Due to COVID-19 concerns, this year’s Nueces/San Patricio County Field Crop Symposium on Jan. 7 will be by virtual participation only.
“Texas Department of Agriculture continuing education units have been requested for participants, and we have also made a request...
• By Bruce Schultz •
The LSU AgCenter has named Matt Foster as the statewide specialist for cotton, corn and grain sorghum starting Jan. 19, 2021.
He’s ready to go to work.
“My first day is already planned out with a grower...
Preparations for the upcoming growing season will not need to be put on hold during the pandemic. The Alabama Cooperative Extension System and the Auburn University College of Agriculture’s department of crop, soil and environmental sciences are partnering to...
• By Tyson Raper •
Preliminary data from the 2020 Tennessee cotton county standard trial data is now available. We are releasing an average table for the XtendFlex trials and the Enlist trials today. We only tested the XtendFlex and...
The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed new regulations surrounding the use of paraquat dichloride herbicide and is accepting public comments on it through Jan. 11, 2021.
The proposed interim decision for paraquat, if finalized and adopted, would further restrict how...
Deltapine plans to launch five new cotton varieties, including two new Bollgard 3 XtendFlex cotton varieties with resistance to both reniform and root-knot nematodes, as part of its Class of ’21. They were announced during the 2020 Deltapine New...
The eighth annual Red River Crops Conference goes virtual Jan. 20-21. The event, offering crop production information focused on Southwest Oklahoma and the Texas Rolling Plains, is co-hosted by the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service and the Oklahoma Cooperative...
Mississippi State University has released preliminary yield data on its 2020 on-farm varietal trials (OVT) across nine locations. The reports also include fiber characteristics.
In addition, the university breaks down the results, with five locations in the Delta and four...
PhytoGen cottonseed — Corteva Agriscience's U.S. cottonseed brand — announced three new high-performing, high-yielding Upland varieties for 2021 during the recent Yielding Innovation virtual grower forum.
Two of the three varieties feature the cottonseed industry’s first trait for reniform nematode...
Oklahoma State University’s Division of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources is using an interactive program called Testing Ag Performance Solutions to help corn and cotton farmers with irrigated crops improve water-use management.
TAPS allows producers to try out research-based improved...
The Georgia Cotton Commission sponsored the King Cotton Awards to recognize outstanding contributions of county Extension agents to Georgia cotton producers for the 20th year in a row. The senior award honors agents with 10 or more years of...
In this 30-minute online presentation, Paul DeLaune —an associate professor and environmental soil scientist at Texas A&M AgriLife Research in Vernon, Texas — tries to demystify cover crops.
The use of cover crops is constantly making headlines and being featured...
• By Bill Robertson •
Harvest of the final large-plot county variety test was a long time coming with only one location where we were unable to beat the picker to the field. We strive to release yield information as...
Virginia’s cotton and peanut harvests are lagging due to a series of disruptive weather events, and the threat of additional rain could further dampen farmers’ efforts.
According to the National Agricultural Statistics Service Nov. 9 crop report, Virginia’s cotton and...
An annual conference offering expert insights into managing weed, insect and disease pests in Arkansas crops is moving online.
The Arkansas Crop Protection Conference is scheduled for Dec. 1-2 and will feature 22 presentations geared toward growers, consultants and other...
