North Carolina State University's winter cotton meetings will be held virtually using Zoom this year due to COVID-19. You will be able to watch these on your computer. They will be recorded in case you can’t watch at the...
• By Charlie Cahoon Jr.
North Carolina State University •
As most have heard, the recently approved federal labels for dicamba-containing products labeled for over-the-top use on dicamba-tolerant cotton and soybeans still require annual training.
Therefore, North Carolina State University Extension, in...
As most have heard, the recently approved federal labels for dicamba-containing products or over-the-top use to dicamba-tolerant cotton and soybeans still require annual training. Therefore, North Carolina State Extension, in cooperation with North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer...
So far, 2020 is the year that keeps on giving. We can’t seem to catch a break, and most folks are ready to get this year behind us.
Despite all the challenges we’ve faced, we have a substantial top crop...
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...
• By Dominic Reisig •
Should I treat this cotton for bollworm eggs, plant bugs or stink bugs? This is a question I have been getting a lot this year with all our delayed and late-planted cotton. Of course it’s...
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...
• Dr. Charlie Cahoon Jr. and Wesley Everman •
Unfortunately, last week’s rain proved too much for many cotton fields. For those pondering their replant options, here are some points to consider:
1. Regardless of replant crop, you must first deal...
• By Guy Collins and Keith Edmiston •
There have been quite a few calls over the past few days from growers asking when they should consider switching to early maturing varieties. This is largely driven by the significant delays...
• By Charlie Cahoon Jr. •
According to the most recent Cotton Planting Conditions Forecast, planting conditions should improve by next Wednesday, May 13, 2020. For those itching to start earlier in the week, I hope you consider how marginal...
• By Guy Collins •
By now, most folks are aware of the seed quality issues that occurred during 2019, when a few lot numbers of a couple of varieties were planted in relatively good planting conditions, and poor stands...
North Carolina Farmer Says The Crop Fits Well At ‘The Foot Of The Mountains’
• By Carroll Smith,
Editor •
In North Carolina, the Piedmont falls between the Atlantic coastal plain and the Appalachian Mountains. Aaron Burleson and his cousin, Andrew Burleson,...
• By Anders Huseth •
In late August 2019, cotton leafroll dwarf virus awas confirmed in a cotton sample submitted to Auburn University’s CLRDV working group. The sample was collected from a variety trial located at the Sandhills Research...
• By Guy Collins and Keith Edmisten •
Statewide, the 2019 crop continues to be the most variable crop that we’ve seen in quite some time, primarily due to planting date, timing and duration of drought/heat stress, and spotty rains....
• By Lindsey Thiessen •
Cercospora leaf spot of cotton (Fig. 1), caused Cercospora gossypina (syn. Mycosphaerella gossypina), has been observed across North Carolina cotton growing regions. Foliar symptoms include reddish lesions that enlarge to have white to light brown...
