In north Louisiana, farmers were in the middle of harvesting their first crop. Evangeline Parish’s second-crop acreage will decrease because more crawfish is being produced. “We will have fields to drain in about 2 weeks.”, Lance Honeycutt, Simplot Grower Solutions, Jonesboro, Arkansas. Only a limited amount of the crop is heading, so stink bugs will concentrate in those fields before more rice heads and dilutes the RSB populations. If rice is planted too early the weather is too cold, and there are too many birds to eat the seeds and young rice. “But nothing compared to what we had last year,” he said. Depending on the region, and the access to machinery, mechanized cutting is becoming increasingly popular. For the fungicide, I’m going with Amistar Top because it gives me a little more flexibility in how far heading has progressed. The remaining acreage will be used for crawfish. I said to at least spray as much as he could. B&W photo, 1940s. Simply shutting down the pump should be enough. All the winter flooding and rain since then reduced soil oxygen levels, which has triggered more of it this season. Commodity Planted All Purpose Acres Harvested Acres Yield Production Price per Unit Value of Production in Dollars; SOYBEANS: SOYBEANS: 1,050,000: 1,020,000 With my oldest beans, though, I’m pretty much done with weed control. Things actually worked out in farmers’ favor,” he said. “We have a lot of rice this year, and 70% of my acres are in row rice. And you might outrun it, so you won’t have to spray at all. Our seed treatment combinations – particularly with Fortenza or Dermacor – are providing a significantly better level of RWW control compared to the neonics like Cruiser or NipsIt. “Heading in our rice ranges from 10% to 70%. ... Rice has been a mainstay of Louisiana agriculture since the 18th century. Growers planted the remaining rice in late May and kept rolling into early June. This shortage of farm labor encouraged mechanization of the rice harvest. I’m aiming to start fungicide applications next week for kernel smut and sheath blight. Way, Texas A&M Entomologist, Beaumont. Ours wasn’t growing as fast, so we lagged a bit taking it to flood. Shurley on Cotton: What’s Happened To All The Bullish Optimism. No big issues are surfacing. AgFax Weekend: Battle Royal for Acreage | Farmers Upgrading Equipment. “The rain is keeping us from putting out fungicides in soybeans when we’d like, but those don’t have to go out right this minute, so timing isn’t as urgent as some other things might be. Ag Trade: How Has the Suez Canal Blockage Affected Ag Markets? “In one case, the farmer has been trying to spray a field for 4 weeks. Way. Stinkbugs are building quickly as beans approach R6. Harrell estimates the current crop at 7,250 pounds — 44.7 barrels or 161 bushels — so far. He’s looking into bringing in a helicopter. I made a call on one farm near the Beaumont Center to check out a population of South American rice miners (SARM). Afternoon showers have been less frequent in the past few days, allowing farmers to make good progress. Around September 1, I’ll be completely done except for a few acres planted behind seep water along the river. “About 80% of our bean crop is early, and most are at R5.5. But it has beans around it, so it would be a challenge to spray that rice by air anyway. For a while, we thought the rain was behind us, but then we received a pre-Fourth of July rain, a post-Fourth of July rain and a rain on the Fourth of July, itself. In 1945, Louisiana farmers harvested 23% of their crop by combines. AgCenter, The LSU AgCenter and the LSU College of Agriculture, 101 Efferson Hall “We’re not seeing fall and kernel smuts that we saw last year,” he said. – DTN, Thompson on Cotton: Despite Recent Losses, The Sky’s Not Falling Yet. Corn harvest began and will continue permitting cooperative weather. “With a lot of fields at this point, we’ll probably be able to get away with not draining. Unlike last year, when the crop was hurt by extreme weather, growing conditions were ideal this year. “It looks good in northeast Louisiana,” he said. With row rice acres increasing, leaf blast is becoming more of a factor, especially when growers plant cultivars that are more susceptible to it. Draining the field is the only control measure now, and that’s not too practical this late. Photo by Bruce Schultz/LSU AgCenter, Jeremy Hebert, LSU AgCenter agent in Acadia Parish, hands a “Our rice looks good, and some draining has started, so we should see a few combines running