Tennessee Master Row Crop

Wheat Disease Update and Fungicide Options - UT Crops News As wheat is approaching flag leaf stage in Tennessee, start scouting if you haven’t already for disease. Depending on variety susceptibility you may already see powdery mildew and/or wheat blotch (Septoria and/or Stagonospora blotch); but if no disease present start considering Fusarium Head Bligh...

Ammonia volatilization from unincorporated, surface-applied UAN on soils with pH >7 - UT Crops News By Nutifafa Adotey, Assistant Professor & Soil and Nutr. Magt Specialist, Forbes R Walker, Professor & Envt. Soil Specialist, and Frank Yin, Professor & Cropping System Scientist, University of Tennessee In Tennessee, the primary N fertilizer sources used are urea and urea ammonium nitrate (UAN). Ot...

Going Back to "Old School" Burndown - UT Crops News Last spring a good many folks went back “old school” and applied glyphosate alone for burndown and saw very good results. This includes applications made when nighttime temperatures were below freezing (Picture 1). Part of the reason for this success was that the glyphosate was applied in a fash...

Cover Crop Burndown - UT Crops News   It is cover crop burndown time. There is no one size fits all recommendation for cover crop control. It really depends on the environment and the cover crop species in the field. With rain predicted over the next few days, one should be mindful that cover crop burndown can be tricky during period...

Ryegrass Burndown - UT Crops News Ryegrass was a major issue last spring. For managing GR ryegrass, it is best to do it as early as practical and utilize a clethodim + glyphosate tankmix. This tankmix needs to be applied at least 30 days ahead of corn planting to use a clethodim rate that has any chance of controlling well establish...

Lily W**d Family Burndown - UT Crops News There have been questions on control of wild garlic, grape hyacinth and in a few cases, star-of-Bethlehem. These three w**ds, in the Lily family, are often mistaken for each other as they all derive from bulbs and are low-growing perennials. In particular, grape hyacinth and wild garlic look very si...

Looking for a Podcast? - Check these out - UT Crops News Ready to learn something while driving down the road or riding the tractor? Try out one of these podcasts … Cotton Specialists Corner Podcast – https://cottonspecialistscorner.buzzsprout.com/ – Extension Cotton Specialists and others from across the U.S. weigh in on a variety of topics that im...

Master Row Crop Points will be available at the West TN Grain and Soybean Producers Conference tomorrow!

West TN Grain & Soybean Producers Conference is quickly approaching!
Click this link to pre-register: https://tiny.utk.edu/2024WTNGC
Click this link if you would like to be a sponsor of this year's conference: https://tiny.utk.edu/westtngrainconference
Contact Lindsay Stephenson if you have any questions! Email [email protected] or call (731) 772-2861

The South Central Extension Team will be hosting the Row Crop Update on January 29 at the Middle TN AgResearch and Education Center in Spring Hill. We will begin at 9 a.m. in the Conference Center located at the back of the farm.
Please pre-register by January 26th at: https://tiny.utk.edu/RowCropMTREC

2024 Cotton Focus on Wednesday, Feb 7th - UT Crops News The 2024 University of Tennessee Cotton Focus is coming up on February 7th from 8AM to 1PM in Jackson, TN at the West Tennessee Research and Education Center (605 Airways Blvd Jackson, TN 38301). Lunch will be provided and CCA, Commercial Applicator and Master Row Crop Points will be available. Tulu...

Demonstrating Environmental Stewardship - UT Crops News Dear Tennessee Producer: We invite you to participate in a study conducted by University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture researchers along with the Tennessee Department of Agriculture. The purpose of this survey is to demonstrate the progress Tennessee farmers are making towards environmental....

2023 Tennessee Cotton Variety Trial Results now available - UT Crops News The 2023 Tennessee Cotton Variety Trial Results (PB 1742) are now available online. Included within these results are thirteen large strip trials (CSTs) testing 13 XtendFlex commercial varieties, four large strip trials (CSTs) testing 6 Enlist commercial varieties, and eight small plot trials (OVTs)...

