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...
• By Mary Hightower •
Arkansas row and field crops endured a 100-year flood and epic insect numbers but still ended the year with record cotton and rice yields and higher crop prices.
100-year flooding
In June, southeastern Arkansas experienced extraordinary flooding,...
• By Fred Miller •
Unpredictable and spotty weather left some Arkansas cotton fields a soggy mess while other areas saw record yields in 2021.
“Arkansas cotton yielded an average 1,287 pounds of lint per acre according to the latest estimates,”...
BASF Opens Application Submissions For Cotton Clubs
FiberMax and Stoneville cotton growers can now apply to join BASF’s FiberMax One Ton Club and Stoneville Legacy Club.
The application deadline for the FiberMax One Ton Club is Feb. 28, 2022. Printed qualification...
Position Is Funded By $2 Million From State Fertilizer Tonnage Fees
• By Fred Miller,
University of Arkansas •
The University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture has appointed Trent Roberts the endowed chair in soil fertility research. He is an associate...
It’s “everything I could imagine and more!” That’s how Katherine Allen described her first months as a student in a unique graduate certificate program in waterfowl habitat and recreational management.
Allen, who graduated from Louisiana State University in May, is...
• By Fred Miller •
Phil Tugwell — “Tug” to his friends — was known as a hard worker who was generous with resources, knowledge, credit and … well, pretty much everything.
Noel Philip Tugwell died Oct. 20 in Fayetteville, Arkansas....
Sample In The Fall For Yield-Robbing Nematodes
It’s not a particularly new story. Almost any farmer will tell you what you already know: Nematodes are yield robbers.
It’s been researched, extensively documented and replicated in experimental trials for decades. It’s been...
• By Ryan McGeeney •
As overnight low temperatures fell into the 50s throughout much of Arkansas this week, cotton growers began doing the math.
Bill Robertson, Extension cotton agronomist for the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture, said that...
• By Mary Hightower •
A rise in COVID-19 cases has prompted the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture to cancel in-person field days, with some morphing into online formats.
The Division of Agriculture had four in-person field days on...
• By Ryan McGeeney •
As they say, there’s no accounting for taste.
Plant bugs, a perennial pest of Arkansas cotton, spend much of June and early July feasting on the silk of corn while it’s still green, the plants still...
• By Ryan McGeeney •
Arkansas growers responded to a global economy beginning to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic with shifting acreage, betting big on corn and pulling back from cotton, according to data from a U.S. Department of Agriculture...
• 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...
• By Fred Miller •
The University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture will present a series of online and in-person field days this summer that will display key research and Extension programs. The series will kick off with a...
• By Ryan McGeeney •
Farmers in five counties in southeastern Arkansas suffered more than $200 million in direct losses to major crops after the major flooding and storm event in early June, according to a preliminary estimate by experts...
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