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2025 NC Cotton Field Day Scheduled for Thursday, September 11th

The 2025 NC Cotton Field Day is scheduled for Thursday, September 11th, 2025, at the Upper Coastal Plains Research Station in Rocky Mount (2811 Nobles Mill Pond Rd, Rocky Mount NC 27801). This event…

A map of North Carolina temperatures showing cooler temps in the west and warmer temps around 70 degrees in the east.

Cotton Planting Conditions: May 8, 2025

Keith Edmisten & Guy CollinsExtension Cotton SpecialistsThe lowest soil temperature recorded last night at Rocky Mount was 71 °F. and ranged from 64 to the lower to mid-70s across most of our cotton…

Weedy grass growing between rows of corn.

Potential Short-Term Economic Impact of Losing Glyphosate in North Carolina

Glyphosate has long been a cornerstone herbicide for weed control across a range of cropping systems. However, its widespread use has also brought increased legal scrutiny. Under pressure from…

DD60 Planting Forecast from 4/28 until 5/8.

Cotton Planting Conditions April 27, 2025

Keith Edmisten & Guy CollinsExtension Cotton SpecialistsThe lowest soil temperature recorded last night at Rocky Mount was 64.5°F, while the highest soil temperature was 81.5°F. The weather appears…

Timeline showing the considerations for cotton pests throughout the growing season

Timeline for Cotton Pest Management Considerations

Pests can impact cotton at all stages of growth, requiring careful management based on the field’s disease history and pest pressure. During the seedling stage, nematodes and insect pests can cause…

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Preliminary 2024 Cotton OVT Results Including Newly Announced Commercial Varieties.

Keith Edmisten, Guy Collins & Michael PhillipsThese charts are updated with former experimental varieties that are being brought forward as commercial varieties in 2025.2024 Cotton OVT Statewide…

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2024 Cotton Official Variety Preliminary Results

Keith Edmisten, Guy Collins and Michael PhillipsDepartment of Crop & Soil Sciences NC StateThis is preliminary yield data. We will add the fiber quality data when it is available. Some of the…

Field rows of mature cotton plants with white open bolls along a dirt path

Foliar Fungicide Impact on Cotton in 2024

Commercially available foliar fungicides (Table 1) were evaluated for the management of two emerging cotton diseases, target spot and areolate mildew. These diseases result in foliar leaf spots,…

14-day forecast table with dates, highs/lows, conditions (Sunny/Mostly Sunny/Partly Cloudy) and precipitation %

Update on Defoliation Conditions

September has not been kind to much of the cotton in North Carolina with rain, cloudy days and cools spells. Also much of the cotton is top crop heavy and was not mature enough to take advantage of…

Examples of closed hardlocked bolls.

Thoughts as We Approach Defoliation and Harvest (Collins & Edmisten)

As we always say, September and October can either preserve our yield potential or chip away at it. This September has certainly been a reminder of that. It comes as no surprise that prolonged wet…