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Cotton Planting Conditions May 13, 2019
Keith Edmisten, Professor of Crop Science & Soil Sciences and Extension Cotton Specialist Guy Collins, Extension Associate Professor – Cotton Planting …
Cotton Planting Conditions May 6, 2019
Keith Edmisten, Professor of Crop Science & Soil Sciences and Extension Cotton Specialist Guy Collins, Extension Associate Professor – Cotton Planting …
Planting Conditions May 4, 2018
Keith Edmisten, Professor of Crop Science & Soil Sciences and Extension Cotton Specialist Guy Collins, Extension Associate Professor – Cotton Planting …
Cotton Planting Conditions April 29, 2019
Keith Edmisten, Professor of Crop Science & Soil Sciences and Extension Cotton Specialist Guy Collins, Extension Associate Professor – Cotton Soil …
Planning for Thrips Infestations in 2019 Cotton (Huseth, Reisig)
Tobacco thrips surveys across the northern coastal plain found moderate numbers of tobacco thrips in weeds and wheat (Bertie, …
Cotton Planting Conditions April 25, 2019
Keith Edmisten, Professor of Crop Science & Soil Sciences and Extension Cotton Specialist Guy Collins, Extension Associate Professor – Cotton Soil …
Section 18 Emergency Exemption Approved for Transform in 2019 Cotton- Plant Bugs
Effective May 1, 2019, and expiring October 30, 2019, Transform has been approved for use in cotton as an …
Volunteer Crops May Be an Issue in 2019 (Cahoon, Everman, York, Jordan, Culpepper, and Prostko)
Charlie Cahoon and Wes Everman, Weed Science Extension Specialists, NC State University; Alan York, Professor Emeritus, NC State University; …
The New NCSU Cotton Planting Conditions Calculator (Collins & Edmisten)
As the 2019 cotton planting season approaches, we know that it is especially important to frequently monitor and evaluate …
Seed Is Expensive…Protect This Investment!! (Collins & Edmisten)
In NC, we are no stranger to challenging planting weather. The last several years are a testament to this …
New Burndown Herbicide: Elevore
Burndown season is here and while glyphosate (Roundup, others) plus 2,4-D plus flumioxazin (Valor SX, others) is the standard, …
Auxin Stewardship Video Now Available at County Cooperative Extension Offices
Authored by: Charlie Cahoon and Wes Everman In addition to the four face-to-face auxin stewardship meetings left (see our previous …
Field Repair and Burndown: Tillage Effects on Weeds
Authored by: Charlie Cahoon and Wes Everman Most folks are trying to put the 2018 growing season behind them, especially …
Auxin Stewardship: A Few Opportunities Left for Training
If you were unable to attend one of the 33 previous Auxin Stewardship trainings delivered around the state, there …
Choosing an Insecticidal Seed Treatment or in-Furrow for Thrips in Cotton (Reisig, Collins, Huseth)
Lots of folks are wondering what to use downstream for thrips in cotton. It’s critical to not only get …
2018 Cotton OVT Results - Commercial Varieties Only
These tables do not include any experimental varieties so that producers can focus on varieties that will be available …
Two and Three Year Cotton OVT Results for 2018
The results from 2 and 3 year averages across locations are available in the links: 2018 2 year 2018 3 …
2018 Cotton OVT Results Across Locations
The results from 2018 across locations are available in the link below. We lost the Scotland County location due to …
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