By Paul L. Hollis
Farm Press Editorial Staff
More than 100 crop varieties were on display at this year’s Sunbelt Expo Field Day — held in Moultrie, Ga. — and those in attendance received updates on everything from rethinking peanut seeding rates to refining the window for treating stinkbugs in cotton....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Are cotton producers finally seeing the light at the end of the tunnel? ...
Corn, cotton and tobacco growers will have a powerfully effective new worm management tool available this season. ...
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
When statistics on U.S. cotton ending stocks and exports finally start to come into focus, the cotton market could turn explosive, according to Joe Nicosia, CEO of Allenberg Cotton Co., speaking at the Cotton Roundtable in New York City....
By Hembree Brandon
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Newly-elected Congressman Travis Childers, D-Miss., came to the summer meeting of the Southern Cotton Ginners Association to listen to the issues and concerns of the ginner/farmers, and he got an earful about energy prices, spiraling input costs, dysfunctional commodity markets, labor shortages, dangers to cotton’s infrastructure, and worries about the future of family farms....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
USDA’s Economic Research Service has increased its estimate of U.S. cotton exports for the 2008-09 marketing year from 14.5 million to 15 million bales due to an expected decline in world cotton production....
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
The future looks rosier for U.S. cotton production and market prices. ...
By Stephanie Schupska
University of Georgia
When the numbers are totaled, food and fiber production are the dominate drivers of Georgia’s economic engine, according to a report by the University of Georgia....
By Paul L. Hollis
Farm Press Editorial Staff
If you’re not managing glyphosate-resistant pigweed in your cotton fields, you’re not only causing problems for yourself, but you’re causing them for many other growers as well....
The first forecast of Georgia's row crops indicates all yields are up from last year except for peanuts, which shows a slight decline. ...
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