9/7/2010 12:00:00 AM
Cotton has made good progress this month with generally plus 90 degree temperatures and clear skies. In fact, Hockley and Cochran Counties have averaged 18.6 heat units per day for the last 30 days, the same average heat units as 2009. Read more on the cotton crop from this Southwest Farm Press article.
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9/7/2010 12:00:00 AM
The cotton harvest is running early in the upper Southeast and that is good news. The bad news, however, is that yields will probably be down because of poor growing conditions during the summer months. Read more on the cotton harvest and conditions of other upper Southeast crops from this Southeast Farm Press article.
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9/6/2010 12:00:00 AM
With plague-like levels of soybean loopers presently infesting much of our soybean acreage, cotton producers can breathe a sigh of relief that loopers and other caterpillars tend to leave Bollgard II and
WideStrike alone. Read more on cotton insects from this North Carolina Pest News article.
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9/3/2010 12:00:00 AM
The 2010 Delta cotton crop is moving quickly toward the finish line, according to state Extension specialists. If the weather holds up, this could be one of the earliest cotton harvests the region has seen in a while. Read more on the harvest from this Delta Farm Press report at the link below.
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9/3/2010 12:00:00 AM
Cool temperatures can have an adverse effect on the efficacy of cotton defoliants. Extension experts are recommending that growers in at least one state delay the application of those materials until temperatures warm. That's expected to happen after this weekend.
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9/3/2010 12:00:00 AM
Widespread resistance to the organophosphates and pyrethroids has caused control costs for this one insect pest to significantly increase. Producers in the Delta region of Mississippi routinely spend $80 to $100 per acre to control tarnished plant bugs. Read more on their control from this Delta Farm Press article.
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9/2/2010 12:00:00 AM
Effective nitrogen management can substantially reduce the amount of nitrogen lost from the cropping system, while ensuring optimal yields. Read more on the role of nitrate nitrogen in the cropping system from this Louisiana Crops Newsletter article on page 12.
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9/2/2010 12:00:00 AM
Several cotton insect pests remain at problem levels in Louisiana cotton fields. The most common pests include spider mites, tarnished plant bugs, brown stink bugs, and bollworms. Read more on the problems with these pests from page 7 of the Louisiana Crops Newsletter.
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9/1/2010 12:00:00 AM
Expect no curtain call for the pink bollworm, the most pernicious pest in Southwestern desert cotton fields, when the heavy drape falls to crush the 'pinkie' once and for all. Eradication of the pinkie continues to near, cotton experts conclude, but is not a done deal.
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9/1/2010 12:00:00 AM
Cotton growers voted overwhelmingly last year to continue monitoring for boll weevils following completion of the program's active phase in 2008. The program has been successful in contributing to a string of record cotton yields since its inception in the 1990s. Read more on the assessment from this Delta Farm Press article.
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