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Cotton Jassid: Insights From Other Regions on a New Pest

The cotton jassid, also known as the two-spot cotton leafhopper, emerged as a new insect pest of cotton in the United States in 2025 and is anticipated to pose challenges in the 2026 growing…

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Final Cotton OVT Results

Keith Edmisten, Michael Phillips & Guy CollinsThe cotton OVT results have been updated to include fiber quality analyses and newly named cotton commercial varieties.NC Cotton OVT Final Results - 2025

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Fiber Quality Results From the 2025 NC on-Farm Cotton Variety Evaluation Program (Collins & Edmisten)

In addition to yield, fiber quality is an important component to the value and marketability of cotton in our state and should be considered when selecting varieties. The tables in the link below…

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Preliminary Cotton OVT Results for 2025

Michael Phillips, Keith Edmisten, and Guy CollinsDepartment of Crop & Soil Sciences, North Carolina State UniversityThese are preliminary results. We will update the final version once we receive…

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Yield Results for the 2025 NC on-Farm Cotton Variety Evaluation Program (Collins & Edmisten)

Every year in North Carolina brings its share of challenges, and 2025 was no different. Beginning in late April through early May, planting conditions were nearly ideal in terms of temperatures, and…

Hurricane forecast map showing a major storm tracking west-northwest across the Atlantic with projected intensification to Category 4 before curving northward off the U.S. East Coast. The forecast cone includes portions of the southeastern U.S. coast near

Management Strategies When Tropical Weather Approaches (Collins & Edmisten)

This is our least favorite subject to write about. Hopefully this is a wasted effort. Regardess, there remains quite a bit of uncertainty regarding the likely path of Humberto, and moreso for the…

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Defoliation Strategies for the Current Crop (Collins & Edmisten)

There have been several questions lately about how to defoliate a drought stressed crop, and questions about appropriate tankmixtures and rates to use. Below is some information to help address these…

Scatter plot with trend lines showing the percentage of likely harvestable cotton bolls by bloom date across four locations when defoliated on November 1st. Rocky Mount maintains the highest harvestable percentage through mid-September, while Sandhills, L

Timely Management Is Important as We Move Into the Fall (Collins & Edmisten)

The 2025 NC Cotton Field Day was another huge success thanks to the support from our Industry Partners, as well as NC Cotton Producers Association and Cotton Incorporated who support our research…

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Invasive Cotton Jassid Arrives in North Carolina Cotton

Recently we published information on a new invasive pest knocking on the door of North Carolina. Unfortunately this pest has now arrived in Robeson County and, likely, Scotland County cotton.What we…

2025 Farm Bill Information Meetings

The National Cotton Council has scheduled several Farm Bill meetings in North Carolina during September. These meetings are open to all farmers and agribusinesses, who are encouraged to attend. One…