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1 week ago | 
cottongrower.com | Bill Robertson |Kylie Kitten |Jim Steadman |O.A. Cleveland
Two years ago, during the University of Georgia Cotton and Peanut Field Day in Tifton, Georgia Extension Cotton Specialist Camp Hand began surveying growers about the growing whitetail deer problem that was wreaking havoc on yields and causing significant crop losses.
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4 weeks ago | 
cottongrower.com | Bill Robertson |Jim Steadman |Larry Stalcup |O.A. Cleveland
In most parts of the Cotton Belt, planting may still be another month away. That also means growers should be ready for their best opportunity to help manage some yield-sapping problems. “We have seedling diseases, nematodes, and, in some cases, cotton leafroll dwarf virus,” says Bob Kemerait, University of Georgia Extension Plant Pathologist. “I know growers get tired of hearing me say it, but you get really one good chance for control.
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4 weeks ago | 
cottongrower.com | Bill Robertson |Jim Steadman |Larry Stalcup |O.A. Cleveland
OutReach SC Nematicide, a soil-applied biological nematicide, is EPA-registered and now available from Valent U.S.A. for use in cotton and peanuts. OutReachis a unique mycorrhizal-based formulation that contains Bacillus amyloliquefaciens, which provides cotton and peanut growers protection against plant-parasitic nematodes while contributing to plant health benefits.
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1 month ago | 
cottongrower.com | Kylie Kitten |Bill Robertson |Jim Steadman |Beck Barnes
Implementing a realistic fertility program is just one of the many considerations for a balanced approach in cotton production. Few things will complicate life more than an aggressive variety planted too thick with high nitrogen levels in the soil. The need for excessive rates of growth inhibiting plant growth regulators while still having plants taller than desired at the seasons’ end is a sign that modifications in seeding rates and/or fertility programs may be needed.
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Oct 2, 2024 | 
cottongrower.com | Jim Steadman |Bill Robertson |Beck Barnes |O.A. Cleveland
Cotton Grower magazine’s webinar How to Keep Bale Wrap Out of Your Bales (And Add Value to Your Cotton!) is now available online for viewing. As cotton harvest begins in earnest across the majority of the Cotton Belt, this is a topic that should be on the minds of growers as they head to their fields. It’s also an important topic considering the issues regarding contamination that the U.S. cotton industry has struggled with for several years.
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Sep 27, 2024 | 
cottongrower.com | Jim Steadman |Bill Robertson |Beck Barnes |O.A. Cleveland
U.S. cotton has struggled with a contamination problem for years, mostly due to bits of plastic module wrap coming from the field to and through the gin. As we’ve all learned, those tiny pieces of plastic that make it through the ginning process often cause problems at the mills — not to mention the hits that U.S.’ reputation for high-quality cotton have been taking in the trade channels.
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Sep 20, 2024 | 
cottongrower.com | Bill Robertson |Jim Steadman |Beck Barnes |O.A. Cleveland
Procrastination is not normally a trait you’ll find on a farm, regardless of the crop mix or time of year. Yet with all of the multiple crop-related, business and financial, and maintenance jobs that growers are juggling at any one time, it’s easy to see how something might have to take a back seat from time to time.
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Aug 29, 2024 | 
cottongrower.com | Bill Robertson |Jim Steadman |Beck Barnes |Dianne Munson
Each crop year presents a different set of challenges, prompting many producers to recall the number of experiences they have had in farming as opposed to how many years of experience they have farming. The 2024 growing season is running ahead for most by about a week based on USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service Information reports released the end of July. Some regions are running as much as two weeks ahead of the last five-year average.
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Jun 13, 2024 | 
cottongrower.com | Sarah Cato |Bill Robertson |Jim Steadman |Beck Barnes
Pattern Ag has expanded its predictive agronomic operations into Southeastern cotton geographies with new advanced predictive analytics for cotton diseases and nematode pressure added to its Complete Bio panel, now available to farmers.
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May 17, 2024 | 
cottongrower.com | Bill Robertson |Jim Steadman |Beck Barnes |O.A. Cleveland
S&K Packaging is launching SK Blue cotton wrap, which has been approved by the National Cotton Council of America. Available for shipment this fall, SK Blue is a cotton bale wrap that helps make the ginning process more efficient and less expensive at the same time. It features automatic packaging for non-stop harvesting and is specifically designed to avoid the potential of plastic fragments and cotton contamination.
