Early Season Pest Update for Cotton and Peanut

Early Season Pest Update for Cotton and Peanut

We are now a few weeks into the cotton and peanut season, with some farmers having already planted their crops. Others are currently in the process of planting, and some are yet to begin behind small grains. While recent rain has caused setbacks for a few, it has also...

Identifying and Managing Corn Leaf Blights

Blights, spots and rusts; oh my! It is getting to that time of year when we start to see diseases showing up in corn and begin to wonder if we should spray a fungicide or not. Southern rust is an explosive and damaging corn disease in which fungicide applications can...
64th Annual Alabama Cotton & Peanut Scout School – June 6

64th Annual Alabama Cotton & Peanut Scout School – June 6

Scott Graham and Ron Smith, Alabama Cotton Entomology Specialists The Alabama Cooperative Extension System began conducting Cotton Scouting Schools in 1959. Historically, these events were done on the main campus, at Auburn University, over the course of several days....