Analysts project 14.1-million-bale cotton crop 

Jul 30, 2008,

By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff

U.S. cotton production could slip to about 14.1 million bales this fall, which would be the lowest production since 1998, say crop analysts from the four major cotton-producing regions of the United States....

Corn, tobacco harvest near in upper Southeast 

Jul 30, 2008

The early-planted corn crop in South Carolina is not going to be much to write home about....

Crop conditions continue to vary in lower Southeast 

Jul 29, 2008

Crop conditions continue to vary widely across the lower Southeast and that is particularly true for Alabama where some corn was reported to be in the best shape in recent years, while other fields bordered on disaster. ...

Hurricane Dolly destroys LRGV cotton crop 

Jul 29, 2008,

By Ron Smith
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Virtually all 91,000 acres of the Lower Rio Grande Valley cotton crop was destroyed by Hurricane Dolly....

San Antonio to host Beltwide Conferences Jan. 5-8 

Jul 29, 2008

The National Cotton Council-coordinated 2009 Beltwide Cotton Conferences is set for Jan. 5-8 at the Marriott Rivercenter/Riverwalk hotels in San Antonio, Texas. ...

Stink bug outlook unpredictable in cotton 

Jul 25, 2008,

By Jack S. Bachelor
North Carolina Extension Entomologist

Although stink bugs can now be regarded as the primary mid- to late-season pest of Bt cotton in North Carolina, their levels, and thus damage potential, remain very inconsistent from year to year. ...

Tennessee Valley crop prospects improved 

Jul 25, 2008,

By Jim Langcuster
Auburn University

In terms of crops, the Tennessee Valley farm landscape is highly diverse, with more corn, soybeans and wheat visible than ever before....

Cotton Council moves headquarters 

Jul 25, 2008

The National Cotton Council has closed the doors on one era and opened the doors to another. ...

Heat, dry weather stress upper Southeast crops 

Jul 23, 2008

The Virginia corn crop has reached the stage where it’s suffering badly from dry weather. ...

Early corn harvest under way in lower Southeast 

Jul 22, 2008

Corn harvest got under way in Alabama during the week ending July 20, with other producers side-dressing cotton, completing herbicide, insecticide and PGR applications to cotton, making fungicide and herbicide applications to peanuts, and treating some soybean fields with fungicides to battle disease....

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