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Annual-Type Cotton Plants

Clemson Researchers Tweak Cotton Genes To Improve Productivity ⋅ BY A. DENISE ATTAWAY, PH.D. ⋅ CLEMSON UNIVERSITY Clemson University researchers are determining how to develop a higher-yielding, better-quality cotton by altering plant growth habit and form. Led by molecular biologist Sachin Rustgi, they...

End-Of-Season Observations

I hand-picked cotton yesterday, just one plot in the oldest cotton fertility experiment in the world. One of 14 plots, my assigned two rows by 10 feet were good, and it took 25 minutes to pick everything from fluffy...

2020 proved a surprisingly steady year for most Arkansas crops

• By Ryan McGeeney • Despite a year dominated by major weather systems run amuck and a global pandemic, most of Arkansas’ major crops came out ahead in 2020, according to a Jan. 12 report from the U.S. Department of...

Variety Selection Critical For Success

With the challenges of 2019 behind us, I am sure this year in cotton production will be one we will not want to revisit any time soon. For most cotton producers across the state, it was one of lower-than-...

Despite late planting for some, Arkansas cotton outlook bright at end of 2019

Arkansas cotton growers may remember 2019 as one of their better years, despite a downward revision of expected yields, said Bill Robertson, extension cotton agronomist for the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture. In October, the National Agricultural Statistics...

2018 End Of Season Wrap-Up

While some farmers got a later start than usual, the above-average temperatures in May propelled the crop to one of our fastest starts. As we rolled into harvest, the frequent and often heavy rainfall caused delays and had negative...

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