Monthly Archives: June 2015

Calhoun County Crop Tour

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The Calhoun County Crop Tour is scheduled for Thursday, 25 June at the Calhoun County Extension Office. 186 CR 101, Port Lavaca, TX Registration begins at 3:30 pm.  

Crop Scouting Field Meeting – June 22

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Time: Monday, June 22, 9:00 a.m.Location: Calhoun County, Cotton field at corner of FM 1679 and Sanders Rd.Topics: Scouting Cotton and Sorghum CEU: 1 hour IPM

Scouting Sorghum with Mixed Maturity

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In the grain sorghum fields of the Mid-Coast, we continue to find sorghum midge, stink bugs, headworms and both sugarcane and yellow sugarcane aphids.  10-20% of the fields have one or more insects at or above economic levels. Many grain sorghum fields in the Mid-Coast have plants with maturity that can range from boot to soft dough.  In some fields these different maturities are in different parts of the fields while other fields have these plants all with in 20 feet of each other.  Many of these fields… Read More →

Crop Scouting Field Meeting – June 15

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Time: Monday, June 15, 9:00 a.m. Location: Calhoun County, Cotton field at corner of FM 1679 and Sanders Rd. Topics: Scouting Cotton and Sorghum CEU: 1 hour IPM

Sorghum Midge, Stink bugs, Headworms, Aphids and more

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We are currently finding a variety of different insects in sorghum fields across the Mid-Coast of Texas.  These pests include Sorghum Midge, Stink bugs, Headworms and Aphids. Field maturity is beginning to be a problem.  we are finding field maturity ranging from 5-7 leaf to soft dough.  Often these fields are near each other and will end up sharing pests from field to field.  Maturity between fields is one problem but some fields have significant differences in maturity across the field depending on where water stood after planting…. Read More →