by Daniel J. Leonard | Oct 9, 2020
A few weeks ago, Hurricane Sally churned onshore and dumped an unrelenting amount of rain on the Florida Panhandle. Thankfully, Calhoun, Jackson and adjoining counties were spared the lashing winds, storm surge, and widespread power outages that our neighbors to the...
by Jennifer Bearden | Oct 9, 2020
For over a decade, Deltapine has partnered with producers across the Cotton Belt to evaluate new cotton varieties. The New Product Evaluators (NPE) program evaluates cotton varieties prior to commercialization. Marshall Farms in Okaloosa County has served in this...
by Libbie Johnson | Sep 18, 2020
– Hurricane Sally was a Category 2 hurricane with 105 mph winds at landfall in Gulf Shores, Alabama (11 miles west of FL), but in rural farming regions of the Florida Panhandle it was not just the high winds, but the tremendous rainfall from this slow moving...
by Libbie Johnson | Sep 18, 2020
It is that time of the year, and peanut harvest has started in the Panhandle. Peanuts might start off the harvest, but cotton will be ready soon. Most growers are well acquainted with cotton defoliation, but Dr. Steve Brown, Auburn Cotton Specialist, met and...
by external | Sep 18, 2020
Don Shurley, UGA Professor Emeritus of Cotton Economics – I knew we were possibly in for disappointment price-wise when I read a pre-landfall news headline that said that the market was “mulling” Hurricane Sally. In other words, not sure of what the impacts, if...
by Daniel J. Leonard | Sep 18, 2020
When one thinks of the Florida Panhandle, I’m guessing cotton isn’t the first thing that comes to mind, but maybe it should be! With over 100,000 acres in cultivation annually (2017 USDA Census of Agriculture), a crop worth $52.5 million, cotton dominates cultivated...
