• By Seshadri Ramkuma •
Yields in the High Plains of Texas are expected to be below what was originally forecast.
“Yields are 25% to 30% off the normal,” said Mark Brown, director of field services for Lubbock, Texas-based Plains Cotton...
After a mild weekend of sunny skies and temperatures in the high 50s, much of Arkansas found itself dealing with widespread rains and falling mercury throughout Monday. Tuesday, Nov. 12, the state awoke to a morning that declared itself...
Missouri agricultural scientists working in cover crops share in a $10 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. They will work with colleagues in 30 organizations across the country and around the world.
“The five-year project aims to increase...
Dr. Paul DeLaune, an associate professor of environmental soil science with Texas A& AgriLife Research in Vernon, Texas, will host a 39-minute webinar titled "Implementing No-till and Cover Crops in Texas Cotton Systems."
During the presentation, he will discuss no-till,...
• By Tyson Raper •
With the arctic blast in the forecast and the substantial number of cotton acres left in the field, several have recently asked about how to keep water in their cotton pickers moisture system from freezing....
Texas cotton growers face poor prices amid high domestic and foreign production, coupled with weakening demand, said a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service expert.
Dr. John Robinson, AgriLife Extension cotton marketing specialist, College Station, said low cotton prices and unfavorable...
• By Tyson Raper •
The forecast lows for Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights in Tennessee have bounced around over the past few days, but this morning they included a 26, 28, 28 and 31 degrees. I’ve passed many...
• By Ben Faber •
A new species of gigantic tumbleweed once predicted to go extinct is not only here to stay -- it's likely to expand its territory.
The species, Salsola ryanii, is significantly larger than either of its parent...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has given the green light to ultra-low gossypol cottonseed — known as ULGCS — to be used as human food and in animal feed, something Texas A&M AgriLife researchers have been working on for...
Widespread drought continues in Alabama, as nearly 84% of the state is in severe drought. In fact, 55% of the state’s soil and subsoil moisture is reported to be “very short.”
Even with these conditions, producers are still hard at...
Parts of Mississippi’s landscape are turning white, but unlike some northern areas, this coloration is caused by cotton bolls opening for harvest, not snow accumulation.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture estimated that nearly a quarter of Mississippi’s cotton crop had...
• By Seshadri Ramkumar •
Consistency in quality and contamination-free cotton are much sought after by global cotton mills.
Free of plastic contamination, objective quality evaluation and consistency are the characteristics that provide a premium for cotton, according to global experts...
Multidisciplinary Teams From Several Cotton States Work To Learn More About Cotton Leaf Roll Dwarf Virus.
• By Amanda Huber,
Southeast Editor •
Teams of cotton researchers throughout the Cotton Belt are working diligently to learn more about the new disease that...
• By Vicky Boyd,
Managing Editor •
BASF recently launched an industrywide initiative – “Operation Weed Eradication” – that challenges growers and others within agriculture to take a zero-tolerance approach to ridding fields of devastating weeds.
“As an industry, we’ve talked about...
When relentless spring rains pushed the planting window wide open, entomologists predicted problems for Arkansas row-crops. That has certainly proven true for the state’s late-planted cotton, soybeans and rice, said Gus Lorenz, Extension entomologist for the University of Arkansas...