in mid-July. But with the resistant grass situation we’re dealing with, it’s impossible to have every acre as clean as I’d like. A couple of colleagues have rice planted at about the same time that’s a little more advanced. This is our very earliest rice and has the best potential. A field of the variety CL153 at the Rice Research Station yielded 59 barrels or 212 bushels per acre. “With my older rice, I’m right in the middle of the midseason fertilizer rounds. “There’s a lot of rice that’s ready to come out now,” he said. “With all this rain, about all we can do is try to keep the flood stable so water isn’t rushing through the paddies, then apply fertilizer as we can. “Insects in the soybeans have been really quiet. Baton Rouge, LA 70803, “If these yields hold out, I believe it would tie the second-highest-yielding year, and it still has the potential to be a record if the high yields hold out,” said LSU AgCenter rice specialist, Louisiana rice harvest reaching half-way mark. “We will begin harvest earlier this year as we had rice planted in early to mid-April in some areas, Collins said. LAKE CHARLES, LA — Louisiana’s rice harvest is gaining momentum following rains that swept across the southern part of the state as a result of Hurricane Hanna’s pass through the Gulf Coast region last week. Disease remains mostly in the background in the Delta crop. Try to raise the flood to 4 inches or greater. That has helped boost yields. Weather deals blow to Louisiana rice harvest Thu, 08/29/2019 - 10:00am Some areas saw rains daily, while others had breaks in between bands to allow for a few hours of harvesting. Jimmy Meaux, AgCenter agent in Calcasieu and Jefferson Davis parishes, said the harvest in Calcasieu is close to half finished, and Jefferson Davis is 35% to 40% complete. “Fortunately, HST tends to be worse the closer you are to the water inlet. “Every day now, people are sending us photos of rice heads in their fields, so we know we’re moving closer to the end. Smuts are starting to show up on later-planted rice. “Remember, too, that finding leaf blast is no guarantee that neck or panicle blast will appear later. https://agfax.com/2020/07/09/rice-harvest-starts-in-south-louisiana-agfax On the flip side, you might find neck or panicle blast later but leaf blast was never in the field. “Our last 200 acres took us double the time it should have taken,” Fruge said. – Video, Fuel Report: Gas Down Slightly, Diesel Continues to Rise, Ag Economy: Gasoline Sales Lift Ethanol- Corn; Higher Prices Impacting Farmland Values, New Soybean Record: Historical Growing of Production in Brazil, Livestock: Watching African Swine Fever in China, Demand for Feed and Pork, Tobacco: Transplanting Begins in Deep South, Florida: Cover Crops, Soil Moisture Field Day, Oak Grove, April 15. “The crop looks better than last year so far,” Meaux said. LOUISIANA CROP REPORTS. We’ve been trying to stay on top of the weeds and such, but we’re pretty much past the herbicide application period. Rice Stewardship Partnership U.S. Rice Industry Sustainability Goals USA Rice Sustainability Award 2020 Water Symposium Rain Defines Rice Harvest in Southwest Louisiana Christian Richard makes up time with stripper header. Ethanol to Make Case With Biden Admin. “The crop looks better and better, but the number of calls about disease picked up considerably this week. That will pick up more over the weekend and into next week. “A good deal about blast depends on varieties. “Rain is moving across the state right now (mid-afternoon, 7/9), with severe thunderstorms in places, and this weather pattern and high humidity will likely continue through the week. South Louisiana farmers are hoping Hurricane Laura will have minimal effects on their crops and livestock. DTN Fertilizer Trends: Is the Price Climb Slowing? It’s been raining somewhere every day, and the weather went from one extreme to the other. These photos are kind of an indicator. But weather complicated harvest. 