5/17/2013 12:00:00 AM
Sheath blight is probably in every rice field every year, often causing significant damage. Other diseases like Cercospora, blast and bacterial panicle blight appear erratically at high enough levels to cause damage. Several factors cause these diseases to become severe in any given year. Read more on these factors and disease activity from this AgFax story.
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5/16/2013 12:00:00 AM
Arkansas producers have been struggling to plant rice in the cold and wet conditions of 2013. Since emergence, the cold weather has slowed down plant growth and the seedlings look stressed. Read more on disease concerns from this Arkansas Row Crops article.
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5/15/2013 12:00:00 AM
Arkansas' cotton, rice and corn growers are making a late rally after a spring-long rain-and-cold delay that kept them from planting their crops. Read more on the rush to plant crops from this Delta Farm Press article.
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5/13/2013 12:00:00 AM
The getting is still good for rice, so it's time to make tracks if you can. Read more on the planting forecast and the talk of people water-seeding rice, especially on heavy soil that growers cannot seem to get dry enough to drill from this Arkansas Row Crops article.
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5/10/2013 12:00:00 AM
Prior to deciding on a fungicide application for sheath blight, a field should be scouted from first joint elongation until heading. Read more on scouting and fungicide applications from this AgFax article.
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5/3/2013 12:00:00 AM
The important part of this Arkansas Row Crops discussion is that you need to get out and scout your rice; small rice is vulnerable to damage. An insecticide seed treatment of Cruiser or NipSit will control aphids in rice.
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4/29/2013 12:00:00 AM
Same song, new verse is the best way to describe this issue of Field Notes compared to last week. Johnny Saichuk discusses issues with rice fields as a result of the cold, wet weather at the link below.
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4/26/2013 12:00:00 AM
The cool wet weather has delayed the development of the crop, thus delaying disease development. Blast is such an explosive disease that it does not need much of a head start. So read 10 things you need to know about rice blast from this AgFax article.
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4/24/2013 12:00:00 AM
Further delays will eat at least a little into the final amount of rice planted in the Midsouth, just as earlier rains and cold weather culled some unplanted corn acreage from the crop mix. Read more details on the rice season from this AgFax Rice story at the link below.
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4/22/2013 12:00:00 AM
Frustration is probably the most predominant emotion in the Mississippi Delta. Tim Walker discusses plantable dates in the state in this Mississippi Crop Situation article.
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