The world’s cotton-consuming countries are expected to import less cotton in the coming months as the executives who run their textile mills try to figure out how to survive in a time of decreasing demand for textile and apparel products....
By Robert Burns
Texas A&M University
The dry weather has been a timely blessing for those harvesting cotton and other crops. ...
By Vic Schoonover
NTOK Cotton
Bob Collins knows cotton and cotton people....
By Robert Burns
Texas A&M University
In much of Texas, mild fall weather allowed for the harvesting of cotton, sorghum and other crops, according to reports by Texas AgriLife Extension Service personnel throughout the state....
PhytoGen wants growers to have a choice and will devote resources to delivering high quality seed with early season vigor, high yield, and great fiber quality – combined with traits to help protect yields, lower cost and increase profitability....
By Ron Smith
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Improving yield and fiber quality will remain top priorities for Bayer CropScience as cottonseed breeders work to build on the solid reputations of both its FiberMax and Stoneville brands....
By Randy Boman
Extension Agronomist-Cotton
Texas AgriLife Extension Service
USDA-AMS Cotton Division Classing office reports through November 13 indicate 34.3 percent of the 361,344 bales classed at Lubbock and 39.3 percent of the 118,606 bales classed at Lamesa have been marked down for bark content....
By Ron Smith
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Improving yield and quality remain top priorities for cottonseed research for the combined forces of Monsanto and Delta and Pine Land Co., but achieving those goals also includes adding new transgenic traits and identifying more stress tolerant varieties....
By Ron Smith
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Things change quickly in the cotton industry, especially with new varieties....
By Steve Byrns
Texas A&M University
Texas AgriLife Research cotton experts working in the “world’s biggest cotton patch” have a silent thief under surveillance who often makes off with a quarter of the southern High Plains cotton crop annually – and like any successful theft, its done without most of the victims even knowing it....
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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).
(New Course)Integration of a new mode of action compound like Coragen into IPM and IRM programs to control Lepidoptera in leafy greens, fruiting vegetables, peppers and brassica or cole crops is always welcome. This online CE accredited course details how best to use this new mode of action insecticide in intensive vegetable production. It is accredited by the Certified Crop Adviser (CCA) program and by state agencies for licensed applicators in Texas, Georgia, Florida, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
Keeping crop protection chemicals on the crop for which they are intended has been a cornerstone of farming not only to protect neighboring crops, but to not waste money allowing products to drift off the intended target. This accredited online continuing education course covers the critical elements of spray drift management.
New CourseAmerican agriculture exports 20 to 30 percent of its production annually. For specific commodities, the percentage is much higher. When recommending and applying pest management products for crops, license Pest Control Advisers (PCAs) and applicators and farmers must be aware of which products applied are in compliance with Maximum Residue Limits (MRLs) established by foreign customers. This CE course details the MRL issue and why compliance is critical to marketing into world trade.
