The Texas Department of Agriculture announced today that cotton producers in the Northern High Plains Boll Weevil Eradication Zone have voted to continue program operations....
The Multi-Commodity Exchange Program (MCEP), launched two years ago by the National Cotton Council, is proving to be a highly successful educational program as well as an American agriculture coalition-building effort....
By Ron Smith
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Paul Pilsner, crop consultant, San Benito, Texas, says picking up information on weed control will be a high priority for him at the 2009 Beltwide Cotton Conferences in San Antonio....
By Robert Burns
Texas A&M University
Rain fell in many parts of Texas, improving winter wheat but setting back the cotton harvest, reported Texas AgriLife Extension Service personnel....
By Ron Smith
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Technology is helping Hockley County, Texas, farmer Steve Newsom make more bales of cotton on fewer acres of land....
Farm Press and Monsanto Company have launched an online educational course on weed resistance management that offers continuing education credit/units for licensed applicators and Certified Crop Advisers in seven key Cotton Belt states....
By Harry Cline
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Economists are seldom mistaken for good humor men....
By J.D. Bilbro
Contributing Writer
Thrips at about 1/16-inch long are among the smallest of cotton insects, but cause big problems to Texas High Plains farmers....
By Robert Burns
Texas A&M University
Reports of armyworms devouring pastures and newly planted wheat increased in many parts of the state as producers attempted to finish the cotton harvest and plant small grains, according to Texas AgriLife Extension Service personnel from throughout the state....
A new Texas Tech University Cotton Economics Research Institute study indicates that the economic impact of the cotton crop on the Texas High Plains economy will be sharply down this year....
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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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