Ag Fax: MidSouth Cotton
By Laykyn Rainbolt, Contributing Editor
Owen Taylor, Editor
OVERVIEW
More cotton has moved past the point of insect susceptibility, and cleanup sprays are going out where growers are protecting the top crop from plant bugs and stink bugs.
Open bolls are a bit more common in parts of Louisiana this week.
Bollworm moths are still around, but the flight has subsided and bollworms have had their run in cotton.
Insects remain active in soybeans. That includes stink bugs and some mix of worms. Redbanded stink bugs are still heading north and are a point of caution in the latter half of August. In places, soybeans have been desiccated and have moved past the point that most insects won’t matter.
Corn harvest continues, and combines are running farther north this week.