Southwest Louisiana Rice and Soybean Forum, January 3, 2012

The Southwest Louisiana Rice and Soybean Forum will be held at the Welsh Community Center on January 3, 2012. Here is the program for the forum. For more information please contact county agent Barrett Courville: bcourville@agcenter.lsu.edu

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Mexican rice borer is now present in Jeff Davis Parish, LA

Mexican rice borer (MRB) male moths have now been collected in pheromone traps in Jeff Davis Parish, Louisiana.

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More insects reports from Jeff Davis and Evangeline Parish – chinch bugs, thrips, aphids, and rice water weevil adults.

This week we have had calls about chinch bugs and thrips in rice. We also took stand count observations at the Evangeline Parish test site yesterday. This blog posting discusses chinch bugs, aphids, thrips and some natural enemies (fire ants and ladybugs).

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Armyworms continue their march across Jeff-Davis Parish

On Wednesday, I scouted a field with a consultant in Jeff-Davis Parish. He has recommended treatment for fall armyworm (FAW) in a number of fields in the Jeff-Davis and Allen Parish area. I have also had reports of damage from Evangeline and Vermilion Parish.

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Stand Counts in Jeff-Davis Parish

After wrapping up at the Hoffpauir farm, Barrett and I headed over to Jeff-Davis Parish to take stand counts at the demonstration that Mark Pousson has planted. The rice is coming along nicely. At this location, the seed treatments are planted side-by-side in the same cut. This allows us to easily observe any differences in plant height, vigor, or stand thickness between treatments. As we were taking stand counts, Barrett observed that if you stood on the edge of the field you could easily see a difference between the untreated seed and the CruiserMaxx treated seed. I took a few pictures.

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