North Delta South Delta East MS South MS Tucker Miller – Drew 9/13/2023 – Corn: We have finished most of the corn harvesting. Yields were very good. We had a lot of 240, to 250 bushel averages. Dry land corn cut around 200 bushels. Where we got some rain, but in dryer areas it was …
North Delta South Delta East MS South MS Tim Sanders, Sarah 9/12/2023 – Corn harvest continues but we have gotten a long way and most yields are good. Soybean harvest has begun; yields are fair to good. The heat and dry weather really knocked some beans back. As usual we were “one rain away”. Yields …
North Delta South Delta East MS South MS Jackson Cowart, Inverness9/4/2023 – Cotton is just a waiting game at this point. Insects are no longer a concern,but we are still another week away from doing any big acreages of defoliation. Somedryland spots and spots planted at the end of April will get the first shot …
North Delta South Delta East MS South MS Justin George, Merigold 8/20/2023 – Rice harvest started 10 days ago and is going well. In 10 more day, Bolivar county rice, my “early” North Delta (Tunica) rice will be in the bins! A mostly uninterrupted harvest would be a first for me and those growers. Sounds …
North Delta South Delta East MS South MS Andy Graves, Clarksdale 8/29/2023 – We’re just about done in my neck of the woods. Corn harvest has started and seems to be pretty good so far. Most cotton fields are topped out and starting to open at this point and look very promising. We do have …
North Delta South Delta East MS South MS Tim Sanders, Sarah 8/22/2023 – Cotton ranges from NAWF 4 to opening. Most is done or receiving a final watering. We hit a few late areas last week for plantbugs and expect that to be the end. Soybeans range from R4 – desiccated. Stinkbugs continue to pop …
North Delta South Delta East MS South MS Charlie Craig, Friars Point 8/14/2023 – Most of the cotton that I look at is very close to being able to walk from. I will look at some of it this week but don’t anticipate treating much if any of it with the exception of one block …
North Delta South Delta East MS South MS North Delta Jim Arrington, Senatobia 8/10/2023 – Cotton: The majority is close to cutout. Will have one final plant bug treatment for threshold numbers but not as high as we usually see this time of year. We finally had a decent rain today and will get to …
North Delta South Delta East MS South MS Andy Graves, Clarksdale 8/8/2023 – Cotton ranges from done to NAWF 6. Fruit retention up top in the dryland was really bad in a lot of fields the last couple of weeks due to heat and no rain. We went from a really big dryland crop to …
North Delta South Delta East MS South MS Will Price, Water Valley 8/2/2023 – Corn is anywhere from R5, about 30% down the milk line, to discussing how many more irrigation cycles we have left. Some of the corn seemed to go from R3 to R5 FAST, and maybe was a bit premature getting to …
North Delta South Delta East MS South MS Tucker Miller, Drew 7/30/2023 – We are full out irrigating our cotton, mostly with poly pipe down the row with a few pivots still in commission. Our cotton ranges from NAWF 5 to NAWF 7. The cotton is fruited up really well. A rain in the next …
North Delta South Delta East MS South MS Tucker Miller, Drew 7/30/2023 – We are full out irrigating our cotton, mostly with poly pipe down the row with a few pivots still in commission. Our cotton ranges from NAWF 5 to NAWF 7. The cotton is fruited up really well. A rain in the next …
North Delta South Delta East MS South MS James Bowen, Boyle 7/27/2023 – Rice—Most of the rice that I check is anywhere from just starting to head to getting ready to drain the first of next week. Most of the crop was treated with a fungicide, just as a preventative. Haven’t seen much disease this …
North Delta South Delta East MS South MS Bradley Willis, Clarksdale 7/24/2023 – Cotton ranges from 12 to 20 nodes. We had an outstanding start, catching the perfect rains followed by the perfect hot and dry spells … but then it rained for 30 days and 30 nights. Retention went from absolutely perfect to an …
North Delta South Delta East MS South MS Mark Rogers, Hernando 7/20/2023 – Cotton is from 16-19 nodes. Plant bugs light to moderate. Heavy pix applications going out due to all the rain. Mites and aphids are light. Soybeans are R-1 to almost R6. Stink bugs have been light to date. Spraying water damaged beans …
North Delta South Delta East MS South MS Jackson Cowart, Inverness 7/17/2023 – Cotton ranges from 14 to 19 nodes. Plant bugs have been from normal to light, which is a relief with a poor cotton market. We are in the middle of a heavy bollworm egg lay, and will treat what little BG2 we …
North Delta South Delta East MS South MS Justin George, Merigold 7/12/2023 – Rice: some heads emerging to some rice still going to flood. 50% is flagging and booting. Not much disease in Dyna-Gro or Hybrid rice which is all I check. Some June rice is a real headache as nothing seems to work …
North Delta South Delta East MS South MS Winton Earnheart, Tunica 7/11/2023 – Cotton: The north delta has an excellent cotton crop. Planting dates were favorable, weed control and insect control has been good, and rains have been timely. Increased corn acreage has been supplying a large amount of plant bugs migrating into adjacent cotton …
North Delta South Delta East MS South MS Will Price, Water Valley 6/28/2023 – Most of my cotton is between 8-12 nodes. Everything, based on size has had between 8-12 ounces of mepiquat and an imidacloprid application. Corn is from R2-R3 – not quite to roasting ear stage but will be there soon. No disease …
North Delta South Delta East MS South MS James Bowen, Boyle 6/26/2023 – Rice-The crop ranges from about a week past green ring to starting to flag. Most of the crop looks really good. Disease pressure has been low for now but if the rains continue it will probably increase. Fungicides will go out soon …
North Delta South Delta East MS South MS Andy Tonos, Greenville 6/20/2023 – Corn ranges anywhere from just now tasseling to brown silk. The earliest corn pollination was pretty good despite the heat – not 100%, but close. All has been irrigated once or twice before the rains set in. Most of my areas went …
North Delta South Delta East MS South MS Tucker Miller, Drew 6/18/2023 – Our cotton ranges in age from 11 nodes down to four true leaves. The older cotton is fruiting nicely. The node of first fruiting branch is 5 and 6 depending on variety. We have applied our first weed control apps and are …
North Delta South Delta East MS South MS Jackson Cowart, Inverness 6/8/2023 – Corn ranges from V8 to silking R1, most is just now at tassel. Diseases have not been a problem so far. Irrigation is wide open, with most of the corn being watered for the second time. Soybeans range from V2 to R3. …
North Delta South Delta East MS South MS Justin George, Merigold 5/23/2023 – Rice: Spraying preflood spray, spreading fertilizer. Moving to flood on 50% Rice acres are probably up, especially in the north Delta Soybeans: Range from Early Bloom, to planting. 95% thru planting. Fertilizing high yield farms. Plowing in, and spraying; some spraying then …
North Delta South Delta East MS South MS John Bixler, Matthews, Missouri 5/17/2023 – What a difference a year makes! The crop in the northern Missouri Bootheel is essentially planted! Warm, dry conditions with occasional showers have been such a blessing. The cotton crop ranges from just planted to 4 true leaves. A few early …