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Corn Foliar Disease Update: June 26, 2013 Updated

🕔16:30, 26.Jun 2013

Corn diseases continue to be a hot topic throughout the MS corn production area. Most field calls have been regarding common rust as well as northern corn leaf blight. However, over the past two weeks numerous calls regarding nutrient and irrigation stresses have been answered that were initially thought to be disease. In addition, with the recent information from Louisiana regarding the observation of Goss’s wilt in LA (a rare event in their production system) agriculturists should know that disease as well as crop stresses can be initially misdiagnosed as diseases that are not normally present in our production system such as Goss’s wilt.

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Double Crop Soybean: Seeding Rates and Seed Treatments Updated

🕔10:42, 22.Jun 2013

At this point of the season, we still have some acres of soybean yet to be planted. The majority of those acres will be double cropped soybean behind harvested wheat. Given the environmental conditions that we typically expect during this

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Pheromone Trap Counts, June 21, 2013

Pheromone Trap Counts, June 21, 2013 Updated

🕔17:06, 21.Jun 2013

Adult pheromone trap counts the last two weeks have been quite similar. In general both bollworm and tobacco budworm counts are slightly below our 5-year average, but higher than during 2012, so you should expect to see typical pressure in

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First Kudzu Bugs Found in Mississippi Soybeans: Dominic Reisig Shares Experience from North Carolina Updated

🕔16:26, 17.Jun 2013

Last week consultant Brian Boyd, found the first incidence of Kudzu bugs in soybeans in the state of Mississippi in Warren County.  Numbers were low, but they were definitely present. Mississippi is now up to 10 counties with positive finds,

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Audio: Numerous Calls on Snails Updated

🕔13:33, 15.Jun 2013

Audioboo on Snails in small cotton and soybean

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Cotton Progress Updated

🕔09:30, 15.Jun 2013

For all intensive purposes cotton planting has been completed in Mississippi for 2013.  In my estimation the majority of the 2013 crop is two to four weeks behind normal.  The youngest cotton in the state is at 1 to 2

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Automatic Tassel (VT) Fungicide Applications in Corn: Should You be Doing One? Updated

🕔08:24, 15.Jun 2013

Automatic foliar fungicide applications are still widely discussed. However, data from university-based programs suggests waiting for foliar diseases that could ultimately reduce yield before making a foliar fungicide application is more economically advantageous.

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June Supply and Demand Report Recap Updated

🕔15:58, 14.Jun 2013

The United States Department of Agriculture along with the World Ag Outlook Board released their monthly World Agriculutral Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report June 12 around lunch. The report is the second to provide insight on USDA’s projections for the 2013

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Crop Market Update: Week Ending June 14, 2013 Updated

🕔15:56, 14.Jun 2013

Monday’s crop progress had corn planting at 95% complete, just 3% behind the 5-year average. Soybeans are still behind schedule with planting progress currently at 71% for the U.S. crop and 88% for the Mississippi crop. That compares to 5

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Pheromone Trap Counts, June 14, 2013

Pheromone Trap Counts, June 14, 2013 Updated

🕔14:48, 14.Jun 2013

Corn earworm moth catches were up slightly this week from last week, continuing a trend of catches that are higher than last year, and more in line with average catches over the last 5 years. Tobacco budworm catches continue to

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Stink Bugs in Non-Podding Soybeans: What to Do? Updated

🕔13:12, 14.Jun 2013

I have had 10-15 calls recently on green and southern green stink bugs in beans that are either vegetative or at R1-R2 stage with no pods. Numbers have ranged from 4-5 to 8-11 per 25 sweeps depending on the field. It is not uncommon to have a field or two on occasion to have threshold numbers of stink bugs before soybeans put on pods, but the number of fields this year being reported is certainly unusual.

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How to Tell Northern Corn Leaf Blight Apart from Urea Burn or Some Other Malady Updated

🕔21:21, 12.Jun 2013

Numerous reports of urea injury producing symptoms similar to northern corn leaf blight have been made over the past several weeks. Determining the difference between the two issues on a corn leaf can be difficult. Numerous photos as well as a comparison table of the differences between the two issues are included in the post.

