Life in 2020 was dominated by COVID-19, however, the work continued for cotton producers. While the Alabama cotton industry had an unusual weather season, no one cotton pest dominated the growing season.
Alabama Cooperative Extension System entomologists Scott Graham and...
• 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...
Follow Dynamic Stink Bug Thresholds To Time Sprays, Maximize Cotton Yields In The Southeast
• By Vicky Boyd,
Managing Editor •
In the Southeast cotton belt, stink bugs are public enemy No. 1 year in and year out, feeding on developing seeds...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently registered Elevest insecticide from FMC Corp. for use on several crops, including cotton, soybeans, sweet corn, peanut and potatoes. The product is a premix of the full rate of Rynaxypyr — the brand...
Healthy soils are important for healthy crops and Clemson University researcher Rongzhong Ye says planting cover crops, especially cereal rye, can help rejuvenate South Carolina soils.
Cover crops during the off-season can help build organic carbon in the soil, Ye...
• By Dominic Reisig •
Folks have been noting a fair bit of stink bugs in North Carolina cotton and earlier than normal this year. Below are tips for scouting and treating, including insecticide choice:
Scouting
Stink bugs don’t damage cotton...
By mid-June, we reached a critical time for our cotton crop in terms of preserving yield potential as a result of moisture stress. This is not the norm for Arkansas. Some fields continued to produce nodes close to what...
