Posted on April 30, 2015 by southernipmcenter
In Delta Farm Press
This is a nice time of the year in the Mid-South. Temperatures are warming, the rains are starting to become less frequent and dark-green fields of grain are waving in the breeze in parts of the country where farmers still sow winter wheat.
Unfortunately, farmers in Louisiana and some parts of Arkansas have begun observing fields where the grain is not so green and, in fact, is beginning to show the telltale signs of bleaching that generally accompany infections by Fusarium head blight or scab.
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Posted on August 29, 2014 by southernipmcenter
From Delta Farm Press
by Olivia McClure, LSU AgCenter
Louisiana cotton farmers need to be on the lookout for target spot, a fungal disease that can quickly defoliate plants.
Trey Price, LSU AgCenter plant pathologist at the Macon Ridge Research Station, said target spot is present in all cotton-producing areas of the state, with the most severe cases in Franklin, Madison and Tensas parishes.
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