• By Amanda Huber,
Southeast Editor •
This year can hardly be described as “normal” by any sense of the word. Therefore, it is no surprise that weather has been variable as well. Early season temperatures were at or below normal,...
In the arid regions of the desert Southwest, water is by far the most limiting resource for crop production systems. As such, it is an extremely valuable resource to producers and an incentive to conserve and use with utmost...
Texas A&M AgriLife experts say Texans mistakenly identifying cicada killer wasps as Asian giant hornets.
• By Kay Ledbetter •
Since the release of information about Asian giant hornets, Texas A&M AgriLife entomologists are being inundated with cicada killers and...
• By Clay Perkins •
Questions continue to be asked on how to best manage junglerice, barnyardgrass and goosegrass in cotton and soybean.
Research earlier this spring looking at grass control after an initial glyphosate + dicamba application showed that if...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service has issued its 2020 acreage report, which confirms planted cotton acreage is less this season than it was in 2019.
All cotton planted area for 2020 is estimated at 12.2 million...
• By Larry Steckel and Clay Perkins •
Calls continue to come in on concerns about poor Palmer amaranth control after a dicamba application. More than a few have reported that Palmer amaranth has survived multiple dicamba + glyphosate applications...
• By Jennifer Dorsett,
Field Editor •
June 18 was just another day of work for farmers and ranchers across Texas, but for Hidalgo County Farm Bureau member Mike England, it was the first day of cotton harvest.
“The farm I harvested...
• By Kay Ledbetter •
The Texas Plains cotton-growing region is not known for raising Pima varieties of cotton, but an increasing interest in the crop has Texas A&M AgriLife officials concerned the newcomer will bring with it a yield-limiting...
North Carolina State University’s cotton Extension specialists Guy Collins and Keith Edmisten have released two decision tools on the NC State Cotton Extension Portal to help growers maximize outcomes while minimizing agronomic risk. The first decision aid is the...
UPDATED — The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth District has backed the Environmental Protection Agency's decision to allow continued use of three dicamba products until July 31. In rejecting an emergency motion brought by environmental groups, the...
Bob Scott has been named director of Arkansas’ Cooperative Extension Service, the organization that delivers the education outreach portion of the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture’s land-grant mission.
Mark Cochran, vice president-agriculture for the University of Arkansas System,...
A federal appeals court ruling that prompted the Environmental Protection Agency’s cancellation of three dicamba-based herbicides has not only drawn new attention, but also is raising questions about use of existing stock.
The National Agricultural Law Center will host a...
• By Larry Steckel •
Some reports have come from folks concerned by the lack of Palmer amaranth response to applications of dicamba plus glyphosate applied in the last 10 days. I expect to get more of these calls as...
The California Department of Pesticide Regulation recently registered Sefina Inscalis insecticide from BASF for use on cotton.
Containing the active ingredient Inscalis, the brand name for afidopyropen, the product is both an insecticide and ovicide.
It is labeled for whiteflies and...
Alabama Cooperative Extension System scientists have confirmed the presence of cotton leafroll dwarf virus in Alabama cotton. This confirmation comes one month earlier than it did in 2019 and that concerns them.
“Typically, the earlier disease onset occurs, the greater...
