⋅ BY JULIE MURPHREE ⋅
Coming from a family of pilots, I was again struck by the power of aviation when I read that a single aircraft flown by a pilot can spray thousands of acres in a day. Still,...
Bollgard 3 Cotton Being Evaluated For The Class Of ’23.
The Deltapine seed brand’s New Product Evaluator (NPE) program kicks off its 15th season in 2022, celebrating a milestone of helping raise yield potential and improving production across the Cotton...
Controlling Cotton Weeds With A Zero-Tolerance Approach.
⋅ BY CASSIDY NEMEC ⋅
ASSISTANT EDITOR
As a member of Operation Weed Eradication (OWE), BASF is partnering with many in the agricultural industry to help bring solutions to persistent weeds found in row crops.
OWE’s...
Tucker Miller has a list of row crop producers who depend on him to manage insects in their fields, and every year brings a different pest challenge that threatens crop profitability.
Miller, an independent crop consultant with Miller Entomological Service...
⋅ BY ANDREW LANE SMITH ⋅
As the weather finally began to change and periods of high pressure set in across the Southeast, Mississippi’s spring turkey season took off. During this time, many critters are beginning to change their day-to-day...
Cotton Consultant of the Year
–——established 1981——–
The Cotton Consultant of the Year reception was held at the Peabody Hotel, March 5, in Memphis, Tennessee. This prestigious annual award is sponsored by Syngenta and Cotton Farming magazine.
James Todd of Plainview, Texas,...
Video Series Explores Soil Health In California Cotton Fields
⋅ BY PAMELA KAN-RICE ⋅
Over a century of growing cotton in California, scientists and farmers have learned how to better manage soil health. To share their collective knowledge, they have produced...
The Georgia Quality Cotton Awards Recognize Producers And Ginners Of High-Quality Cotton Fiber
The 2021 Georgia Quality Cotton Awards were presented at the 2022 Georgia Cotton Commission Annual Meeting in Tifton, Georgia.
The Georgia Cotton Commission and Bayer Crop Science/Deltapine co-sponsor...
Follow These Steps To Finding The Right Variety Mix
⋅ BY AMANDA HUBER ⋅
SOUTHEAST EDITOR
Selecting varieties for the coming season is not an easy process. First, seed is an expensive input. Once planted, there is no changing your mind about...
Virginia Researchers Make Their Mark In Precision Agriculture
⋅ BY MARY HARDBARGER ⋅
On the Eastern Shore of Virginia, drones hover in the sky collecting data to be analyzed on the ground. The results are tools growers can use to tackle...
Texas native James Todd was born in Corpus Christi and lived there until he was 10 years old. The family moved to San Antonio, then on to Cleburne, Texas, and finally landed in Plainview when Todd was a freshman...
The 70th Annual Mid-South Farm And Gin Show
Located not far from the Mighty Mississippi, the Mid-South Farm and Gin Show is a not-for-profit educational opportunity for farmers and other folks involved in agriculture. This year’s event will be held...
Nematodes, Thrips And That Haircut
On Dec. 7, 2021, at 5:30 p.m. Clyo, Georgia time, Clayton Waller parked his cotton picker, filed some miscellaneous paperwork and headed to town to tackle the one thing woefully behind schedule — a haircut....
e3 Sustainable Cotton Program Provides Traceable, Transparent Supply Chain For U.S. Cotton
• By Carroll Smith,
Editor •
For the past few years, consumers have expressed a desire to know more about the fiber from which their clothing and woven home goods...
Crop May Have A Place In Areas Where Water Is Less Available
• By Pat Melgares,
Kansas State University •
Is there room for cotton in Kansas … the Wheat State?
There certainly is, says Kansas State University water resources engineer Jonathan Aguilar,...
