We don't have published thresholds in this case, but just standing up I could see maybe one adult for every three plants, so it was probably more like one adult for every two plants. That's a heavily wooden area, so we assume they overwintered pretty successfully. Overall, fields in the southwestern part of the state are shaping up nicely. Lots of fields are moving toward green ring, so decisions are coming about whether to drain for straighthead or for water weevil control where no insecticides were used. Some people are putting on permanent floods this week.
Rice looks good to very good.
We're still figuring 210,000 acres this year, plus or minus 5,000 acres. If there's an increase, it's east of Houston. Acreage stayed about the same or dropped slightly in other areas. We've got rice everywhere from just emerging to tillaring. I've got growers flushing, some more than others.