Missouri’s cotton producers are ready to get this crop out of the field. However, they will need to wait longer than usual. According to the Crop Progress and Condition Report for the week ending Sept. 15, cotton opening bolls were 10 percent complete, 33 days behind last year and 24 days behind normal.
Rural America and agriculture have a great story to tell. In my experience, a good number of the problems we face in the regulatory environment are largely caused by regulators not understanding the true rural picture. When particulate regulations...
By John Lindamood
Tiptonville, Tenn.
We have all heard it and probably said it ourselves. "In all my years of farming, I have never seen such strange weather!" And though it will be said again in the future, it certainly describes...
Abundance Of Information
Available To Attendees
At 2014 BWCC In New Orleans
Those involved in helping producers make key cotton production/marketing-related decisions – including consultants, researchers, Extension specialists/agents and industry sales/support personnel – will find an abundance of information at the 2014...
MISSOURI
Mike Milam
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HOPE FOR MISSOURI'S COTTON CROP
Missouri's cotton harvest finally began in early October. We are still two to three weeks later than normal. Harvest got off to a good start before showers shut us down. One observation is that...
According to Dr. Chris Main in the November Cotton Consultant's Corner, "It's been a wild, late crop that has presented cotton producers with many challenges." With this in mind, a good number of cotton producers have been surprised that...
For several years, the National Cotton Council has been engaged in activities involving honeybee health decline. Although pesticides are but one of multiple contributing factors that scientists have identified for this decline, these plant protection products are receiving unjustified...
By Tommy Horton
Editor
It might seem a bit early to start thinking about what cotton varieties to plant in 2014 – especially since many producers haven't finished harvesting this year's crop. However, by the time this issue of Cotton Farming...
By Tommy Horton
Editor
Cotton producers will once again have many options when it comes to choosing cotton varieties in 2014, but that still means a lot of studying will be necessary before a final decision is reached. Gone are the...
CONTAMINATION…It's an ugly word (you'll hear it a lot in this article). I know it, you know it and the U.S. cotton industry has done a GREAT job over the years reducing contamination to the point that it is...
The central focus of the Agricultural and Environmental Research department at Cotton Incorporated is identifying and addressing issues cotton producers see having an impact on their farms. One issue they recently identified, through an electronic "Producer Priority Survey," was...
It seems like it was just a few months ago that we were finishing up the 2013 Beltwide Cotton Conferences in San Antonio, but it’s already time to make preparations for the 2014 conference scheduled for Jan. 6-8 in...
By Jeff Nunley
Victoria, Texas
You’re in the middle of a 20-year drought, deal with it! Those were the first words of the keynote speaker at our Victoria Farm & Ranch Show a few years ago.
It was my good fortune to...
Mississippi State To Host Row Crop Short Course
Mississippi State University’s Extension Service will host its annual Row Crop Short Course on Dec. 2-4 at the Bost Extension Center on the campus. Online registration is available at: //msucares.com/rowcrops/shortcourse/index.html.
Pre-registration is free...
Across the Belt, many farmers are frustrated by Congress’s dilly-dallying over the Farm Bill or resigned to a “no sense of urgency” attitude when it comes to the viability of our nation’s producers.
Following is a sampling of what our...
