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The 2024 Mid-South Cotton Defoliation Guide is now available online. You can access the guide by visiting https://news.utcrops.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/W376_2024.pdf This guide was compiled and is updated yearly by Extension Cotton Specialists from throughout the Mid-South. The 2024 Mid-South Cotton Specialists’ Working Group consists...

⋅ BY MARY HIGHTOWER ⋅ If forecasts hold, the Mississippi River level at Memphis, Tennessee, will again fall below zero as harvest season takes hold, raising the specter of the last two seasons’ higher freight rates, piled up grain and weaker...

⋅ BY SEBE BROWN ⋅ Tarnished plant bug numbers seem to be all over the board in 2024. Some fields have had one spray since square set and others have had upwards of five. Crop age and what’s neighboring your...

⋅ BY MARY HIGHTOWER ⋅ Lack of personnel and sketchy maps are among the stumbling blocks as the Environmental Protection Agency works pesticide approvals through the lens of the Endangered Species Act, according to a senior EPA adviser. The courts have...

⋅ BY CRAIG GAUTREAUX ⋅ The LSU AgCenter Agricultural Leadership Development Program is now accepting applications for Class XIX, which is scheduled to begin in January 2025 with a completion date of February 2027. “Developing leaders is essential to advancing agriculture,...

⋅ BY RYAN McGEENEY ⋅ From the time he was a child on his parents' cattle ranch, Zachary Treadway knew he wanted a life in agriculture. As the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture's newest agronomist, he'll have the...

Nutrien Ag Solutions announces the acquisition of Suncor Energy’s AgroScience assets, which consists of several patented and patent pending technologies in the area of biocontrol. This new biocontrol technology is expected to introduce chlorin-based photosensitizer to the global market...

⋅ BY GUY COLLINS ⋅ We really hope this article isn’t necessary, but the way the weather forecasts are shaping up, we are facing hot and dry conditions throughout this weekend and most of next week. Temperatures are expected to be...

Looking to expand its lineup of proven, high-performing cotton varieties in the industry’s leading trait platforms, the Deltapine  New Product Evaluator (NPE) Program kicks off its 17th year with growers evaluating for the Class of ’25. Five Bollgard 3 ThryvOn cotton...

⋅ BY VICKY BOYD ⋅ California’s cotton acreage is expected to make a huge rebound this season, spurred by lower prices for competing crops and receding Tulare Lake levels. But Pima cotton, the premium variety predominantly grown in the state, has...

Scouting School Dates and Times Extension personnel will host four workshops. To register, contact the county Extension office or center at the location you wish to attend. June 4 — Cotton and Peanut 8 a.m. Wiregrass Research and Extension Center 167 State Highway...

The National Cotton Council applauds House Agriculture Committee Chairman Glenn “G.T.” Thompson for producing a Farm Bill that significantly increases the support levels for cotton producers who have been weighed down by the recent rise in on-farm production costs. This...

⋅ BY MARY HIGHTOWER ⋅ Time is not on dicamba’s side. Following an Arizona federal court ruling that vacated the label in February, users of dicamba herbicides are waiting to see what happens now that a new registration for over-the-top use...

WHAT: The 2024 Syngenta Pest Patrol program is designed to equip growers with timely alerts so they can protect their crops against potential pest threats. The alerts come from a team of local university partners and Syngenta representatives across the Mid-South...

Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is releasing a proposed interim decision (PID) to cancel all but one use of the pesticide acephate. This decision is based on EPA's updated human health draft risk assessment (HH DRA) and...