Monthly Archives: July 2023
The Winding Path of Stink Bug Management in Grain Sorghum
This item is adapted from an AgriLife submission to Texas Grain Sorghum Association’s “Sorghum Insider” Dalton Ludwick, Ph.D., Assistant Professor & Extension Entomologist, TAMU Dept. of Entomology, Corpus Christi, (361) 698-7400 ext. 1225, dalton.ludwick@ag.tamu.edu, Twitter: @SouthTXBugs Insecticides There are several key pests of grain sorghum production in Texas. Along the Coastal Bend, rice stink bug is a major, annual pest that moves between non-crop hosts and crops (e.g., rice, grain sorghum). In 2009, Dr. M.O. Way (retired professor, Texas A&M AgriLife Research, Beaumont) documented poor control with an… Read More →
Keeping Current with AgriLife Extension Test Lab Submittal Forms
This item is adapted from an AgriLife submission to Texas Grain Sorghum Association’s “Sorghum Insider” Calvin Trostle, Ph.D., Professor & Extension Agronomist, TAMU Dept. of Soil & Crop Sciences, Lubbock, (806) 746-6101, ctrostle@ag.tamu.edu The Texas A&M Soil/Water/Forage Testing Lab, https://soiltesting.tamu.edu/, is in College Station. It is a public lab that participates in the North American Proficiency Testing program for quality control/quality assurance. There are five types of general tests the Soi/Water/Forage Testing Lab (SWFTL) performs. These are not limited to soil! The types and their direct links… Read More →
More than Colorful Pictures: Additional Uses for the U.S. Drought Monitor
This item is adapted from the July 3 Texas A&M—AgriLife Agronomic Monday Memo (TAM-AAMM). Calvin Trostle, Ph.D., Professor & Extension Agronomist, TAMU Dept. of Soil & Crop Sciences, Lubbock, (806) 746-6101, ctrostle@ag.tamu.edu A bird’s eye view of drought conditions in your general area Fig. 1. Comparison of Texas drought conditions on June 27, 2023, versus an earlier date of your choice (here three months earlier, March 28, 2023). Statistics give the percentage of each drought category. This side-by-side comparison of dates is one of many functions… Read More →