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Texas Field Report: Recent Rains Make for ‘Hit-and-Miss’ Ag Progress May 10, 2022
While recent rains have provided a needed respite for agricultural producers in some parts of Texas, the majority of producers did not benefit and continue to hope for more, according […]
Cotton – Southwest – High Temps Push Crop to Cutout – AgFax Aug 19, 2020
Cutout and Defoliation. Cotton is moving along with a big push from high temperatures and dry weather.
Cotton – Southwest – Late Season Scouting | Hanna’s Hard Hit on LRGV – AgFax Aug 12, 2020
Herbicides. Pre-plant and residual applications have been key to control. But late-season culprits, especially pigweed seedlings, need to be taken care of quickly. With no Dicamba to lean on, Roundup and Liberty are the products of choice –or no choice.
Cotton – Southwest – Promising Crop, Tropical Storm Forecast – AgFax Jul 22, 2020
Larry Stalcup, Contributing Editor Debra Ferguson, Editor Here is this week’s issue of AgFax Southwest Cotton, sponsored by the Southwest team of PhytoGen cottonseed. Subscribe OVERVIEW Rain on the Plains. […]
Cotton – Southwest – Triple Digits Ahead – AgFax Jul 8, 2020
With a forecast calling for at least a week of 100-degree days, even irrigation pumps running at high capacity will be stressed.
Cotton – Southwest – Bolls Popping, Young Plants Coming On – AgFax Jul 1, 2020
Cotton maturity ranges from bolls popping around Corpus Christi to new germination in southern Kansas. More rain is needed west of I-35 and northward.
Cotton – Southwest – Insects, Herbicides and PGRs – AgFax Jun 24, 2020
One pigweed plant can produce half-a-million seed, which is just one factor pushing growers to look for better pre-emerge choices as they wait for new chemistries to come along.
Cotton – Southwest: Wet, Dry and Drier – Mother Nature Challenges – AgFax Jun 3, 2020
Larry Stalcup, Contributing Editor Debra Ferguson, Editor Here is this week’s issue of AgFax Southwest Cotton, sponsored by the Southwest team of PhytoGen cottonseed. Subscribe OVERVIEW Weather. It’s too wet […]
Cotton – Southwest – Weather Delays | Weed Battles Begin – AgFax May 20, 2020
Heavy rains fell across fields in the Coastal Bend and Upper Coast. Parts of southwest Oklahoma are also wet with more rain forecast this week and next.
Cotton – Southwest – Teaser Showers | Low Temps, Replant? – AgFax May 13, 2020
Larry Stalcup, Contributing Editor Debra Ferguson, Editor Here is this week’s issue of AgFax Southwest Cotton, sponsored by the Southwest team of PhytoGen cottonseed. Subscribe OVERVIEW Persistent dry […]
