Sunday, June 1, 2025

Research Update (June 2, 2025)

Research Update – June 2, 2025
Diligence Technologies Inc. – West Tennessee

Events from the Past Month

The CPDA Conference in Cape Coral marked the close of another winter and spring meeting season for our team. It was a great opportunity to connect one last time with industry partners and customers before diving headfirst into fieldwork. Since returning, our full attention has shifted to planting and early-season trial execution.

Upcoming Events

We don’t have any major travel or conferences on the calendar for the next couple of months. Our team will be staying local as we wrap up planting and begin in-season evaluations. If you find yourself in West Tennessee, give us a call — we’d love to catch up.

Cropping Seasons

Cotton: Yielded trials are mostly in the ground, though we’re managing some replanting efforts following late-May rains.
Soybeans: Planting is now underway across the region. We're finalizing trial placements as weather and soil conditions permit.
Weed Control & Ratings: Early-season weed control work has begun, and our first round of ratings is in progress. After a delayed start to the season, we’re working hard to get back on track.

Greenhouse Activities

Our early greenhouse trials have largely concluded, with a few late-season projects still underway. These should wrap up in the coming weeks — just in time for the summer heat to arrive in full force.

Upcoming Trial Reminders

We’re now locking in plans for our fall armyworm corn trials, which are typically planted in July. These non-yield trials benefit from reliable pest pressure due to the late planting window.
📬 Interested in participating? Now is the time to reserve your space — reach out soon if you'd like your product evaluated.

Weather Update

Rain continues to make regular appearances, slowing our progress. Soil conditions vary, but we’ve managed to keep equipment moving during brief dry windows. It’s been a challenge, but we’re making steady (if slow) headway.

Pest Update

Summer annual weeds — including pigweed, morningglory, and foxtail — are emerging rapidly. Insects and diseases have been mostly quiet so far, but warmer conditions are likely to change that soon. We’ll be monitoring fields closely in the coming weeks.

We’re grateful for the opportunity to support your work this season. Don’t hesitate to reach out if there’s any way we can assist.

— Tim, Jackson, Jake, Will, Jim & JT

“Seest thou a man diligent in his business? He shall stand before kings…” – Proverbs 22:29

Thursday, May 1, 2025

Research Update (May 5, 2025)

Research Update – May 5, 2025

Diligence Technologies Inc. – West Tennessee

Events from the Past Month

Our winter meetings wrapped up in March, and April brought a shift toward field and greenhouse activity. We're squeezing in one final spring meeting — look for us at the CPDA Conference in Cape Coral, Florida. That will likely be our last out-of-state trip until fall.

Upcoming Events

📍 CPDA – Cape Coral, FL
🗓️ May 4–8, 2025

Cropping Seasons

Corn planting began the week of April 14 and continues in some areas. A heavy 14-inch rainfall in early April put us behind schedule, followed by intermittent showers that have slowed progress even further.

We're now finishing up our yielded corn trials and transitioning to cotton. Alongside cotton planting, we’ve started early weed control trials as time allows. We expect to stay busy over the next couple of months getting everything established for the season.

Greenhouse Activities

We typically finish greenhouse trials by late April, but this year we have several late-season trials that will keep us active in the greenhouse sporadically into early summer. We're thankful for the continued work — though we know it’s going to get warm in there soon!

Trial Availability Reminder

We usually have additional land available for trials that develop later in the season. If you have new work to slot in, feel free to reach out — we’re happy to accommodate where possible.

Corn Fall Armyworm Trials

We typically plant our fall armyworm trials in July — late enough to allow strong insect pressure on young corn without taking it to yield. This timing offers an excellent opportunity to evaluate product performance.

📬 Interested in participating? Let us know and we’ll get you on the list.

Weather Update

The highlight so far this season was the 14 inches of rain we received in early April. Since then, we’ve been working around spring showers, slowly making progress. There's still a long way to go to get everything in the ground.

Pest Update

Winter annuals have mostly run their course or been treated by now. They’re quickly being replaced by summer annual weeds like pigweed and grasses. Nothing major to report yet on insect or disease activity — but that likely won’t last long.

Thank You

We’re grateful to be part of your research program. Please reach out if we can help with any upcoming trials or fieldwork. We’re here to support your success.

– Tim, Jackson, Jake, Will, Jim & JT

“The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness.” – Proverbs 21:5

Tuesday, April 8, 2025

Research Update (April 7, 2025)

Diligence Technologies Inc., West Tennessee

EVENTS FROM THE PAST MONTH:

Meeting season for this winter is almost in the books. We spent most of March in the greenhouse, working on wheat and burndown trials, and getting ready for spring planting. Field season is right around the corner, and we are already getting excited to be outside enjoying the warm weather.

UPCOMING EVENTS:

We do have one event planned for later this spring:

CPDA, May 5-7, Cape Coral, FL

Let us know if you plan to be there. We would love to hear what you have going on this year.

CROPPING SEASONS:

We have cut out winter wheat trials and preparing for spring applications. In case you are not familiar, we generally plant extra wheat in the fall that can be used for wheat trials with spring application timings such as fungicide trials, nutritional studies, and postemergence herbicide trials. We still have some wheat available if need it.

Burndown season is here with more to come depending on the desired weed size. We have an excellent winter annual weed population this year.

Of special note, we have locations to test herbicides on horseweed and other locations that contain ryegrass. We tend to get requests for those two weeds most often in burndown trials. Just let us know if you need a site before we kill them off to make room for other trials.

GREENHOUSE ACTIVITIES:

We had a strong push on greenhouse trials in March, so the greenhouse is still active and going strong. It is getting late in our normal greenhouse cycle, but we might still be able to squeeze in a trial if it does not go out too long. Also note that we keep soybeans, corn, and cotton along with a few weed species growing in the greenhouse all winter. If you are looking for a trial that involves postemergence applications to any of these plants, we may be able to knock them out in short order.

Also note that we still have cotton infested with cotton aphids at present. We would be happy to do an aphid evaluation if you have the need.

UPCOMING TRIAL REMINDERS:

SOYBEAN INSECT TRIALS

We typically plant soybeans for insect trials late in our production window. By doing this, we seem to have increased insect pressure as other crops and earlier planted soybeans begin to mature making the soybeans the last good thing to eat on the farm. We can typically get good populations of soybean loopers and stinkbugs (our most requested pests). We can also get things like hoppers and kudzu bugs if you need them.

Let us know if you are looking for some soybean insecticide evaluations and we will get them planted a little later in the season.

WEATHER INFO:

What a difference a month makes. While we still have a cool day on occasion, most of the days the past few weeks have been warm and sunny. However, this past weekend brought 14 inches of rain and flooding at some of our locations. While we avoided any major damage, the start to our planting season has been pushed back a few days.

PEST INFO:

Not too much out of the ordinary in reference to pests at present. As noted above, we do have some horseweed and ryegrass sites if you need a burndown trial. We also have cotton aphids in the greenhouse for a little while longer.

Many thanks to those who have sent protocols. We are working on getting those started at the appropriate time. For those who still have work to place, let us know what we can do to help.

We look forward to seeing you around the farm soon.

Tim, Jackson, Jake, Will, Jim, & JT

Proverbs 12:27

… the substance of the diligent man is precious.