Mississippi has a good-looking cotton crop in most places, but acreage is down to 520,000 acres because of a rainy planting season and unfavorable market conditions.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Aug. 31 estimated 65% of the state’s crop...
• By Bill Robertson, Tom Barber and Jason Davis •
We are quickly approaching the finish line with this cotton crop. We have a very good and uniform boll load. While hurricane Laura has changed the complexion of this crop,...
Agri-AFC, GreenPoint AG and Tennessee Farmers Cooperative have formed a joint venture combining their agronomy operations and will operate under the banner "GreenPoint AG."
The combination will include all operations of Agri-AFC LLC’s wholesale and retail business, GreenPoint AG’s retail...
• By Mary Hightower •
Bryce Baldridge, a Lawrence County Extension staff chair for the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture, heard the warnings Thursday night.
“They said a tornado was headed for Bono which is where I live,” he...
• By Dominic Reisig •
Should I treat this cotton for bollworm eggs, plant bugs or stink bugs? This is a question I have been getting a lot this year with all our delayed and late-planted cotton. Of course it’s...
The Soil Health Institute has launched "Cotton & Covers," a Healthy Soils for Sustainable Cotton video series. It follows three Southeastern cotton producers as they discuss their individual journeys to build profitable soil health management systems on their farms.
Each...
The Georgia Cotton Commission, Georgia Peanut Commission and the University of Georgia Extension Cotton and Peanut Teams, will co-sponsor a virtual research field day Wednesday, Sept. 9.
The virtual field day will begin at 9:30 a.m. and conclude at noon....
• By Ryan McGeeney •
High winds and heavy rainfall from what forecasters expect will be a major hurricane — Hurricane Laura — will likely sweep through most of Arkansas by Friday, just as harvest nears for several major crops...
Well-known appellations, powerful marketing and excellent products make California wines valuable. Could the same be done for California's cotton crop?
California farmers produce high-quality cotton but currently take in only 62 cents per pound, a price that makes turning a...
University of California Cooperative Extension is seeking input from California growers of field crops, consultants and allied industry on how the division should approach research and Extension efforts.
"Your input will highlight the most important issues facing field crop production...
Cotton producers in the Rio Grande Valley took a devastating hit from Hurricane Hanna, according to a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service expert.
Other row crops like corn and sorghum were harvested before the storm arrived, but some alternative crops...
University of Georgia faculty will share the latest research on cotton, soybeans, corn and other southeast Georgia crops during the annual Southeast Georgia Research and Education Center Field Day held online Aug. 12.
Research and Extension faculty will present current...
• By Patrick Porter, Kerry Siders and Suhas Vyavhare •
The current spike in bollworm moth activity in our pheromone traps is from moths coming out of corn. These moths pose a substantial threat to cotton with majority of our...
As the summer months continue to deliver hot, dry conditions throughout most of the state, growers need to be on the lookout for silverleaf whitefly in cotton and vegetables.
“We are most likely going to see a surge in silverleaf...
• By Scott Stewart •
Although current moth activity remains relatively low, I’m expecting a peak of moth activity sometime beginning around Aug. 5 through 10. Bollworm (a.k.a., corn earworm) poses a significant threat to cotton and soybeans, and particularly...
