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Texas Field Reports: Hurricane Hanna Damage Estimated at $400Mln Aug 11, 2020
Hurricane Hanna came and went with little fanfare but left South Texas with almost $400 million in direct and indirect damages to agriculture, according to a report by Texas A&M AgriLife […]
Texas Cotton: Virtual CEU Training – Aug. 13 Aug 5, 2020
Join Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Staff Holly Davis, PhD., Assistant Professor & Extension Specialist – Entomology, and Danielle Sekula, Extension Agent – IPM, for the Virtual Training: Late Season Pests […]
Texas Field Reports: Hurricane Hanna Damage Estimates Aug 5, 2020
Cotton producers in the Rio Grande Valley took a devastating hit from Hurricane Hanna, according to a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service expert. Other row crops like corn and sorghum were harvested […]
Texas LRGV Cotton: Heavy Whiteflies, Late Season Thrips Jul 23, 2020
General Situation/ Harvest Time Weather continues to be incredibly hot in the Lower Rio Grande Valley. Many growers were either applying the first or second round of defoliant this week […]
Texas LRGV Cotton: Heavy Boll Loads, Late Season Thrips Jul 10, 2020
General Situation/ Harvest Another very hot and windy week. This week we had temperatures ranging from 98 -101 F and our nights have been steadily at 78-80 F. We are […]
Texas LRGV Cotton: Pests Largely Quiet Jul 2, 2020
General Situation Very hot across the Valley this week. Last Thursday and Friday we had been rained out in most areas, but majority of the Valley has dried up with […]
Texas LRGV Cotton: 1st Bale of the Season Harvested Jun 19, 2020
General Situation Muddy this week in the Valley in some areas as we were dodging rain to scout. Grain sorghum harvest has been stalled in some areas due to random […]
Texas LRGV: Verde Plant Bugs Migrating from Sorghum to Cotton Jun 12, 2020
General Situation Very hot in the Lower Rio Grande Valley with temperatures in the high 90s reaching heat indexes of 101. Good for harvest though this week as several growers […]
Texas LRGV Cotton: Limited Insect Pressure Except Along River Jun 1, 2020
General Situation We have had scattered showers this week throughout the Valley seeing puddles for days for the first time in a long while. With all the showers combined it […]
Texas Field Reports: Alternative Crop Acreage Up, Market Conditions a Mixed Bag May 14, 2020
Alternative crop acres are expected to be up amid mixed market conditions, according to a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service expert. Calvin Trostle, Ph.D., AgriLife Extension agronomist, Lubbock, said COVID-19 has not […]
