Corn Earworm / Bollworm Flight Has Started
It is time to start scouting cotton and soybeans for corn earworm also known as bollworm. On Monday (7/26/21), we …
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Bollworm Boom or Bust in 2021?
As we near early August, cotton growers should be shifting their focus from early-season insects to late-season pests that …
Additional Threshold for Bollworm Added This Year
NC State Extension has two thresholds for bollworm, depending on the type of cotton planted: Bollgard II, TwinLink, WideStrike: 25 total …
PGR Management Considerations and Current Weather (Collins & Edmisten)
Tropical Storm Elsa brought us a needed slow, soaking rain that will likely benefit most growers across North Carolina. …
Plant Bug Management in Cotton
Cotton must be managed differently pre- and post-bloom. First of all, we need to use the correct sampling method. …
Evaluating Plant Stands, and Decisions Moving Forward (Collins, Edmisten, Reisig, Huseth, & Cahoon)
The 2021 planting season has been yet another challenge in North Carolina. During the early part of the planting …
Cotton Planting Conditions May 16, 2021
Conditions are looking much better. You can see below that we are close to bumping that morning soil temperature …
Cotton Planting Conditions May 8, 2021
Conditions for the coming week do not look good as you can see estimated planting conditions for Rocky Mount …
Cotton Planting Conditions - May 3, 2021
Soil temperatures are looking good across the cotton-producing areas of the state today. However, a cool front is moving in …
How to Nail 2021 Thrips Management (Reisig, Huseth)
According to Dr. Edmisten and Collins, planting conditions are improving. With planters rolling soon, we urge growers to think …
Cotton Planting Conditions - April 26, 2021
We are starting to see soil temperatures move into the 60s this morning. That is good news. Getting some …
Thoughts on Cotton Planting - Soil Temperatures
The soil temps have not looked very good for the last few days. Optimum would be to get up …
2021 Cotton Loan Chart - PLASTICS!
The United States Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency released the 2021- crop Upland Cotton Loan Premium and Discount …
EPA Denies NC 24(c) Labels for Engenia, Xtendimax, and Tavium
On March 15, 2021, EPA officially denied North Carolina 24(c) Special Local Need labels for Engenia, XtendiMax, and Tavium …
UPDATE 4-12-2021: Your Role and Responsibility in Making the NCDA&CS Cotton Seed Quality Testing Program Work to Your Benefit (Collins, Edmisten, Stewart, Wilson, Snyder, & Williams)
Authors: Guy Collins, Keith Edmisten, Sandy Stewart, Phil Wilson, Lori Snyder, & Mitch Williams UPDATE #1: As of yesterday, NCDA&CS …
Recordings of Winter Cotton Meetings
We will post the Zoom recordings of cotton meetings here once they are available. Beaufort, Hyde, Tyrell & Washington County …
Cotton OVT Results (update 1/1/2021)
Below are PDF tables of 2020 cotton OVT results. The Plymouth location had more variation than we would like …
Preliminary Cotton OVT Results
We only had three locations for cotton OVT in 2020 due to COVID-19 restrictions. We are only presenting the …
2021 Winter Cotton Meetings
Our cotton meetings will be held virtually this year using Zoom this year due to COVID-19 and restrictions set …
On-Farm Fiber Quality Results for 2020 (Collins & Edmisten)
Fiber Quality results for the 2020 North Carolina On-Farm Cotton Variety Evaluation Program are now in. In addition to …
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