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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 – 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 – 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 – Some Dryland Planting is a Dust-in | Arizona’s 100+ Temps – AgFax May 27, 2020
Rio Grande Valley cutout has growers seeing the end for the dryland crop. Dryland fields in the South Plains and far West Texas, where there’s been no rain, have farmers dusting-in seeds.
Cotton – Southwest – Rain Shortage | Stink Bugs Plentiful – AgFax Aug 21, 2019
Panhandle and South Plains cotton is catching up due to high temperatures. But dry conditions are decreasing yield potential.
Cotton – Southwest – Bollworm Concerns | PGR Time – AgFax Jul 24, 2019
Don’t take your traited cotton for granted. Keep scouting. David Kerns is testing bollworms found feeding in Bollgard 3 plants. Stink bugs – green, conchuela, brown and the dreaded red banded (in soybeans) […]
Cotton – Southwest – Bollworms and Bt | Crop Slow to Develop – AgFax Jun 26, 2019
Bollworms are an issue in Bt cotton south of College Station. David Kerns heard of a BG3 field with 20% square loss.
Cotton – Southwest – Juggling Herbicides | Dodging Texas-Size Hail – AgFax May 29, 2019
Larry Stalcup, Field Editor Debra L. Ferguson, Editor Many thanks to the PhytoGen Cotton Team for their continued support and sponsorship. Subscribe OVERVIEW The National Weather Service took note of […]
Cotton – Southwest – Stink Bugs Won’t Quit | Kansas Record Setter? – AgFax Aug 22, 2018
Custom harvesters are checking out the Kansas cotton crop. Stink bugs hit a 7-week run in far West Texas. Surely, they’re about done.
Cotton – Southwest – Pickers are Rollin’ | 114 Degrees | Brown Stinkbugs Tricky – AgFax Jul 25, 2018
114 degrees in Waco – ‘nuff said. Texas-Oklahoma scorcher deluxe. Modules are turning up around Corpus Christi. Thanks to Josh McGinty for sharing a photo. Kansas growers are dealing with 2,4-D damage. Browns stinkbugs make […]
