A Beautifully Orchestrated Hand-Off
⋅ BY BRENDA CAROL ⋅
Circa late 1980s — “The Boll Weevil Eradication Program was one of the most significant developments in cotton production over the past 50 years. It was terribly unpopular at first, but I...
Technology continues to move the agricultural industry forward and make a tough job like farming a little easier. For those who have been in the farming business for a while, one of the first technological conveniences you may recall...
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 Tuesday, Jan. 18, and Wednesday, Jan. 19, at the Embassy...
Editor’s note: As you enter the 2022 planning season, get familiar with these tips about what to do following a natural disaster to successfully seek aid from government programs.
Natural disasters can devastate farm families’ livelihoods, wreaking havoc on farm...
Harvest may be underway in Alabama, but variety trial results are in, and it is time for producers to begin making crop variety decisions for the 2022 planting season.
Alabama Cooperative Extension System researchers, in partnership with the Auburn University...
By Amanda Huber,
Southeast Editor
Managing the cotton crop in many Southeast fields is presenting a challenge in 2021. Weather conditions shaped a planting window from April to June. Even into midseason, rain has prevented timely spraying and caused waterlogged soils...
• By Scott Graham •
As the 2021 cotton production season approaches, it is time to start preparing for thrips management.
Thrips are the dominate insect pest of seedling cotton in Alabama. Each year, thrips infest 100% of the acres planted...
Scientists in Auburn University’s College of Agriculture and the Alabama Cooperative Extension System are world renown for their expertise in Southern row crop production, and they continue to share that expertise even during a pandemic.
These researchers and specialists, along...
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Third-generation north Alabama cotton farmer Rodney Moon just completed his 48th crop. He says he was raised in what many call “the cotton culture.”
“Cotton made things go around here,” Moon says. “It paid the bills, and...
A popular pesticide is causing bird species to decline at an alarming rate in the United States, according to a recent study co-authored by an Auburn University researcher and published in the journal, Nature Sustainability.
“There have long been concerns...
Since a potentially devastating cotton virus was first detected in Alabama fields in 2017, a group of Auburn University researchers and Alabama Extension specialists have been working to learn everything they can about it so farmers can minimize their...
The reniform nematode is one of the most commonly found pests of cotton, with the ability to cause severe economic damage. In order to assess exactly how much damage the reniform nematode can cause, Auburn University plant pathologists conducted...
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