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Doane Daily Cotton Commentary

DTN Grains: Opening | Midday | Closing

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DOANE: Cotton Commentary

Grain, Cotton, L'stock Updates

Alaron Grains and Oilseeds Comment 7/18

Alaron Energy Comment 7/18

Meeting Ethanol Targets May Divert No Food 7/18

US Optimistic on World Trade Talks 7/18

Wall Street Mixed on Earnings Reports 7/18

Closing Livestock: Feeders Jump Sharply Higher as Corn Prices Implode 7/18

Closing Rice: Rice joined the party with crude oil and other grains going lower  7/18

Closing Cotton: Modest gains following quiet session 7/18

Closing Grain: Another Round of Sharp Losses for corn and soybeans 7/18

Texas: Workshop - "Pricing Cotton in Volatile Market" 7/18

Midday Grain: Beans, Corn Lower; Wheat Slightly Higher at Midday 7/18

Midday Livestock: Meat Futures Bouncing Higher Following Thursday's Sell-Off 7/18

Kansas: Gray Leaf Spot in Corn Near Epidemic Levels in Some Areas 7/18

USDA National Weekly Cotton Report 7/18

Nation’s economy works against timber industry 7/18

Opening Cotton: Cotton Steady Early on Friday 7/18

USDA National Weekly Grain Market Review 7/18

Senate Panel OKs 2009 Ag Spending Bill 7/18

USDA Must Limit CRP Haying and Grazing 7/18

Opening Grain: Grains Expected to Open Mixed 7/18

Opening Livestock: Pork Futures Likely to Recover on Opening Thanks to Short-Covering, Bullish Fundamentals 7/18

Jurgens Bauer's Cotton Comments: Typically slow season for cotton 7/18

Wall Street Heads to Higher Open 7/18

USDA Funding Research of Colony Collapse Disorder 7/18

U.S. Trade Representative Hopeful about Ministerial Meeting 7/18

Public Meeting Scheduled on BioPreferred Labeling 7/18

Alabama: Rain still needed in Tennessee Valley, but crops in much better shape than last year 7/18

Bunge Begins Distributing and Marketing Fertilizer in North America 7/18

Virginia Cotton: Insect Update 7/17

Louisiana: Add Lime to Improve Grazing Forage 7/17

DuPont gains U.S. regulatory approval for new herbicide-resistance trait in soybeans 7/17

Argentine Senate Rejects Sliding-Scale Tax 7/17

Presidential Candidates Pledge Support to Agriculture 7/17

Bi-partisan Delegation Headed to Colombia 7/17

USA Rice Council Adopts Hundred Weight Standard Resolution 7/17

Louisiana: Precision Fertilizer May Help Sugarcane Farmers Save Dollars 7/16

Peanuts: Argentine exports up sharply for first 5 months of 2008 7/16

Harvest, Economic Uncertainty Ease Futures 7/16

More Rain Likely in Corn Belt 7/16

Sustainable Ag is Hot Topic - Kentucky Offers New Degree 7/16

Additional Farm Bill Funding for Conservation Programs 7/16

Getting Ready for Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) 7/16

Governors Association, GM Team Together on E-85 Expansion 7/16

Kentucky: Stover Cheap Ethanol Feedstock 7/16

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Upcoming Events:

(FD: field day; SS: scout schools)

Northeast Louisiana Rice FD, 7/21, Rayville.

Louisiana and Arkansas USA Rice Farm Bill Education Meetings, 7/21-23.

North Carolina Cotton SS, 7/22, Halifax and Northampton Counties.

Mississippi Farm Bureau Summer Cotton Grower Meeting, 7/22, 10 am, Grenada County Extension Service Auditorium, Grenada.

Alabama Stored Grain Workshop, 7/22, 9:15 am, Tennessee Valley REC, Belle Mina, and Henderson Farms, Mooresville.

Texas - "Pricing Cotton in Volatile Market" Workshop, 7/23, $20, 10 am to 4:30 pm, Texas Agrilife Center, Lubbock. Info: Wendy at 806-746-6101

South Carolina Soybean SS, 7/23. Cotton Museum, Bishopville, 8:30 am. RSVP.

