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Iowa Field Reports: Crops Developing Well, Pest Pressure on the Rise
Japanese beetles in corn. Soybean gall midge larvae, Japanese beetles, foliar diseases in corn, and weed management issues were some of the more common issues ISU Extension and Outreach field agronomists came across in fields this past week. Read on for more information about what’s happening in specific regions across the state. Northwest Iowa Joel DeJong (Region 1): “In the NW corner of Iowa we see a wide range of corn growth.
North Carolina Cotton: Stink Bug Treatment Options
Brown stink bug on cotton boll. Photo: University of Arkansas Folks have been noting a fair bit of stink bugs in cotton and earlier than normal this year. Below are tips for scouting and treating, including insecticide choice: Scouting Stink bugs don’t damage cotton until it has bolls on the plant. They prefer small bolls about 10-14 days old so start scouting as soon as bolls of this age are present. If you want to find stink bugs, go to the field edge.
Texas Plains IPM: Cotton - Fleahoppers Biggest Concern; Pests Rising in Corn, Sorghum
General Status For the first week since the start of planting season, we did not have a damaging weather event. It was not too cold, too windy, or too wet and we did not have a major hail or flash flood event that I am aware of. We are starting to rack up some heat units, but highs have not been on the outrageous side yet. There was some moisture in the area this week in the form of something that could actually be described as cotton showers.
Drought Monitor Weekly: Wet Conditions Continue
Summary Multiple cold fronts progressed across the central and eastern U.S. during mid to late June with widespread showers and thundershowers from the Great Plains east to the East Coast. During the past week (June 18 to 24), heavy rainfall (2 to 6 inches) maintained excessively wet conditions across eastern portions of the Great Plains, middle Mississippi Valley, and Ohio Valley.
Moving Grain: Barge Traffic Resumes on Upper Mississippi
Barge and ship traffic transport export cargo on the Mississippi River in the Port of New Orleans. Photo: Bob Nichols, USDA Barge Traffic Resumes on Upper Mississippi and Illinois Rivers Barge traffic has resumed, as river conditions on the Upper Mississippi and Illinois Rivers are improving. As of June 27, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Lock Status Report shows no lock closures on the Upper Mississippi River or the Illinois River.
Rice Market: All Eyes on Crop Condition, Gulf Harvest a Month Away
©Debra L Ferguson Stock Photography The rice market continues to plod forward as very little has changed since the last report and all eyes are focused on the new crop conditions. The export sales report this week was consistent with our predictions and the cycle with a notable and respectable 96,700 MT in total reported sales.
Texas Blacklands IPM: Fleahoppers in Cotton; Rootworm Beetles, Spider Mites in Corn
Adult western corn rootworm. GENERAL A heat wave moved in during the latter part of last week, but thanks to our wet spring crops across the area have withstood the temperature stress. Most of our later planted cotton fields have go to the point where they are no longer susceptible to thrips, but fleahoppers remain an issue for area cotton fields.
Corn: Germination - Identifying Emergence Issues
Germination is the renewal of enzymatic activity that results in cell division and elongation and, ultimately, embryo emergence through the seed coat. Germination is triggered by absorption of water through the seed coat. Corn kernels must absorb (imbibe) about 30 % of their weight in water before germination begins. Less than optimum absorption of water (perhaps due to a rapidly drying seed zone) may slow or stop germination. Repeated wetting and drying cycles can decrease seed viability.
Arkansas Rice: Planting Progress And The Need To Flood…Now
We’re now officially more than 50% planted, but why does it not feel that way? When we look at planting progress by year on a chart, 2019’s progress is holding tight to 2013 progress, and I can only hope that we see a repeat of that year’s summer conditions and yields. At this point of the year, we were at 52% in 1985, 41% in 1984, 40% in 1993, 35% in 1993 and 34% in 1991. Since records began in 1981, those are the only years with slower planting progress than in 2019.
Arkansas Rice: 3 Hot Points This Week - Worms, Disease, Drift
Image from University of Missouri Going into the week, here are 3 hot points to keep in mind in rice: Armyworms In north Arkansas, true armyworms are moving into some rice in the 2- to 4-leaf stage and eating it down to the soil line. For a couple of years, Drs. Gus Lorenz and Nick Bateman have been looking at armyworm damage and defoliation, and they’ve found that yields fall 50% when rice at that stage is eaten down to the soil line.
Mississippi: Longest Stretch of Floodwater Since 1927 - 223,700 Crop Acres - Video
Herd of deer running through Mississippi pecan orchard during high flood water, 2019. Drone Footage: Gaines Lamensdorf Although the Mississippi river appears to have crested around Arkansas City, Arkansas, the devastation of back water flooding in the lower Mississippi Delta will not ease up for months. The Mississippi River at Vicksburg went above flood stage on February 17, 2019, and has remained in flood stage – 43’ – for 90 days.
Texas LRGV IPM: More Fleahoppers in Cotton; Sugarcane Aphids Take Off in Sorghum
General Situation Hot and muggy this week as the LRGV received some rain on Monday and Tuesday and a little on Wednesday. Harlingen, Raymondville and Weslaco areas received anywhere from 0.5 inches to 0.7 inches but in other areas like Alamo, Pharr, and Donna they received up to 3 inches of rain. There were even some reports of sesame, tomatoes, cotton and melons in the Alamo area that received some hail damage but in isolated areas.
Texas Blacklands: Planting Delays; Wheat Coming Along
Wheat - Glume discoloration cause by black chaff. Photo: Tyler Mays, Texas AgrilLife April rains have kept cotton planting to a minimum, stopping side dressing of corn, and limiting the number of corn acres that could receive a herbicide application. At this point we could use some drying weather, high temperatures and wind to help dry fields to be able to plant and complete field work. These saturated soil conditions are also slowing down growth of all crops.
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