⋅ BY SEBE BROWN ⋅ Tarnished plant bug numbers seem to be all over the board in 2024. Some fields have had one spray since square set and others have had upwards of five. Crop age and what’s neighboring your...

⋅ BY MARY HIGHTOWER ⋅ Lack of personnel and sketchy maps are among the stumbling blocks as the Environmental Protection Agency works pesticide approvals through the lens of the Endangered Species Act, according to a senior EPA adviser. The courts have...

My path to the cotton world really began in the wheat and alfalfa fields of southern Kansas and northwest Oklahoma. In 1966, when I was 12 years old, I began working on local farms, starting out with hay baling...

Elevated seed houses are valuable for short-term seed storage, wet seed storage and gins with limited yard space. Design improvements allow overhead seed houses to be an efficient method for loading trucks from flat-storage houses and gins. When fully...

⋅ BY BONNIE COBLENTZ ⋅ MSU EXTENSION SERVICE The Mississippi State University Extension Service is taking irrigation education a step further by offering Master Irrigator status to those who complete a course of training. There is no cost to growers to participate...

ALABAMA | Steve M. Brown Perched in my office in the hanging fluorescent light fixture typical of old buildings is a crow. Yes, a crow. Actually, it is a life-size crow decoy that looks every bit the part. It has connections...

⋅ BY VICKY BOYD ⋅ California’s cotton acreage is expected to make a huge rebound this season, spurred by lower prices for competing crops and receding Tulare Lake levels. But Pima cotton, the premium variety predominantly grown in the state, has...

Deltapine Kicks Off NPE Program’s 17th Season Five Bollgard 3 ThryvOn cotton with XtendFlex Technology (B3TXF) and four Bollgard 3 XtendFlex (B3XF) cotton variety candidates will be evaluated by New Product Evaluators growers this seasonfor the Class of ’25. The lineup...

⋅ BY STACEY GORMAN ⋅ THE COTTON BOARD Late last year, Daniel Radford began his role as The Cotton Board’s new Southeast Regional Communications Manager. Radford’s territory includes Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia. The Cotton Board’s RCMs work...

Cotton Watering Decisions Vary Across The Belt Although cotton is an arid crop, farmers often turn to irrigation to provide adequate water, especially during the critical growth stages. However, across the Cotton Belt, irrigation is not a one-size-fits-all practice. ARIZONA For example,...

MSU Extension Shares Research On High-Speed Planting ⋅ BY CARROLL SMITH ⋅ EDITOR The MAFES Black Belt Branch Experiment Station in Brooksville, Mississippi, was the site of an inaugural field day hosted by Mississippi State University Extension featuring high-speed planting and advanced...

The National Cotton Council has actively conveyed to Congress the U.S. cotton industry’s policy priorities for the next farm legislation. What is the NCC’s stance on the House Agriculture Committee farm bill markup? The National Cotton Council has expressed its...

I had the blessing to grow up as both the daughter and granddaughter of Texas cotton consultants. I learned early in life what hard, grueling work looked like. I learned that summer vacations were non-existent, but riding around in...

⋅ BY CRAIG GAUTREAUX ⋅ The LSU AgCenter Agricultural Leadership Development Program is now accepting applications for Class XIX, which is scheduled to begin in January 2025 with a completion date of February 2027. “Developing leaders is essential to advancing agriculture,...

⋅ BY RYAN McGEENEY ⋅ From the time he was a child on his parents' cattle ranch, Zachary Treadway knew he wanted a life in agriculture. As the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture's newest agronomist, he'll have the...