by Doug Mayo | Aug 2, 2013
Jackson County farmer Craig Bishop shares his frustration with wet fields and developing fungal diseases with WJHG News Channel 7’s Bergen Baucom. Target spot in cotton, and white mold and leaf spot in peanuts are ramping up, but fields are two wet to...
by Josh Thompson | Aug 2, 2013
Josh Thompson, Regional Agronomy IPM Agent & Doug Mayo, Jackson County Extension Director The country music singer, Alan Jackson, has a song titled, “Too much of a good thing, is a good thing.” Normally, that is right, but the excessive rains in July are an...
by Michael Donahoe | Jul 26, 2013
Target spot disease was confirmed from a sample taken in Santa Rosa County on June 27 and is becoming increasingly widespread on cotton throughout the area. This is likely due to all the rain we’ve been getting and the resulting rank growth in many fields. Studies the...
by Michael Donahoe | Jul 12, 2013
Cotton aphids are beginning to show up in spots in fields. On plant terminals and young leaves feeding may result in distorted growth which may include stunted plants and rolled or downward cupped leaves. When feeding, cotton aphids secrete a sticky honeydew substance...
by Mark Mauldin | Jul 12, 2013
In recent days, farms in several central and western panhandle counties have received exceptional amounts of rainfall. Some areas reported as much as 25 inches of rain in the last week. Excessive rain and the accompanying flooding will cause a variety of problems for...
by Josh Thompson | Jul 12, 2013
Excessive rains across the panhandle the past week have many growers in a hurry-up-and-wait situation. Some cotton fields are in need of nitrogen or herbicide but are still too wet to operate in. An additional concern that cotton growers may have is the timely...
