Lubbock, Texas-based Americot Inc. recently added six members to its research and breeding and customer service teams. They are Cade Holliday, Southeast Region; Chase Samples, Research & Breeding; Deakin Stokes, South Plains Region; Jarrod David, Northern Plains Region; and...
By Steven Bradley,
Clemson University —
Water is a driving force behind virtually every facet of life in South Carolina — from agriculture, recreation and tourism to essential needs like food and drink. But water is among both the...
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Bacterial Blight Reappears In The Delta, Damaging Fields And Prompting Repeated Calls For Use Of Resistant Varieties.
By Vicky Boyd,
Managing Editor —
Since bacterial blight reappeared in the...
By Stacey Gorman,
Cotton Board
Director of Communications —
Cotton is susceptible to a wide range of pests, so it’s only natural that insect management is one of the highest variable costs associated with producing the crop.
This year, as growers...
Two Texas A&M Studies Examine Optimum Seeding Rates To Maximize Boll Development And Yield
— By Kay Ledbetter —
New and returning cotton producers may want to carefully consider row spacing and seeding rates when they get ready to plant during...
As we move into spring, there appears to be widespread optimism for cotton in North Carolina. The 2017 season was successful for most growers, and with the new program and higher prices, the outlook for cotton is strong.
With that...
Restoring economic stability for the U.S. cotton industry, which includes remaining active in the trade and regulatory arenas, continues to dominate the National Cotton Council’s agenda.
What about recent policy changes?
• We were very pleased with Agriculture Secretary Sonny...
We discussed the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s rule to improve tracking of workplace injuries and illnesses as it progressed last year. The first reporting deadline for 2016 data was Dec. 1, 2017. It was moved back several times...
Although you may not embrace her politics, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) penned an interesting quote when she said, “If you don’t have a seat at the table, you’re probably on the menu.”
Many people in the cotton industry may have...
By Scott Stewart, IPM Extension Specialist —
It came as kind of surprise to me to find out that AgLogic 15G (aldicarb), a replacement for Temik, is labeled in Tennessee. My understanding is that the label will expire June 30.
Thus,...
Remembering The Life And Work Of Paul V. Bush
Each of us receives a limited time on this Earth. We might get 80 years if we are lucky. What can even be accomplished in one lifetime
Paul Vernon Bush, founder of...
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SCGA Honors Tensas Parish Farmers
Hardwick Planting Co. in partnership with the LSU AgCenter received the Southern Cotton Ginners Association Ag Achievement Award at the annual meeting held...
Like many kids growing up in the Missouri Bootheel, cotton was the center of our lives. It drew the whole community together. From everyday lunches at the local grocery store to “cotton tales” so memorable they have lived on...
Mike Goss, pictured here with his son, Lane, farms both dry land and irrigated cotton in the Texas Panhandle. Here, he recounts his 2017 experience with PhytoGen® brandPHY 300 W3FE and PHY 490 W3FE. Goss says his most challenging...
The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service will conduct a Cotton Marketing Workshop on April 4 in conjunction with the Texas Cotton Ginners’ Association Annual Meeting and Trade Show, April 5 and 6.
The free workshop will be 1-4:30 p.m. in...
