by Zane Grabau | Feb 24, 2023
Just as they are in most Florida crops, nematodes are a major pest of cotton. Southern root-knot nematode and reniform nematode are the primary issues. Starting with the 2021 growing season, new tools to manage these nematodes became available: cultivars designated as...
by Doug Mayo | Feb 24, 2023
This week’s featured video shares an innovation for crop irrigation. Rain 360 is an autonomous (self-driving) irrigation unit that can apply up to 1/2″ of water per week in a 160-acre field, 3/4″ per week in a 100-acre field, or 1″ per week in...
by external | Feb 17, 2023
Dr. Scott Graham and Dr. Ron Smith, Auburn Entomologists in “February 16, 2023 Cotton Shorts” The new cotton technology expressing the Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) protein Cry51Aa2, referred to as “ThryvOn” and developed by Bayer CropScience, will be...
by external | Feb 17, 2023
Don Shurley, UGA Professor Emeritus of Cotton Economics Prices Old crop March futures remain in the now 3-month-old range of mostly 80 to 88 cents. Prices recently seem to have “settled” or “diverged” to 85 to 86 cents. Such a long-standing parallel movement...
by Molly Jameson | Feb 10, 2023
Growing Potatoes It is almost Valentine’s Day, and that means it is potato planting season. Although potatoes are susceptible to frost and freeze damage, hot weather makes them vulnerable to pests and disease, so it is best to take your chances and plant them...
