The University of Arkansas's MP-144, also known as “Insecticide Recommendations for Arkansas,” has gone mobile.
Producers, agricultural agents and consultants will now have access to a comprehensive database of insecticide information at their fingertips, with the University of Arkansas System...
• By Dominic Reisig •
As mentioned in the 2019 North Carolina Cotton Information Guide, “The key to successful cotton production in North Carolina is the adoption of a short-season management strategy.”
Specifically, growers should 1) maximize early season growth, 2)...
• By Larry Steckel •
Many questions continue to be asked on how best to manage grass in cotton. The sketchy performance of glyphosate on goosegrass, junglerice and Johnsongrass in 2018 is the main driver of these questions.
One change in...
Arkansas’ brief rally in the number active cotton gins has ended, as open gins declined from 33 to 28 between 2017 and 2018, according to the National Agricultural Statistics Service.
The state’s cotton acres rose from below 400,000 acres in...
• By Clint Thompson •
Georgia temperatures are rising, and the weather is only going to get hotter with little rain in the forecast. That’s not good news for Georgia’s cotton producers who are in the middle of planting this...
May 25 marks the last day for Arkansas growers to apply the herbicide dicamba to crops in the state, based on a ruling from the Arkansas State Plant Board earlier this year.
The herbicide is primarily used to control Palmer...
As seed prices rise, growers must be increasingly mindful of the density and configuration of cotton in their fields. However, current cotton plant population recommendations aren't always helpful or based on the latest research.
Experts often offer guidance, rather than...
The Texas Department of Agriculture has issued Section 24(c) Special Local Need labels for two dicamba herbicides to allow application up to 90 days after cotton planting.
The products are Engenia Herbicide from BASF and XtendiMax herbicide with VaporGrip Technology...
• By Dominic Reisig •
If you are replanting cotton, keep in mind that the Thrips Infestation Predictor for Cotton predicts that cotton planted in May will be more at risk from thrips than earlier planted cotton.
Although seedlings grow quicker...
Cotton and sorghum producers are applauding Section 18 emergency use exemptions from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for Transform WG insecticide. Transform provides growers with an effective tool for controlling sap-feeding pests including major yield-robbers – tarnished plant bug...
• By Larry Steckel •
Questions continue to arise on management of glyphosate-resistant (GR) Johnsongrass in corn, soybean and cotton. GR Johnsongrass continues to become more of an issue with each passing year.
The main threat with Johnsongrass is in corn...
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The Fresno County (California) Farm Bureau recently held its 25th annual Journalism Awards. This year's award winners were recently recognized at FCFB's second annual "Bounty of Fresno County" event at Wolf Lakes Park in Sanger.
More than 25 entries were...
A new, very impressive cotton planting conditions calculator has been created by Dr. Guy Collins and Dr. Keith Edmisten with help from the Climatology Office at North Carolina State University. In this post, I highlight a few of the...
PhytoGen has joined with Cotton Incorporated’s Blue Jeans Go Green denim recycling program to help bring cotton’s sustainability message full circle.
PhytoGen also is the first cottonseed partner to organize denim collection drives in targeted cotton-producing communities and plans additional...
