The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently registered Elevest insecticide from FMC Corp. for use on several crops, including cotton, soybeans, sweet corn, peanut and potatoes. The product is a premix of the full rate of Rynaxypyr — the brand...
Deltapine has kicked off the 13th season of its New Product Evaluator Program where participating growers will plant and evaluate eight Bollgard XtendFlex varietal candidates in large-acre plots for on-farm evaluation.
The plots will be managed accordingly to each grower’s...
California Water Action Offers Opportunity For Cooperation
The Feb. 19 signing of a record of decision coordinating federal and state water projects offers a hopeful sign, according to California Farm Bureau Federation President Jamie Johansson. Johansson, who attended the ceremony...
Cotton producers who grew Stoneville cotton seed were recognized this week for their harvests at the annual Stoneville Legacy Club celebration held in Destin, Florida. Now in its fourth year, the club honors cotton growers for their high yields...
Nufarm Americas Inc. has entered into a distribution agreement with Nutrichem to market GoalTender and Goal 2XL herbicides, according to a news release. The marketing rights will transition from Corteva Agriscience to Nufarm in September.
The Goal brands are a...
UT Releases Field Crop Insect Management Recommendations
The University of Tennessee Extension Service says the 2020 version of PB 1768, Insect Management Recommendations for Field Crops (and pasture), is now available online.
“The guide has gone through substantial revision this year...
PhytoGen Horizon Network growers will plant the industry’s first reniform-resistant cottonseed varieties in 2020.
A first for the cotton industry, these three PhytoGen pre-commercial varieties include the PhytoGen Breeding Trait for reniform resistance, which offers naturally occurring native traits for...
• By Vicky Boyd,
Managing Editor •
BASF plans to launch one new cotton variety for the 2020 season, sticking to its belief that any new release should offer a benefit over existing ones.
“We tested five experimental lines last year and...
The Texas Cotton Ginners’ Association is pleased to announce Duncan McCook has joined the TCGA team, Jan. 1. In his new role as manager of regulatory affairs, he will be working with Kelley Green to serve TCGA membership with...
New Varieties Have Root-Knot Nematode Resistance
PhytoGen plans to have two new cottonseed varieties, PHY 400 W3FE and PHY 500 W3FE, available for the 2020 season. The varieties exceeded criteria for commercial advancement after on-farm evaluations were completed by more...
Results are in for World Ag Expo’s Top-10 New Products Competition, with the winners being showcased Feb. 11-13, 2020, during the World Ag Expo in Tulare, California.
Exhibitors submitted new products for judging by a panel comprising farmers, ranchers and...
U.S. cotton growers will have access to new Bollgard 3 XtendFlex varieties that have demonstrated the outstanding yield and fiber quality performance of DP1646 B2XF with the recent launch of the Deltapine Class of '20 in New Orleans.
“The Class...
PhytoGen plans to have two new cottonseed varieties, PhytoGen brand PHY 400 W3FE and PHY 500 W3FE, available for the 2020 season. These two varieties enhance the company’s wide-ranging portfolio of maturity levels, according to a news release.
The two...
Do you have what it takes in terms of yield to become a member of BASF's FiberMax One Town Club, FibeMax Maximizer Club or Stoneville Legacy Club?
If you think you do, apply online. You may be eligible to attend...
Book Chronicles Oliver Family Saga In The Mississippi Delta
This publication traces the struggles of five generations of Olivers, from the late 1800s to the present in the Mississippi Delta.
In the 1870s, James Samuel Oliver arrived in the Mississippi Delta...
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