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Cotton – Southwest: Tough Decisions; Blooming Expands – AgFax May 16, 2018
Southwest Cotton Report from Agfax.com This week: It’s handwringing time. Making final planting decisions and/or herbicide spraying in the face of dry winds and little or no rain is weighing on […]
AgFax Southwest Cotton: Rain Keeps Coming; August Hailstorm No Good Aug 16, 2017
August is midway done and it’s been way too eventful in some areas. Excess rain followed by cooler temperatures that may slow things down a bit is causing concern over heat […]
AgFax Cotton Southwest: Thankful for Rain – Here Come the Weeds Aug 2, 2017
Rain and cool temperatures have blessed the Panhandle, South Plains and eastern New Mexico. Some areas have topped 8 inches with more expected later this week. Fields in southwestern Oklahoma could […]
Cotton – Southwest: Weed Wake-Up Call; Boll Weevil Sprays Jul 5, 2017
This past weekend’s rain is expected to wake up the weeds and test post residual applications. Hoe crews are active and more teams are expected to move into the fields. […]
Cotton – Southwest – Weather Helping Most; Others Still to Wet – AgFax Jun 7, 2017
Rain has boosted growing conditions in the Panhandle and South Plains as growers close in on final planting. Warmer temps, plus more shower potential this week should benefit early plant […]
Cotton – Southwest – Rain Delays; 2,4-D Drift; Bacterial Blight – AgFax Aug 19, 2016
Drenching rain has stalled crop development and harvest in much of our coverage area. The same massive cell that swamped Louisiana has now stretched across the Texas coast and into […]
Cotton – Southwest – Need Rain and a Heat Break – AgFax Aug 3, 2016
We continue to hear about persistent high temperatures and dry weather stressing the cotton crop in many parts of Texas. In fact, 8 out of our 13 contacts commented on […]
Cotton – Southwest – Resistant Weeds; Sting Bugs; 1st Bale of 2016 – AgFax Jun 22, 2016
Herbicide resistant weeds were on the minds of several of our crop advisors in Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas this week. Some fields have kochia that’s so hardy the hooded sprayers […]
Cotton – Southwest – Wet and Messy Planting Delays, But Also Good Weather News May 25, 2016
Southwest cotton growers saw an assortment of weather conditions this week – from muddy fields that looked swampy enough for a bullfrog party all the way to hail storms so […]
Southwest Cotton – From Blooming to Waiting to Plant – AgFax May 4, 2016
The first cotton blooms were seen last week in Rio Grande Valley fields. That’s the good news! The bad news: white flies, spider mites, aphids and fleahoppers are showing up […]
