Ag Fax: MidSouth Cotton
By Laykyn Rainbolt, Contributing Editor & Owen Taylor, Editor
OVERVIEW
Bollworms are developing farther north this week. Flights and egg laying are subsiding in the southern and central Midsouth.
Plant bugs remain a factor in places. Spider mites also have required attention in some fields, especially in areas that missed recent rains. Aphids have sprung back to life again on what sounds like a localized basis.
More cotton is past the point that insects will matter. A big portion of the crop is at or approaching cutout.
Insect pressure continues building in soybeans. Redbanded stink bugs continue to move northward, and a selection of defoliators are present.
Corn harvest has cranked up in more areas.