North Carolina Cotton SS, 7/24, Wilson County.

Tennessee 25th Milan No-Till Crop Production Field Day, 7/24, 7 am, University of Tennessee REC, Milan.

Louisiana Master Farmer Program FD, 7/24, sugarcane producers, Ronald Hebert's Farm, Jeanerette.

Arkansas Rohwer Research Station FD, 7/24, Rohwer.

Mississippi 2008 Tri-State Pecan Trade Show and Convention, 7/24-25, Vicksburg Convention Center, Vicksburg.

Texas Corn FD, 8/7, 9:30 am, Texas AgriLife Research North Plains Research Field, Etter.

North Carolina, Northeast Ag Expo FD, 8/8, Chowan County Extension Center, Tyner

Arkansas - RiceTec Hybrid Rice Field Day, 8/12, Harrisburg, Ark.

Georgia Southeast Bioenergy Conference, 8/12-13, Tifton.

University of Arkansas Rice FD, 8/13, 7:30 am, UA Rice REC, Stuttgart.

Virginia Ag Expo, 8/14, Billy Bain Farms, Dinwiddie.

Mississippi Row Crop FD, 8/14, 8 am, Agri-Center, Verona.

Kansas K-State Risk and Profit Conference, 8/14-15, Noon, K-State Alumni Center, Manhattan.

Arkansas: Cache River Valley Seed FD, 8/20, Cash.

Louisiana Dean Lee Research and Extension FD, 8/21, Sandy Stewart for info, Alexandria.

Missouri Rice FD, 8/27, Missouri Rice Research Farm.

Missouri Delta Center Rice FD, 9/2, Portageville.

Louisiana Wheat Production Meeting, 9/11, 8 am, Dewitt Livestock Facility, LSUA Campus, Alexandria.

National Conservation Systems Cotton & Rice Conference, 1/26-27, 2009, Marksville, La.

To list an event, contact Owen Taylor

 

North Carolina

Wheat head scab alert

By Randy Weisz and Christina Cowger

NCSU Extension

While most wheat fields in North Carolina appear to be free of head scab, we are seeing significant scab problems in some eastern locations.

At these locations the infection levels appear to be high enough to warrant concern about lowered yield, reduced test weight, and possible problems with elevated levels of mycotoxins in the grain.

We expect that these problems are most likely to be found in fields where 10% or more of the heads are showing symptoms. At this time, we have seen some fields with levels as high as 15%

Recommendations

1) Remember: Scab is not controlled by foliar fungicides currently available in NC. So, fields that were sprayed with a fungicide earlier this Spring will not have been protected from this disease.

2) All wheat fields should be checked before the heads turn golden-brown. In many cases that means NOW! If scab is present, an estimation of the percentage of infected heads should be made.

3) Where infections of 10% or higher are estimated, special effort should be made to adjust the combine to blow scab infested grain out the back of the machine. That will help raise the test weight and lower mycotoxin levels in the grain.

Wheat Varieties At Highest Risk:

The following varieties are showing the highest levels of scab in eastern North Carolina. We consider these to be susceptible to scab and should be the first to be scouted:

AGS 2026

Coker 9184

Featherstone 176

Magnolia

Panola

Pioneer 26R12

Pioneer 26R22

Pioneer 26R24

SS 548

SS 8308

SS 8404

SS 8641

Terral TV8558

USG 3592

Wheat Varieties At High Risk:

The following varieties are showing high levels of scab. We consider these to be moderately susceptible to scab:

AGS 2031

Coker 9553

Coker 9700

Pioneer 26R31

Progeny 185

SS 520

SS 560

SS MPV 57

USG 3209

USG 3342

 

Wheat Varieties at Reduced Risk:

These varieties are showing the lowest levels of scab. We consider these to be moderately resistant to scab:

AGS 2050

Coker 9436

Jamestown

NC Neuse

Pioneer 26R15

Progeny 117

Progeny 122

Progeny 127

Progeny 145

Progeny 166

Roane

SS 8302

SS 8309

USG 3555

USG 3665

USG 3725

Vigoro Dominion