Laykyn Rainbolt, Contributing Editor
Katie Humphreys, Editor
Ernst Undesser, Editor
Ag Fax
Cotton gathered substantial heat units last week, but the crop is still a couple weeks late, on average, across the Midsouth. Fingers are crossed for a warm fall with little to no rain to finish out the cotton crop. A little early planted cotton in Mississippi is at cutout, so the countdown begins.
Bollworm and tobacco budworm numbers are on the rise, already reaching the highest populations we’ve seen in years. This is just the beginning, but the southern regions are sending out treatments.
High moisture corn harvest has started. Reports are a lot of the crops have rebounded from the less-than-ideal beginnings and look promising now – we still have hope for the cotton. No yield reports have been announced yet.