Arizona Agriculture

Our 7^th Annual Workshop on New Technologies for Field Crops was held via Zoom on June 3, 2020. We had great turnout, expertise speakers, and an informative time. The theme of this year’s workshop was “New Crops for Arizona and the Southwest Desert.” The workshop offered opportunity to discuss opportunities and challenges of new crops to the region, like Industrial Hemp, Guayule, Guar, and Rhodes grass.

In response to many requests, presentations are now available online.

• Chemistries for Alfalfa Insect Pest Management
  • Dr. Ayman Mostafa

• Guar as a Possible Desert Tolerant Legume in the U.S. Southwest
  • Dr. Calvin Trostle

• Hemp Diseases: Diagnosis and Management
  • Dr. Bindu Poudel

• Push-Pull-Control: Securing Guayule’s Future 
• Push-Pull-Control: Securing Guayule’s Future (Easier to review on mobile devices)
  • Dr. Peter Ellsworth, Ms. Naomi Pier, Ms. Isadora Bordini

• Rhodes Grass: A New Forage Crop for the Low Desert
  • Dr.  Oli Bachie

• An Update on Western SARE
  • Dr. Randy Norton

• Progress Towards Managing Weeds in Guayule
  • Dr. Bill McCloskey

There were many timely and issue-driven presentations during University of Arizona Cooperative Extension Field Crops “Clinics” in Buckeye on January 6, 2020.

The Event’s presentations are now available online.

• Management Options for Alfalfa Weevil
  • Dr. Ayman Mostafa and Mr. Kyle Harrington

• Impacts of P and K Fertilizer Blends on Arizona Alfalfa Hay Yield
  • Dr. Worku Burayu and Dr. Ayman Mostafa

• Impact of Arizona Pesticide Registration Review Comments on EPA Decisions
  • Dr. Al Fournier

• Biocontrol Informed Thresholds, Insecticide Selectivity, and Risk Reduction in Whitefly Management
  • Ms. Isadora Bordini, Ms. Naomi Pier and Dr. Peter Ellsworth

• 2019 Arizona Upland and Pima Cotton Variety Testing Program Results
  • Dr. Randy Norton

• 2020 Cotton Chemical Weed Control Review
  • Dr. Bill McCloskey

• Update on Fusarium Wilt of Cotton in Arizona
  • Dr. Jiahuai “Alex” Hu

• Tools for Nitrogen Management of Wheat
  • Dr. Mike Ottman

The 6^th Workshop on New Technologies for Arizona Field Crops was held on June 12, 2019 at UA Maricopa Agricultural Center. The presenters discusses several topics, including: precision cultivation, planting and mechanical weeding technologies, limited irrigation impacts on Silage production, corn silage development advisories, agriculture water status, new cotton insecticides & new predator thresholds, and management of summer forage pests. Several industry representatives provided updates on new technologies, chemistries and seeds.

The sponsors of this workshop are: The University of Arizona’s Field Crops IPM Program, FMC Corporation, West Gaines Seed & Americot, Corteva Agriscience, Bayer Crop Science, Syngenta.

The following are links to presentations from the workshop:

• Precision and In-Row Cultivating Technologies for Improved Weed Control in Cotton
  • Drs. Mark Siemens, Bill McCloskey & Pedro Andrade-Sanchez, UA

• Evaluation of Precision Planting Technologies in Cotton
  • Dr. Pedro Andrade-Sanchez, UA

• The Impact of Limited Water on Silage Production
  • Dr. Jourdan Bell, Texas A&M AgriLife

• The New Silage Development Advisories, and Agricultural Water: Current Status and Probability of Shortage
  • Dr. Paul  Brown, UA

• Management of Summer Forage Pests
  • Dr. Ayman Mostafa, UA