Mississippi has a good-looking cotton crop in most places, but acreage is down to 520,000 acres because of a rainy planting season and unfavorable market conditions.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Aug. 31 estimated 65% of the state’s crop...
• By Bill Robertson, Tom Barber and Jason Davis •
We are quickly approaching the finish line with this cotton crop. We have a very good and uniform boll load. While hurricane Laura has changed the complexion of this crop,...
Agri-AFC, GreenPoint AG and Tennessee Farmers Cooperative have formed a joint venture combining their agronomy operations and will operate under the banner "GreenPoint AG."
The combination will include all operations of Agri-AFC LLC’s wholesale and retail business, GreenPoint AG’s retail...
Sample Regularly To Identify Shifts In Nematode Populations, Species
• By Vicky Boyd,
Managing Editor •
In his book about military strategy, “The Art of War,” Chinese philosopher Sun Tzu talked of winning the battle by knowing your enemy.
The same can be...
• By David Wright,
University of Florida •
Many crop producers in the Florida Panhandle use conservation tillage when planting into winter fallow weeds or cover crops.
The University of Florida/Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences research data over the years shows...
• By Amanda Huber,
Southeast Editor •
An important economic pest in cotton is not something producers want to see in their fields at any time, especially not earlier than expected. However, that has been the case this season.
Silverleaf whitefly infestations...
The North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services conducted a cotton seed testing pilot program during the 2020 planting season. The sampling was conducted by seed and fertilizer field staff with testing conducted in the North Carolina Seed...
In 1934, the Bakersfield Exchange Club sponsored a cotton picking contest with prizes. The event was held in Buttonwillow and had 30 contestants. On Oct.12, 1935, the Kern County Farm Bureau directors decided to sponsor a similar event.
The committee...
Despite COVID-19, the National Cotton Council efforts to increase producer enrollment in the U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol and escalate the program’s global credibility gained momentum this summer.
What are the most recent developments?
Overall, the U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol is increasingly...
As ginning season approaches and the COVID-19 pandemic continues, take a close look at your operation to mitigate the risk to your workers and business as much as possible. Be sure to develop a COVID-19 policy and have a...
• By Christi Short,
Lubbock, Texas •
If you’re anything like me, you’ve been noticing more and more people taking up the hobby of picture taking with a drone — also known as an unmanned aerial vehicle.
This method of capturing images...
Cotton Board Recommends Budget, Elects Officers
During The Cotton Board’s recent virtual 2020 Annual Meeting, board members serving on the Cotton Research and Promotion Program recommended a 2021 budget of $80 million. This reflects a decrease of more than $8...
Regular Sampling Provides Nutrient Status, Taking Much Of The Guesswork Out Of Soil Fertility
• By Vicky Boyd,
Managing Editor •
Mississippi State University Extension cotton specialist Brian Pieralisi likes to look at soil as a kind of bank account into which...
In the past six months during the coronavirus pandemic, the resilience of the human spirit has been tested beyond what many have ever experienced. The question that looms, whether spoken or unspoken, is “Will we make it through?” Sadly,...
“You can’t teach an old dog new tricks” is a saying first attributed to a 1530s animal husbandry book in reference to sheep dogs. I’d like to think it doesn’t apply to cotton growers and ag professionals.
With that assumption,...
