Research Update (May 4, 2020)
Diligence
Technologies Inc., West Tennessee
EVENTS FROM THE
PAST MONTH:
The season is
underway for real. While we have spent a
lot of time dodging rain showers so far this spring, we have managed to spray
burndown plots and plant yielded corn trials.
The year is beginning to take shape.
Virus concerns are still impacting a lot of things, but if you can get
us a protocol and some product, we can still run you a trial.
CROPPING
SEASONS:
While yielded
corn trials are in the ground, we still have several corn weed control trials
to establish and yielded cotton trials to plant. Later this month, we plan to plant our corn
and soybean fungicide plots. We
intentionally plant those a little later in the season to encourage good
disease pressure. May is usually a busy
month and this one appears to be no exception.
GREENHOUSE
ACTIVITIES:
As field
activities increase and the temperatures begin to warm, we move out of the
greenhouse. We recently finished off our
last greenhouse trials and have closed up shop until fall. Thanks so much to all those who sent trials
our way this winter. We are very
appreciative of the opportunity to serve you during the “off season”.
WEATHER INFO:
The song
remains the same on the weather front this spring. We are searching hard to find times when it
is dry enough to plant crops and do field work.
It seems that every short period of dry weather is quickly followed by
another rain shower. So far, we have not
had any sustained periods of dry weather where we can make significant
progress. We have just been working
between the rain storms when and where we can.
Temperatures have been relatively cool which just means it takes that
much longer to get dry.
PEST INFO:
Nothing too far
out of ordinary so far this season in the pest front. We have noted that there are significantly
fewer horseweed in our burndown areas this season. Some folks attribute this to the increased
use of dicamba while others point out that horseweed are known for being unpredictable
and that emergence is often dictated by the weather. Whichever theory you subscribe to, horseweed
populations are much less dense than in recent years in our area.
We are very
thankful for those that have sent us protocols this season and look forward to
receiving several more before the year is out.
Please contact us with your research needs and we will be glad to help.
Proverbs 10:4
He becometh
poor that dealeth with a slack hand, but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
