⋅ BY DRS. SCOTT GRAHAM AND RON SMITH ⋅
Following are comments related to key pests and considerations for Integrated Pest Management in Alabama this year.
Key Pests
■ Grasshoppers. Grasshoppers tend to be worse in lighter, well-drained soils and following dry winters...
VIRGINIA | Hunter Frame
In Virginia’s climate, early season growing conditions can be highly variable during the month of May. Thrips are the No. 1 pest in Virginia, and there seems to be concerns of insecticide resistance to commonly used chemical...
University Extension personnel and researchers are critical partners to The Cotton Research and Promotion Program (the Program). Cotton Incorporated supports regional Extension cotton specialists and agronomists through state support and core funding dollars. In the Southern Plains region of...
⋅ BY CASSIDY NEMEC ⋅
ASSOCIATE EDITOR
Finding the right timing when it comes to cotton weed management can be tricky. Weather, soil type and many other environmental factors come into play. Kaelin Saul, BASF technical service representative for Louisiana and...
⋅ BY JULIE MURPHREE ⋅
ARIZONA FARM BUREAU
When you hear him speak on soil, it’s not so much like a lecture though he’s been a professor teaching at the University of Arizona for decades. Instead, you hear a passion about...
Fertilization Tool Digitizes Crop Nutrient Management
A national group of scientists has released the Fertilizer Recommendation Support Tool, or FRST, a decision aid providing an unbiased, science-based interpretation of soil test phosphorus and potassium values for fertilization.
The FRST project is...
Georgia Cotton Experts Offer Tips To Optimize Planter Efficiency
⋅ BY WES PORTER AND SIMER VIRK ⋅
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA
Editor’s Note: To achieve a healthy stand of cotton, it’s important to properly prepare your planter. Drs. Wes Porter and Simer Virk,...
Texas A&M AgriLife, Southern Rolling Plains Cotton Growers Association Team Up
⋅ BY SUSAN HIMES ⋅
TEXAS A&M AGRILIFE
An alignment of the right land and the right team in place is leading to creating an agricultural research “field of dreams.”
When agronomist...
The National Cotton Council has conveyed its FY25 agricultural appropriations request for several programs critical to the success of the U.S. cotton industry.
What are the major recommendations?
Our request to House and Senate appropriations committee’s agriculture subcommittees seeks funding across...
Growing a cotton crop, much like preparing for a big game in sports, requires having a well thought out game plan to achieve a successful outcome. As the King said in Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland, the best way...
⋅ BY V. TODD MILLER ⋅
A national group of scientists — including two from the LSU AgCenter — has released the Fertilizer Recommendation Support Tool, or FRST, a decision aid providing an unbiased, science-based interpretation of soil test phosphorus...
⋅ BY MARY HIGHTOWER ⋅
The Cotton Research Station at Marianna may bear Lon Mann’s name, but the place belonged to Claude Kennedy.
“He loved his station. It was personal for him,” said Chuck Culver, director of external relations for the...
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Kirk Palmer
M&M Crop Specialties
New Madrid, Missouri
During college, I started scouting cotton as an intern for a local retailer who had hired a consultant. After I graduated, they hired me to consult on their cotton acres for...
Although I’m too young to join the Coke Club, I had a delightful visit with those fellows one Friday afternoon. Ten were present for the full session. Two others stopped by.
Earlier that day, I’d asked Cecil McGraw when James...
Wes Morgan, a veteran North Carolina ginner who has provided outstanding service and leadership to the U.S. cotton industry, is the 2023 Horace Hayden National Cotton Ginner of the Year. He was recognized at the recent 2024 National Cotton...