225-578-4143 If this were earlier in the season, you’d still have a chance to fully dry out the soil. in southwest Louisiana, and more rice is being drained there and in Texas. I’m mixing an insecticide with a fungicide, depending on what I’m seeing and how much damage I’m finding. in the background in the Delta crop. “We have locked in a few locations for RWW plots next year and will strip some fields with different treatments to show growers what they could gain by utilizing a seed treatment. But we’ve had so much rain that at least some nitrogen likely leeched away. Every time he points his sprayer in the right direction, another afternoon thunderstorm rolls through. So far, only a limited number of acres require treatments, but sheath blight is definitely picking up. It takes a lot of time to harvest rice by hand: 80 to 160 hours per hectare, or 198 to 395 hours per acre, according to the FAO. He stored his grain at a dryer facility in Thornwell, but the storm blew parts of the roof away, exposing his rice to rain. The 2018 rice harvest in southwest Louisiana is past the halfway point, and LSU AgCenter agents say farmers are pleased. “I think the crop looks pretty good. (click to view) LSU AgCenter's Craig Gautreaux reports on the state of Louisiana's rice crop as harvest is underway and the yield is looking excellent, despite being slowed by rainy conditions. Occasional rain interfered with the start of the harvest, but drier weather has allowed farmers to get into the fields. Sheath blight is on the move. Even with some hybrid fields, I’m going early. We typically see a pretty big kickoff for heading around July 15. I’m down to five or six fields now. But persistent rains in parts of the region have created the kind of steam-bath atmosphere that promotes disease development. Ron Smith | Sep 23, 2020. See comments by Dustin Harrell and M.O. But if this rainy, humid weather continues, people will begin finding disease in the next 7 to 10 days.”, Andy Tonos, Delta Ag Consulting, Greenville, Mississippi. In 1945 and 1946, this mechanization was most noticeable. We very rarely treat for leaf blast, and we don’t have a treatment threshold for it. In 1685, a bag of Madagascar rice known as "Gold Seede" (Asian rice) was given to Dr. Henry Woodward. Draining will throw off the farmer’s fertilizer and weed management programs. Louisiana growers discarded their mules for tractors. We’re mainly just focusing on weed control in the soybeans. — The harvest for the 2020 rice crop in south Louisiana is nearing the halfway point, and the result is a big improvement over a string of bad to mediocre years. It is mentioned to have been under cultivation in Virginia as far back as 1609, although it is reported that one bushel of rice had been sent to the colony later, in the summer of 1671, on the cargo vessel William and Ralph. Photo by Bruce Schultz/LSU AgCenter, Two combines harvest rice on the R&Z Farms between Rice harvest has started in southwest Louisiana, and more rice is being drained there and in Texas. “Otherwise, I’m trying to clean up indigo and escaped grasses. We are picking up a few stink bugs – green and southern green – but nothing worth treating. With these temperatures and all the rainfall, that’s expected, and it’s also that time of the year. We are concentrating now on applying fertilizer. Yields are in the mid- to upper 40 barrels with hybrids in the mid-50 barrels. Plenty of rice was planted later and won’t do as well, so we need optimal production out of this earliest rice to bring up growers’ average yields. Roy J, which we hardly grow now, rarely develops leaf blast but it’s prone to neck blast. Farmers in Texas, California, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Missouri account for most of the rest. THORNWELL, La. “SARM is kind of an unusual, occasional pest. In plots at our Pine Tree research station, our untreated checks are averaging 30 weevils per 4-inch core, which is considerably higher than the 3-per-core threshold established by M.O. “Regardless if the current crop does not reach the record, it will definitely rank up there with one of our highest-yielding years.”. Again, the bulk of our rice wasn’t planted until mid to late May. It’s FullPage rice, so he’s already put plenty of money into it and the field has a nice, thick stand. a rice dryer. “I’m applying fungicides and insecticides this week on the majority of my rice, and that’s about it. “We could be at 90% harvested by mid-October with any luck,” says Jarrod Hardke, rice Extension agronomist, University of Arkansas System Division of … “With our beans, I’m mainly concentrating on weeds. Yields are good but not great, with most varieties producing more than 40 barrels an acre and hybrids exceeding 50 barrels an acre. Todd Fontenot, AgCenter agent in Evangeline Parish, said a little more than a third of the acreage has been harvested there. The main way to suppress leaf blast is by raising the flood, which you can’t do in row rice. “It’s a big contrast from last year. I don’t have any late rice, which is very unusual.