Cotton planting is in full swing. Many producers are working on dryland in hopes of taking advantage of the current moisture. Cotton in the IPM Scouting Program is just beginning to come to a stand, with several fields not yet planted. Most producers have utilized seed treatments or at plant insecticides to help minimize potential [...]
Texas AgriLife Extension and the High Plains Integrated Pest Management program will conduct a field scout school June 1, 2012 at the Lubbock AgriLife Research Extension Center (1102 East FM 1294, Lubbock). This field scouting school is designed to train persons doing field scouting of cotton, corn or sorghum. Attendees will learn how to monitor [...]
Millers, miller moths, by whatever name are annoying most to folks. We have had a large number of moths around the area for about two weeks now. These are the army cutworm moth, which are just an annoyance, they are not damaging anything. My counter-part in Palmer and Bailey Counties, Monti Vandiver, forwarded an article he [...]
Research reports covering several projects funded in 2011 by the Texas Peanut Producers Board are posted on the Texas AgriLife Peanut web site. Many of these projects were conducted here on the South Plains, I encourage all peanut producers to take a look at these reports. While 2011 was a difficult and trying year, there [...]
The new Texas State Peanut Specialist, Dr. Jason Woodward, Texas AgriLIfe Extension, Lubbock, has posted a new issue of Peanut Progress. In this issue: Changing of the Guard- several AgriLife Extension and Research departures Peanut Production Update- a review of peanut varieties evaluated in 2011 Peanut Disease Outlook Weed Management Texas AgriLife Breeding Program- update from [...]
We are beginning to sign up acres for the 2012 Integrated Pest Management field scouting program. The acreage sign-up is on a first come, first serve basis. The money will go toward paying the scouts wages and mileage. I will hire field scouts (the number depends on acreage/need) that will be sent to an extensive [...]
Brown wheat mite infestations are building in local wheat fields. Producers with winter wheat for harvest should scout fields for the presence of the brown wheat mite. This pest is present in several area fields and its populations have reached a critical point. I examined a field in Southern Terry County which appeared to be [...]
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