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Corn Disease Update: June 7, 2013, and Specific Information Regarding Northern Corn Leaf Blight Updated

🕔08:03, 8.Jun 2013

Northern corn leaf blight and common rust continue to be identified in corn fields throughout the south Delta. Determining the specific corn hybrids planted in each field is an important first step every season. For the most part, save for a couple of fields, NCLB has still been detected at extremely low levels (= 1 lesion per leaf per plant).

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Crop Market Update: Week Ending Jun 07, 2013 Updated

🕔15:59, 7.Jun 2013

Monday’s crop progress had corn planting at 91% complete, just 4% behind the 5-year average. Soybeans are still behind schedule with planting progress currently at 57% for the U.S. crop and 74% for the Mississippi crop. That compares to 5

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Pheromone Trap Counts, June 7, 2013

Pheromone Trap Counts, June 7, 2013 Updated

🕔14:20, 7.Jun 2013

Bollworm and tobacco budworm trap counts were somewhat lower this week compared to last week. Bollworm counts are higher than last year, but lower than the 5-year average counts. Tobacco budworm counts are among the lowest recorded during the last

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The Tassel Shot: What is the Best Timing? Updated

🕔23:25, 4.Jun 2013

More and more growers are applying various management inputs around tassel stage in order to improve efficiency and corn productivity. This article discusses how crop physiology affects the potential yield response and appropriate timing.

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Postemergence control of Palmer amaranth in soybean Updated

🕔08:08, 4.Jun 2013

Where Palmer amaranth has emerged, it is imperative to make a timely application of a postemergence herbicide.

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Pheromone Trap Counts, May 31, 2013

Pheromone Trap Counts, May 31, 2013 Updated

🕔17:05, 3.Jun 2013

Both bollworm and tobacco budworm trap catches were higher during the last week of May compared to the preceding week. Bollworm counts are also higher than during 2012, and more in line with earlier years.

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Soybean Fungicide Management Considerations for 2013 Updated

🕔14:26, 1.Jun 2013

Over the past week we’ve received two reports of frogeye leaf spot in reproductive soybeans. In both cases, a susceptible variety was planted and frogeye leaf spot symptoms can be clearly distinguished throughout the canopy. Following the observation and reports of strobilurin-resistant frogeye leaf spot in two fields in MS last year, and from adjacent states, it is most important to determine what particular soybean variety is planted in a field prior to making a decision on a specific fungicide product for yield loss prevention.

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Mississippi Rice Progress – May 31, 2013 Updated

🕔09:59, 1.Jun 2013

In general, rice planting is nearly completed and most rice planted before early May is going to flood.  According to USDA’s Crop Progress Report, growers in Mississippi had planted 72% of the expected acreage by Sunday, May 26.  Other than

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Planting Progress and Early Season Weed/Thrips Control Updated

🕔09:44, 1.Jun 2013

A good deal of progress was made this past week with respect to getting the 2013 cotton crop planted.  Rainfall during the middle part of last week put planting activities on hold until Friday afternoon (of last week) or Saturday

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Thrips Pressure Heavy Despite a Late Planted Crop Updated

🕔08:37, 1.Jun 2013

No doubt this is a very late planted crop by Mississippi standards, so I was a little surprised when numerous thrips calls started coming in about a week or so ago. Usually thrips issues are much worse on cotton that is growing off slow due to cold weather or any number of issues that may slow growth.

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Labeled Fungicides for Corn Disease Management Updated

🕔16:42, 31.May 2013

Several people have asked about a list of fungicides and the specific diseases they may manage best. Included in this post is a table that has been put together by the Corn Disease Working Group of fungicides and how they respond in environments with specific diseases in efficacy trials from throughout the U.S.

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2013 Soybean Planting Progress Updated

🕔22:48, 28.May 2013

According to the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service in Mississippi, 46% of the soybean acreage was planted as of the week ending May 26, 2013. At this time, 32% of the crop is emerged. Several areas around the state received

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Cotton Planting Progress Updated

🕔13:48, 25.May 2013

Limited progress was made with respect to cotton planting in Mississippi during this past week.  As has been the case for the past several weeks, field conditions permitted progress to be made for a short period of time before the

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