Running the 2 minute drill. 10-16 It's time to score now. The time is running off the clock and we have less than half of our cotton defoliated. I feel fine about spraying in this cool weather. Sunshine is going to help a lot, and once it warms up, things should start working. We don't really need to wait for Dew to dry up, just stop dripping. For the weekend, warm temperatures are expected, but by next week, some nights of 40 something low's will return.
It’s the middle of October and there is basically nothing to wait for anymore for both peanut and cotton farmers. The first half of October has provided some nice warm spells that allowed both crops opportunity to advance in maturity and add some more weight. No doubt there is an argument to be made that some late planted fields could still gain some more by giving them more time. However, the other side of the argument is that it’s the middle of October and we also need nice weather to get the bolls open. Currently the expectation is to see a lot of sun for the second half of the month. The warmest temperatures for the next couple of weeks begin this weekend and should last into next week. This will offer us a good opportunity to advance our defoliation efforts quite a bit. As weather continues to change, we will no doubt have preferred days to spray, but everything should work with a tweak or two to our recipes. It's good news that there is nothing in the forecast to get us talking about a freeze risk although in the second half of October, that starts popping up on our minds. The coldest night in the current forecast is this week where we land around 40 degrees Thursday morning. I would encourage you to give cotton some priority and take advantage of this current defoliation window. Log in to the 2025 Defoliation tab for recipes updates and weather ideas.
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