 million bushels to 5.550 billion based on the most recent data from the Grain Crushings and Co-Products Production report, and the pace of weekly ethanol production during February as indicated by Energy Information Administration data.
Pesticides: Do Cold Temps Affect Efficacy in Storage?
If pesticides froze over the winter, a review of the labels is a good starting point to determine what may be damaged. Photo: Garo Goodrow, Pennsylvania State University On the farm there are many demands of time and sometimes things that you wanted to do do not get completed. For example, you may have left some pesticides in an unheated building over the winter and are wondering if that was a costly mistake.
Texas Blacklands: Corn Being Planted; Watch Stripe Rust in Wheat
GENERAL Corn is starting to be planted and soil temperatures plummet as a strong cold front moved through over the weekend into the early part of the week. Low temperatures during the cold spell reached 20⁰F on Monday morning. Wheat around the county is getting close to joint in some locations, and from this point until after the crop is cured wheat will be very sensitive to freezing temperatures.
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