Final TN Corn Hybrid Tests in TN Report Available - UT Crops News The final version of the TN Corn Grain Hybrid Tests in TN publication is available as a pdf and excel files on search.utcrops.com. This report includes both the OVT and CST data.

2023 Soybean OVT Prelim - UT Crops News Prelim results from the 2023 TN soybean OVT are now available as pdf (2023 Soybean Tables, 2023 Soybean Tables Appendix) and excel files (2023 Soybean Tables, 2023 Soybean Tables Appendix). Seventy-one varieties were evaluated in small plot replicated trials (REC) at 8 sites. In addition to yield, m...

2023 County Standardized Trials-Soybean Data - UT Crops News This year’s soybean CST class consist of 61 varieties covering late 3’s to early 5’s maturity groups. These trials are split by both maturity groups and herbicide tolerance, Late III, Early IV, Late IV, and Early V, and by Xtend and Enlist. These trials were planted on-farm across the state in...

2023 Country Standardized Trials-Corn - UT Crops News 39 Corn Hybrids were evaluated in the 2023 CST program. With the weather we had this summer, our yields are very strong with an overall average across all hybrids and locations over 210 bu/ac. With the many locations/replications in these trials, we can look at performance across many soil types and...

2023 Corn Grain OVT Prelim - UT Crops News Prelim results from the 2023 TN corn grain hybrid OVT are now available as an excel file 2023 Corn Grain Tables. Thirty-three hybrids were evaluated in small plot replicated trials (REC) at 9 sites. The CST trial data is still being finalized but should be posted within the next week and will be inc...

UT Crops News 27 Oct 2023 Tweet 2023 Corn Grain OVT Prelim 27 Oct 2023 Tweet Author: Virginia Sykes, Extension Variety Testing & Agroecology No Comments Prelim results from the 2023 TN corn grain hybrid OVT are now available as an excel file 2023 Corn Grain Tables. Thirty-three hybrids were evaluated in small pl...

Multiple-Herbicide Resistant Waterhemp in Tennessee - UT Crops News Last year we reported on waterhemp in Montgomery and Macon counties that was resistant to dicamba. We came to this conclusion from both research we conducted in the fields and the confirmation of those results by greenhouse research. The greenhouse research was conducted at Purdue University by my c...

Boll opening before a Halloween freeze - UT Crops News While we’ve been steadily moving through harvesting our trials, I’ve been paying close attention to the night temperatures forecast for the three day stretch centered on Halloween. Fortunately, there are only a few acres left that might require any more boll opener; I cannot recall a more produc...

Fall Application Ryegrass Control - UT Crops News Ryegrass has become a serous w**d issue in some fields that past couple of years. A major reason for this is that much of it is now glyphosate-resistant. Even if clethodim is used rather than glyphosate often it is applied on ryegrass sometime in late March through April when the grass is too well e...

UT Crops News 28 Sep 2023 Tweet EPA Herbicide Strategy Frame Work Will Impact All Pesticide Applications in Tennessee 28 Sep 2023 Tweet Author: Larry Steckel, Extension W**d Specialist No Comments In response to losing lawsuits on lack of action on the endangered species, the EPA proposed a draft strategy aimed ...

Cover Crop Variety Selection for the South - UT Crops News To help our growers find the best cover crop varieties for their region and system, we have been running a cover crop variety trial in Tennessee since 2019. We are excited to collaborate with the Southern Cover Crops Council this year to expand this trial and cover a 10-state region in the South. If...

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2023 MidSouth Cotton Defoliation Guide - UT Crops News The 2023 Mid-South Cotton Defoliation Guide is now available online. You can access the guide by clicking the above image or any of the embedded links within this post. This guide was compiled and is updated yearly by Extension Cotton Specialists from throughout the Mid-South.

Soybean Disease Detective: Identifying Soil Borne Diseases - UT Crops News As most Tennessee soybeans are entering their mid-late reproduction growth stages, some symptoms of diseases caused by soil-borne pathogens may be beginning to show up in our fields, particularly sudden death syndrome this year. The issue with diagnosing diseases caused by soil-borne pathogens is th...