by Doug Mayo | Mar 17, 2017
Don Shurley, Cotton Economist, UGA Professor Emeritus Eighty cent fever is running rampant. New crop December 17 futures have made a great run and the uptrend is strong. Support seems to be firm. New crop cotton has gained almost a nickel since the first of the...
by Ethan Carter | Mar 10, 2017
The annual Panhandle Row Crop Short Course was hosted by Jackson County Extension on Thursday, March 2, 2017. Extension Specialists from Florida, Georgia, and Alabama spoke to attendees providing production recommendations and various management tips for row crops...
by btillman | Mar 3, 2017
When I was young, Sunday mornings consisted of getting ready for church, eating breakfast together as a family, and making the 30 to 45 minute ride to church, which seemed to take forever. Breakfast was hot baked cinnamon rolls and a big glass of milk. This was a...
by jferrell | Mar 3, 2017
Jay Ferrell, UF/IFAS Weed Extension Specialist, & Ramon Leon, UF/IFAS WFREC Weed Specialist After many years in development, dicamba will likely be fully approved for use in tolerant cotton varieties for the 2017 growing season. There is great concern that dicamba...
by Michael Donahoe | Feb 24, 2017
Variety selection is one of the most important decisions a cotton grower makes each season. Choosing a variety based on yield potential, for a particular environment, is usually the first selection criteria. However, genetic performance relating to fiber quality and...