For Dennis Burns, the coordinator of the LSU AgCenter Northeast Research Station, a single photo sums up something he and several colleagues have been studying extensively: the benefits of conservation methods such as planting a cover crop in the...
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⋅ BY CASSIDY NEMEC ⋅
ASSOCIATE EDITOR
Matt and Kelly Griggs operate roughly 1,600 acres of cotton, corn, soybeans, and wheat in Humboldt, Tennessee. Matt, a University of Tennessee-Martin graduate, began the fifth generation...
Rainfall is critical to cotton across the Cotton Belt. However, effective ways to capture and maximize precipitation in the Southern Plains are always top of mind for the region’s producers. Cotton Incorporated and many cooperators invest in research to...
Research has long been an anchor that helps cotton producers achieve high production and profitability in their operations. Likewise, ag research is at the core of Cotton Incorporated’s mission. The collaboration between scientists and growers participating in on-farm research...
• By George Watson •
Since its formation in 2005, the Texas Alliance for Water Conservation has promoted water conservation through technology and best management practices in order to improve agricultural sustainability and profitability on the Texas High Plains. One...
Oklahoma State University has received more than $2.6 million to research ways to improve agricultural production while reducing environmental impacts, said Kevin Wagner, director of the Oklahoma Water Resources Center at OSU.
It will require a holistic approach, Wagner said....
• By Kay Ledbetter •
From carbon sequestration to greenhouse gas emissions to cover crops, this fall a team of Texas A&M AgriLife faculty and others will begin evaluating the impacts of regenerative agriculture in semi-arid ecoregions in Texas and...
Both traditional and organic producers are increasing their use of cover crops for a variety of reasons — to control erosion, choke out weeds, improve soil health and enhance water availability. Now research by University of Georgia scientists is...
West Texas Growers Adopt No-Till Coupled With Cover Crops To Reduce Erosion And Protect Young Cotton Plants
• By Vicky Boyd,
Managing Editor •
West Texas cotton producers Kris Verett and Ian McIntosh have adopted conservation tillage coupled with cover crops over...
• By Mary Hightower,
U of A System Division of Agriculture •
The July 30 field day at the Judd Hill Foundation will explore various facets of sustainable cotton production, including soil health, water use and greenhouse gas production. On-site registration...
Cover crops can be an important part of integrated management of weeds in field crops
The over-reliance on one form of weed control has resulted in the selection of weeds resistant to herbicides. Glyphosate, a non-selective broad-spectrum herbicide, has been...
The July 30 field day at the Judd Hill Foundation will explore various facets of sustainable cotton production, including soil health, water use and greenhouse gas production.
On-site registration opens at 8 a.m. with field tours beginning at 9 a.m....
The Louisiana State University AgCenter and Somerset Plantation will host a Cotton and Grain Field Day, June 24, at Somerset Plantation in Tensas Parish. Registration begins at 8:10 a.m., program at 9 a.m.
The forum is supported by the Patrick...
Under the right conditions, cover crops are a tool for improvement. After harvesting a crop like cotton or grain sorghum, a cover crop rotation can increase soil organic matter, recycle nutrients, prevent erosion and suppress weeds.
Even though farmers and...
• By Dennis Pollack •
California cotton growers have often dreamed of finding themselves in tall cotton. These days, they might just find themselves in a tall cotton cover crop—as high as 5 or 6 feet, according to one expert...
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