• By Seshadri Ramkumar,
Texas Tech University •
Building demand for cotton is needed as good production potential is expected in the near future.
Cotton is in business as it is presold on its comfort. Speaking to a large audience recently at...
• By Tom Barber •
I have fielded several questions over the past week about dicamba regulations and what the rules “mean” and what can be sprayed etc. Most questions revolve around what is “legal to spray” after April 15...
• By Charlie Cahoon and Wes Everman •
Most folks are trying to put the 2018 growing season behind them, especially with the abnormally wet, hurricane-ridden, and drawn-out harvest season. However, traveling around the state this Extension season, we’ve observed many...
The board of the Boll Weevil Eradication Foundation of North Carolina has set the 2019 boll weevil assessment at 75 cents per acre of cotton. The amount remains the same as in 2018.
The fee supports the foundation’s efforts to...
• By Tom Allen and Darrin Dodds •
During 2018, the cotton OVT (official variety trial) at Lucedale and Stoneville was evaluated for the response to target spot. Natural infection occurred during the season and plots were evaluated for the presence (incidence),...
Wheeler and Perdue Outline Proposal That Would Bring Certainty to Farmers, Business Owners and the American Public.
Four hundred Tennessee farmers, ranchers, small business owners and other stakeholders came to the Wilson County Exposition Center in Lebanon, Tennessee, recently to...
Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue has appointed eight members, eight alternate members and two advisers to serve on the Cotton Board.
Re-appointed members are:
✓ Adam S. Hatley, Mesa, Arizona.
✓ Rajiv Malik, Tiburon, California.
✓ George T. Warbington, Vienna, Georgia.
✓ Sonja Chapman, Boonton,...
• By Clint Thompson •
What was an extremely promising Georgia cotton crop was devastated when Hurricane Michael ravaged south Georgia Oct. 10-11. According to Jared Whitaker, University of Georgia Cooperative Extension cotton agronomist, the prospects of 1,500 to 1,800 pounds...
By Guy Collins and Keith Edmisten •
First of all, we pray that everyone is safe from Hurricane Florence and that damage to homes and property are minimal to none.
Our thoughts and prayers go out to everyone impacted by this storm,...
At harvest, cotton growers learn how much yield-robbing diseases and pests affected fiber production. This knowledge helps determine the best varieties to plant next season.
Diseases such as bacterial blight and Verticillium wilt are not controlled by in-season crop protection...
Data the state of Georgia has collected on farmers’ water use since 2004 show farmers are responsibly using water to irrigate their crops, Mark Masters, director of the Georgia Water Planning and Policy Center at Albany State University told...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences plant breeders almost $1 million in grants this fiscal year to produce improved cotton and peanut varieties.
Searching for...
• By Scott Stewart •
Tarnished plant bug infestations are sporadic and variable, mostly a scout a spray scenario. I’ve had a number of comments, especially from the Mississippi River Bottoms, about seeing more clouded plant bugs than usual.
Prior to bloom,...
• By Julie Jernigan,
University of Georgia •
Researchers project that Georgia’s cotton farmers will plant more than 1.45 million acres this year. This is an increase from 1.28 million acres in 2017, says Jared Whitaker, University of Georgia Cooperative Extension...
By Dr. Guy Collins —
In recent years, many growers have noticed an increasing incidence of deer feeding in young cotton. There are many theories as to why this may be occurring now, relative to years prior.
The most common theories...
