Find Out What Farmers Have to Say About Topics Important to You
Farmers’ big decisions are more difficult today than ever, whether they are about crop diversification, developing a strategic business plan, or succession planning. How do America’s farmers tackle this challenge? AgAmerica surveyed farmers to find out.
New PhytoGen Brand Varieties Are Bred for Southwest Conditions
PhytoGen helps you work smarter and thrive in cotton through its high-performing cottonseed. To best suit the Southwest cotton-growing region, PhytoGen offers a diverse portfolio of cotton varieties with differing maturities and agronomic characteristics.
Work Smarter with Trait Technologies, Native Traits from PhytoGen
PhytoGen W3FE varieties offer premiere technologies such as the Enlist cotton trait, which enables applications of Enlist Duo herbicide — a proprietary blend of a new 2,4-D choline and glyphosate —and applications of glufosinate.
Maximize yield and quality potential of cottonseed with industry-leading traits from PhytoGen
The latest lineup of PhytoGen® brand varieties offers growers more in-plant protection options to help cotton thrive, protect quality and …
PhytoGen cottonseed helps grower achieve best crop ever
For cotton growers across South and Central Texas, outbesting their best each year is no small task. With cotton planting …
Sponsor: Bollgard 3 XtendFlex Cotton Launch Announced
Monsanto Company in December announced the commercialization of its new Bollgard® 3 XtendFlex® cotton technology, the first commercial cotton product …
By Jim Steadman: It’s shaping up to be a good year for U.S. cotton. But the line separating the bulls and bears in the market remains thin.
By Jim Steadman: When development started squeezing their Texas farmland, Jim and JP Jansen began looking for options to protect their family farming history. They found their answer 150 miles away.
Sponsor: Deltapine Class of 17 Varieties Announced
The Industry’s first Bollgard II® XtendFlex® cotton variety with root-knot nematode (RKN) resistance and a high-performing early- to mid-maturity cotton …
Sponsor: Breeding and Testing Cotton in Texas for Texas
Since 2010, when Monsanto opened the doors of its cotton breeding and testing facility in Lubbock, the focus to develop …
Arkansas Plant Board Votes to Ban Dicamba. Now What?
Following nearly 250 dicamba drift complaints, the Arkansas Plant Board passed a proposed emergency rule June 23 to ban the use of in-crop dicamba and to expedite the rule increasing civil penalties for dicamba misuse.
Episode 27 – Dicamba in the Mid-South and Beyond
In this episode of The Cotton Companion, Cotton Grower editors Beck Barnes and Jim Steadman take a look at newly-reported issues regarding dicamba drift in the Mid-South.
Find Out What Farmers Have to Say About Topics Important to You
Farmers’ big decisions are more difficult today than ever, whether they are about crop diversification, developing a strategic business plan, or succession planning. How do America’s farmers tackle this challenge? AgAmerica surveyed farmers to find out.
New PhytoGen Brand Varieties Are Bred for Southwest Conditions
PhytoGen helps you work smarter and thrive in cotton through its high-performing cottonseed. To best suit the Southwest cotton-growing region, PhytoGen offers a diverse portfolio of cotton varieties with differing maturities and agronomic characteristics.
Avoid Inversions When Spraying Weeds
Dr. Larry Steckel offers tips to help avoid potential problems when spraying dicamba in inversion conditions, even when proper guidelines are being followed.
In a video presentation, Tennessee Weed Specialist Larry Steckel discusses three actions to help reduce dicamba drift and volatilization.
Dicamba Damage Reports Increasing in Arkansas
Forty complaints from off-target movement of dicamba have already been reported to the Arkansas State Plant Board, as of June 12.
Drexel Adds Two Regional Sales Reps
Kyle Herring and David Davis have joined Drexel Chemical Company as regional sales representatives.
Dow AgroSciences Launching Enlist Corn in 2018
Following the launch of Enlist cotton, Dow AgroSciences will make Enlist corn commercially available for 2018 after receiving Chinese import approvals.
Transform Earns Section 18 Exemptions for Cotton, Sorghum
Transform WG insecticide has received Section 18 emergency use exemptions for use in cotton and sorghum in select states for the 2017 production season.
EPA Approves Monsanto’s NemaStrike Technology
The EPA has issued registration for tioxazafen, a new nematicide from Monsanto that will be branded as NemaStrike Technology for nematode control and yield protection in cotton, corn and soybeans.
Indigo Partners Launched for In-Field Technology Testing
Indigo is launching Indigo Partners, a collaboration of 25 U.S. growers and agronomic experts to test agricultural technologies – including Indigo’s microbial seed treatments – during 2017.
UPI Adds New Herbicide Products
UPI has added two new herbicides to its portfolio of high quality crop protection products for the U.S.
FiberMax One Ton Club Membership Tops 1,000
A record number of growers qualified for the FiberMax One Ton Club in 2016 with four-bale and higher yields with FiberMax varieties.
Deltapine NPE Program Kicks off Tenth Year
Nearly 200 growers will participate in the tenth season of the Deltapine New Product Evaluator (NPE) Program.
Market Catching Its Breath After 10-Day Slide
After an unprecedented 10-day drop in prices, the market is trying to catch its breath.
Arkansas Plant Board Votes to Ban Dicamba. Now What?
Following nearly 250 dicamba drift complaints, the Arkansas Plant Board passed a proposed emergency rule June 23 to ban the use of in-crop dicamba and to expedite the rule increasing civil penalties for dicamba misuse.
Thoughts on Cotton Nitrogen Management
Tyson Raper, Tennessee Extension cotton and small grains specialist, shares some key points for proper Nitrogen management in cotton.
Be Ready to Fight Diseases in Cotton
Add bacterial blight to the list of diseases that Georgia cotton growers should be prepared to fight.
Episode 27 – Dicamba in the Mid-South and Beyond
In this episode of The Cotton Companion, Cotton Grower editors Beck Barnes and Jim Steadman take a look at newly-reported issues regarding dicamba drift in the Mid-South.
Indian Company Debuts Cotton for Technical Textiles
A company based in South India has developed mechanically-processed cotton varieties suitable for use in absorbent technical textiles products.
Avoid Inversions When Spraying Weeds
Dr. Larry Steckel offers tips to help avoid potential problems when spraying dicamba in inversion conditions, even when proper guidelines are being followed.
Mother Nature, Not Bulls, Managing the Market
Cotton prices took a big hit, and bullish signals are hard to find. Mother Nature is now in charge.
Texas Cotton Gin to be Country’s Largest
A $14.5 million expansion will make the Adobe Walls Cotton Gin in Spearman, TX the largest cotton gin facility in the U.S.
U.S. Department of Justice Okays DowDuPont
The U.S. Department of Justice has cleared the way for the merger of DuPont and Dow Chemical.
Indigo Named Technology Pioneer by World Economic Forum
The World Economic Forum has selected Indigo as a Technology Pioneer – a group of the world’s most innovative companies.
