ARIZONA | Randy Norton
During the cool winter months, with the crop harvested and out of the field, it is a good time to review the previous year and make plans for the upcoming season, which will be upon us in...
ALABAMA | Steve M. Brown
The world’s two oldest cotton experiments are a couple of blocks away on the Auburn campus. Yield data are determined by hand picking two rows by 10 feet, and then a one-row, tractor-mounted, 1960’s version, red...
TEXAS | Ben McKnight
As the 2023 growing season begins to wind down for several growers across Texas, it is now apparent that many similarities in the challenges that growers faced last year in the 2022 growing season were once again...
ALABAMA | Steve M. Brown
Long ago, I was part of a group that received, for research purposes, a one-row, self-propelled, low drum, red picker — probably a late 1950s version. We sent the machine to the repair shop for new...
NORTH CAROLINA | Guy Collins
As I write this July 28, the North Carolina crop is highly variable but in a lot better shape than it was just over a month ago. July has brought timely rains to most parts of...
ARIZONA | Randy Norton
In last month’s comments, I had discussed how our spring and early summer had been significantly milder than in recent years. Well… that has all changed. Beginning in early July, the normal summer heat began to develop with...
ARIZONA | Randy Norton
This year has been an interesting year for cotton production in Arizona. The summer has been mild thus far with some of our warmest desert areas only having a handful of days over 100 degrees through mid-June. Cotton development...
GEORGIA | Camp Hand
As I write this May 5, planters are starting to roll in Georgia. Although we are getting started, we are a little behind as it has been relatively cool for the end of April and first week...
ARIZONA | Randy Norton
As we enter the early stages of crop development this season, we will begin to see the appearance of the first pinhead squares. The crop will be quickly progressing from a vegetative stage to a reproductive stage. The occurrence...
TEXAS | Ben McKnight
As I write this March 6, approximately 78% of Texas is still in either drought or abnormally dry conditions. Conditions in the Coastal Bend and Lower Rio Grande Valley are listed as being in moderate drought, along...
NORTH CAROLINA | Guy Collins
As I write this Jan. 29, we are preparing for our winter cotton meeting season (aka “the BBQ circuit”), which begins next week. Thankfully, most growers are coming out of another good year for cotton with...
GEORGIA | Camp Hand
One year ago, in Cotton Farming magazine, each cotton specialist across the belt discussed fine-tuning plans for the 2022 season. Many of us were singing the high input cost blues. Inputs were high, but the cotton price was...
ARIZONA | Randy Norton
Variety selection is probably one of the most important decisions contributing to the success of a cotton crop. As part of our University of Arizona variety testing program, we have observed as much as a bale per acre difference in performance...
ALABAMA | Steve M. Brown
I’m ready to sit down. We’ve almost made it to the end of 2022.
My work crew this season consisted of my grad student Sam and me. Like many farmers, we couldn’t find good summer help, so...
TEXAS | Murilo Maeda
Cotton harvest has already started in West Texas (in our northern counties) as I write this in early October, and by the time you receive this issue of Cotton Farming, harvest activities should be well underway across...
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