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ow is the time to begin sending in your nomination for the Texas Cotton Ginners’ Association Ginner of the Year. Please consider taking the time to write a nomination letter. This is the highest honor a gin manager can...
⋅ BY DR. STEVE LI ⋅
Auburn University
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ver past couple of years, we’ve done considerable work with drones and have begun exploring the use of spray drones for applications in cropping systems. Below are several common questions.
Q. How much do...
Americot Announces More Boots On The Ground
Americot, Inc. has added three new sales team members to the company and announced a leadership promotion.
“As we continue to offer exceptional grower support in the Cotton Belt, we’re growing our team, and...
LSU AgCenter Team Receives Grant To Help Farmers Irrigate Efficiently
⋅ BY OLIVIA McCLURE ⋅
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hen drought conditions set in across Louisiana this summer, many farmers resorted to irrigation to try to save their crops. While it helped preserve yields and...
ALABAMA | Steve M. Brown
I’m ready to sit down. We’ve almost made it to the end of 2022.
My work crew this season consisted of my grad student Sam and me. Like many farmers, we couldn’t find good summer help, so...
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he visionary cotton producers who formed the Cotton Research and Promotion Program in the 1960s knew that to stay relevant in our industry they had to come together to tell the story of U.S. cotton.
Over the years, the story...
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onservation-minded Texans have a new go-to source for science-based information about white-tailed deer and other big game across the state.
Jacob Dykes, Ph.D., was recently hired as the new statewide wildlife specialist for Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service and assistant professor in...
South Carolina And Georgia Producers Named
2022 Southeastern Farmers Of The Year
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ince its inception in 1990, the Swisher/Sunbelt Ag Expo Southeastern Farmer of the Year Award has evolved into the most prestigious honor in the Southeast and nation with 265...
The National Cotton Council-coordinated 2023 Beltwide Cotton Conferences (BWCC) will provide research results and other timely information on topics ranging from dicamba usage to drone optimization with the aim of maximizing the production sector’s efficiency, sustainability and profitability.
Who attends...
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or most of my childhood, I grew up about 10 miles west of Vidalia, Louisiana, where the Mississippi River bridge crossed over to Natchez, Mississippi. But when I was about 2 years old, we actually lived in Vidalia for...
Crop input prices are rising and the agricultural markets are in constant flux. Producers need reliable information as they look toward 2023. The Alabama Cooperative Extension System’s farm and agribusiness management team–in collaboration with the Auburn University College of...
The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service will hold the District 8 Farm and Ranch Seminar on Dec. 8 in Waco.
The event will be from 7 a.m.-4 p.m. at McLennan Community College Emergency Services Building, 7601 Steinbeck Bend Road.
The cost is...
Alabama producers can brush up on best management practices and prepare for the upcoming growing seasons at the 2022 Alabama Row Crops Short Course. The course will be held Dec. 13 and 14 at the Hotel at Auburn University and...
⋅ BY ROBERT NATHAN GREGORY ⋅
MSU Extension Service
Time is running out to preregister for the 2022 Mississippi State University Row Crop Short Course.
The course, scheduled for Dec. 5-7 at the Cotton Mill Conference Center in Starkville, is hosted by...
Educational opportunities on cooperatives, agricultural disruptors also upcoming
With inflation, supply-chain issues and uncertainty in the economy, the Clemson Cooperative Extension Service hopes to provide South Carolina’s farmers with the information needed to navigate those hurdles in one fell swoop.
The...
