ALABAMA | Steve M. Brown Conditions have improved markedly since early May. Maybe I’m alone in wondering, “Will it ever rain again?” O, me, of little faith. I’ve had that mindset before, but it has always rained… eventually. How easy to...

Avoid Water Deficit Stress At Critical Cotton Growth Stages ⋅ By Carroll Smith ⋅ Editor The initial bloom that appears near the bottom of the cotton plant is white. After pollination, it quickly turns pink and then red. July is typically the...

Sample Now For Next Season’s Plan ⋅ By Brenda Carol ⋅ By this point in the season, growers are thinking about all sorts of issues with their cotton crop. Nematodes are probably not top-of-mind unless something is going on in the...

This Small Part Plays A Big Role In Making A Crop ⋅ BY AMANDA HUBER ⋅ SOUTHEAST EDITOR Nozzles are one of the least expensive parts on a sprayer that has the most effect. The correct nozzle recommendation, along with pressure, volume...

How To Identify And Manage Target Spot And Areolate Mildew The diagnosis and management of foliar diseases in cotton is an area of focus for Cotton Incorporated’s Agricultural and Environmental Research team. In the Southeastern states of the Cotton Belt, target...

The phrase “the long, hot summer” may bring to mind the 1958 movie directed by Martin Ritt or Tennessee Williams’ play titled “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.” For cotton farmers, the 2022 season is shaping up to create...

The National Cotton Council’s FY23 federal agriculture appropriations request would support important activities ranging from pest management research to export promotion. What specific needs did the NCC convey? Our request to the leadership of the House and Senate appropriations committees’ agriculture...

Trust Protocol participating producers will find the new streamlined enrollment for the 2022-2024 crops easy and quick. Production data, which remains confidential, now can be more efficiently uploaded into the Protocol platform, thus paving the way for a potential...

Judd Hill event focuses on production tactics and values beyond the field. June 13, 2022 ⋅ By Mary Hightower ⋅ A June 22 field day at the Judd Hill Foundation Farm near Trumann, will feature discussions on why sustainability is important not only...

⋅ By Eddie McGriff ⋅ Deer feeding in cotton has risen sharply over the last few years. Deer damage can cause severe stand losses, delayed maturity and yield reductions. In some cases, entire fields or large portions of fields can...

So often I hear myself say, “What a wonderful life I have had.” Recently, someone said, “Tell me about it.”  I thought, what would I say? How would I describe what I have experienced in my 89 years?  And, before I...

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 loaded,...

FLORIDA | David Wright Cotton crop production costs have historically increased 3% to 5% yearly, but they have doubled for the year 2021 to 2022 for most inputs. Cotton technology helps farmers manage the crop through the technology in the seed...

⋅ BY JULIE MURPHREE ⋅ Coming from a family of pilots, I was again struck by the power of aviation when I read that a single aircraft flown by a pilot can spray thousands of acres in a day. Still,...

Bollgard 3 Cotton Being Evaluated For The Class Of ’23. The Deltapine seed brand’s New Product Evaluator (NPE) program kicks off its 15th season in 2022, celebrating a milestone of helping raise yield potential and improving production across the Cotton...