Information provided by Steve Livingston, Professor and Extension Agronomist - serving Texas Gulf Coast and portions of the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas Lower Gulf Coast. Corn and sorghum continue to make good growth with 2 inches of rainfall being received over much of the area last week. Most weeks were suppressed earlier and these two crops are in good condition. Rapid pollenation will all but eliminate the potential for sorghum ergot outbreaks in commercial fields.
Local fields are in various stages of heading or pollenation.
Sorghum midge populations are expected to reach peak numbers about June 15 th . Various stages of cotton exist, depending on planting date. Due to heavy, poorly drained soils in higher rainfall areas, some cotton is yellowish or off-color due to wet soils and poor nitrogen uptake. Most well-drained fields are making good progress. Areas with heavier than normal rainfall now have deadspots in fields, and damaged populations that will never fully recover.