• By Aaron Smith •
It’s a challenging time for crop producers to manage input price risk. Input prices for fertilizer, crop protection (chemicals), machinery, fuel, labor, rent and insurance are up substantially compared to last year at this time....
• By Angela McClure•
Recent showers in some counties will help maximize the yield potential of corn even at this late stage. Overall yield potential of the crop is good, however heat stress and limited rainfall will affect yield numbers...
• By Larry Steckel •
Two old and now “new” again corn viral diseases, maize dwarf mosaic (MDM) and maize chlorotic dwarf (MCDV) have been causing severe stunting of corn in a few fields in southwest Tennessee. With the slowly...
• By Larry Steckel •
Ryegrass appears to have escaped burndown in a number of fields that have been planted to corn. In most cases, the ryegrass escaped a glyphosate plus dicamba burndown. The reason for the lack of control...
• Angela McClure •
A few days ago, I posted a planting advisory ahead of our forecasted cold snap. The concern was mainly around the potential of 30-plus degree temperatures and rain to cause chilling damage to newly planted corn...
• By Angela McClure •
We keep sliding back into a "below normal" temperature pattern for April. Near-freezing temperatures with rain in this week’s forecast has created some concern about viability of corn and soybeans planted this week.
Based on current...
• By Larry Steckel •
Ready or not, burndown season is here! There has been very little burndown applied to date. Weather permitting, some would like to start corn planting before April 1.
A potential short turnaround time from burndown to...
Cotton, corn, soybeans, wheat — these row crops make up the bulk of row-crop agriculture across Tennessee, and a new certification from University of Tennessee Extension is now available for row-0crop producers.
The Tennessee Master Row Crop certification program, which...
All corn hybrid trials were conducted in each of the physiographic regions of the state. Tests were conducted at the Highland Rim (Springfield), East Tennessee (Knoxville), Milan (Milan) and West Tennessee (Jackson) AgResearch and Education Centers.
The early and medium-season...
• By Heather Marie Kelly •
Relatively low disease has been observed in Tennessee so far. The warmer winters most areas had may have allowed survival of disease inoculum and paired with storms coming from the south could result in...
Informative presentations, an extensive trade show, and an opportunity to network with some of the leaders in corn and soybean production are all on the agenda for the 2020 West Tennessee Grain and Soybean Producers Conference.
This University of Tennessee...
