By Roy Roberson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Farmers and friends attending the 2009 Sunbelt Agricultural Exposition Field Day, scheduled for July 7, will get to see some new varieties and crops, some new ways of crop production and a lot of valuable variety information on staple crops of the Southeast....
Agricultural Research Service Agricultural Engineer Greg Holt helped develop the erosion control industry’s first cotton hydromulch “spray-on blanket.”...
By Roy Roberson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Wilson, N.C., farmer Linwood Vick grew up quick in the farming business — he had to — and at a young age has become one of the top tobacco and sweet potato farmers in the Carolinas....
By Jack Bachelor
North Carolina Extension Entomologist
With the exception of scattered areas in our far eastern counties, tarnished plant bugs (or Lygus) have not been a significant problem for most North Carolina cotton producers....
By Sharon Dowdy
University of Georgia
Top agricultural scientists from across the United States met in Georgia this month to discuss ways to help farmers increase profits, optimize yields, decrease inputs and manage crops based on local weather and soil conditions....
The Cotton Forum could provide cotton producers with both a timely getaway from mid-season bugs and heat this season and get them up to speed on the latest cotton fundamentals and marketing opportunities....
By Roy Roberson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Cotton is a natural fiber — the most popular natural fiber in the world, but it’s not the natural choice, says Mark Messura, vice-president of the Global Product Supply Chain Division of Cotton Incorporated. ...
By Jack Bachelor
North Carolina Extension Entomologist
Although North Carolina cotton producers routinely get banged up with thrips, in recent years we’ve been fortunate that cotton aphids have only been a sporadic pest....
By Roy Roberson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
When Jason Hodges finished planting his first crop of cotton last May he immediately left home in Emporia, Va., to return to Virginia Tech to pick up his degree in agriculture and applied economics....
By Paul L. Hollis
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Every cliché and adjective in the book has been used to characterize it – “the 600-pound gorilla,” “devastating,” catastrophic,” “annihilating,” “calamitous,” “desolating,” “destructive,” “disastrous,” “overwhelming”, etc....
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This course covers a wide range of options to effectively control weeds in cotton and reduce the risk of weed resistance management. It is accredited for hours/units for licensed/accredited applicators in 7 U.S. Cotton Belt states (Florida, Georgia, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, South Carolina an d Tennessee. CCA credit is pending).
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