Kochia, a kind of tumbleweed, has long been associated with the Texas High Plains, but its abundance is starting to alarm Texas A&M AgriLife officials as regional producers are experiencing challenges controlling the weed as herbicide resistance is mounting.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has given the green light to ultra-low gossypol cottonseed — known as ULGCS — to be used as human food and in animal feed, something Texas A&M AgriLife researchers have been working on for...
Multidisciplinary Teams From Several Cotton States Work To Learn More About Cotton Leaf Roll Dwarf Virus.
• By Amanda Huber,
Southeast Editor •
Teams of cotton researchers throughout the Cotton Belt are working diligently to learn more about the new disease that...
For 12 years, the Texas Cotton Ginners’ Association has provided an opportunity for college students to experience the cotton ginning industry firsthand through its summer intern program. For 2019, three young people are onboard. They were chosen from a...
Row crops in North Texas and the South Plains are in the home stretch and Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service experts want producers to keep a watchful eye on pest infestations.
Dr. Allen Knutson, AgriLife Extension entomologist, Dallas, and Blayne...
Cotton Incorporated has named Dr. Gaylon Morgan research director, Agricultural & Environmental Research Division.
In this role, Morgan will focus on weed and weed management research, according to a news release. A recognized expert in this area, he joins the...
• By Thomas Isakeit •
Early season stand loss of cotton could be the result of fungal pathogens or, in the case of some fields in the Upper Coast counties (e.g. Wharton and Fort Bend), high populations of reniform...
Sometimes it’s fun to look back 10 years to see where we stand in relation to that time. In March 2009, former Cotton Farming editor Tommy Horton’s cover story was titled “Don’t Mess With Texas: Lone Start State Proudly...
Cotton Acreage Continues To Climb In Northern Texas Panhandle
• By Kay Ledbetter •
Cotton acreage has almost tripled in the past five years in the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service District 1, which covers the 22 northernmost counties in the Panhandle.
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Cotton Incorporated’s Agricultural and Environmental Research Department invests in regional research programs across the Cotton Belt. The AERD team regularly visits growers in the field and attends regional meetings to identify specific research needs within a production area.
Cotton Incorporated...
• By Paul Schattenberg •
The Texas A&M Natural Resources Institute encourages landowners to report wild pig sightings and damage using a new first-of-its-kind online tool.
“Landowners throughout Texas are constantly seeing wild pigs and their damage,” says Dr. Jim Cathey, associate...
Bad Verticillium Wilt Years Highlight Need To Choose Tolerant Varieties.
• By Vicky Boyd,
Managing Editor •
Alan Monroe, who farms cotton north of Plainview, Texas, never thought much about Verticillium wilt and the need for selecting varieties with tolerance to the...
• By Kay Ledbetter •
Cottonseed ground into flour to deliver protein to millions of people, a project to which Dr. Keerti Rathore has devoted more than half his professional career, is one step closer to reality.
Rathore, a Texas A&M AgriLife...
At harvest, cotton growers learn how much yield-robbing diseases and pests affected fiber production. This knowledge helps determine the best varieties to plant next season.
Diseases such as bacterial blight and Verticillium wilt are not controlled by in-season crop protection...
