Category: Michael Plumblee

As we near the end of May, our earliest planted corn in the state is approaching tassel (VT) and reproductive growth, and our latest planted corn is near the V5 growth stage. Top/Side-dress nitrogen applications are now on most producers’ minds and actively going out where we can apply in between rain events. A few […]

Save the date for the 2025 Corn and Soybean Field Day held at the Clemson Edisto Research and Education Center in Blackville SC. More information will be available soon!

Clemson Cooperative Extension Service has deployed the Clemson Extension Weather Network. This project was conceived in 2020 in response to the lack of weather data being reported in/around agricultural production.​ Of the 51 stations installed, 42 (82%) were close to a production area. While the presence of weather data is critical for agricultural decisions, decision aids and tool […]

Much of South Carolina is now receiving some timely rainfall for corn. A lot of our corn was planted on time and in some cases earlier than the last few years due to good field conditions and soil moisture. The corn crop in SC is now considered planted, and most seems off to a good […]

The South Carolina Corn and Soybean Growers Meeting will be held on December 17th, 2024 at the Santee Conference Center. Come hear research updates from the Corn and Soybean Boards, policy updates from American Soybean Association and National Corn Growers Association and visit with our many sponsors in the trade show! Pesticide and CCA credits […]

The results from the 2024 County Corn Hybrid Trials are now available. In 2024, we evaluated 15 different hybrids across eight locations across the state in both irrigated (5 locations) and non-irrigated (3 locations) cropping systems, the results from eight of those locations are included in the attached report. The results of these trials are […]

As we move into the 4th of July weekend, a quick update on where we stand. Scattered showers and storms provided some rainfall over the last week which has helped our dryland situation in cotton, soybean, and peanut. Most of the dryland corn crop tasseled (pollinated) and began reproductive growth during the pop up drought […]

Surviving on tenths of rain is all we are doing right now across SC and the SE USA. High pressure in the North continues to drive moisture to the Gulf and away from the SE at a very water critical time for corn especially. Where irrigation is available, growers need to continue to run pivots […]

As of this week approximately 60% of our corn crop is silking. Tassel/R1 (Silk) is the most water sensitive growth stage of corn, if irrigation is available we need to ensure that we are irrigating corn 2 inches per week minus what is captured through rainfall.  In terms of our non-irrigated acreage, yield will suffer […]