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]

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]

U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service continues to work to provide as much relief to drought-impacted producers as possible. The drought has caused serious degradation to many natural resources in Kansas including wildlife, wildlife cover, livestock forage, livestock water, and soil quality. Additional information about drought resources is located on the Kansas NRCS drought web site at www.ks.nrcs.usda.gov/technical/drought/index.html or stop by a local ...[Read More]

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]

Wheat and corn production will take center stage at the Kansas State University Southeast Agricultural Research Center’s Spring Crops Field Day, May 22 near Parsons. “Our wheat performance test, which includes 10 soft and 20 hard varieties, will be a highlight of this field day,” said Lyle Lomas, head of the research center, “but topics about other crops will also be addressed. Information about K-State’s Southeast Agricultural Research Center is available at www.ksre.ksu.edu/searc.[Read More]