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Wheat freeze damage provides opportunity to rotate to cotton
In addition, a cotton rotation could enable growers to diversify wheat weed and disease management programs. “Crop insurance eligibility and coverage in non-irrigated cotton following non-irrigated wheat is complicated, so the producer should visit with a crop insurance agent for clarification of pertinent issues. In February, the National Cotton Council’s early season survey placed 2013 U.S. cotton acres at 9.01 million. [Read More] Drought continues throughout Nebraska and surrounding area Last week, prior to the moisture event on April 8 to 9, 75 percent of Nebraska and all of Furnas County was in exceptional D4 drought. In the Plains region, beneficial, soaking rains finally fell on badly needed D2, D3, and D4 drought areas of hard-hit Texas, Oklahoma, and Nebraska. According to Nebraska state climatologist Al Dutcher, even with the April 9 rains, 12-month deficits still stood at: 10.59 inches at North Platte; 9.31 inches at Valentine; 16.59 inches at Broken Bow; and 6.55 ...[Read More] Next Generation Ag Conference set May 23-24 Texas A&M Agrilife Extension and Capital Farm Credit invites interested residents to attend the Next Generation Agricultural Conference on May 23 and 24 at the Brazos Expo Center in Bryan, Texas. Additional information can be found at the following link: https://www.capitalfarmcredit.com/news/next-generation-ag-conference.htm. For more information, contact Jason Cleere, Texas A&M Agrilife Extension Beef Cattle Specialist, at extansc@ag.tamu.edu or his office at 979-845-6931.[Read More] Kansas corn growers have slow-going planting season Spring rain and some snow have delayed corn planting in Kansas, a bittersweet problem to have, said Kansas Corn Commission Chair Mike Brzon. The five-year average for this week regarding Kansas corn planting is 20 percent and last year at this time, the state’s corn growers were ahead with 30 percent planted. Kansas farmers planted 45 percent of the corn crop, nearly 2 million acres, in the second and third weeks of May.[Read More] Drenching rains, low temps dampen corn planting Stick with corn for now, say MU specialists It’s too early to call it too late to plant corn, says a University of Missouri cereal crops specialist. With below-average temperatures and four months of above-average precipitation, corn planting remained stagnant statewide in the third week of April, said Brent Myers. Plenty of time for planting corn remains and Myers recommends that nervous grain producers wait before switching corn acres to other crops.[Read More]
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