Insect Control/Disease
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Bayer’s Latest Cotton Technology Gains Approval in United States
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has granted registration for Bayer CropScience’s Twinlink cotton technology. TwinLink technology combines insect-resistance…
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Court Rules in Favor of MANA in Pesticide Dispute
On January 9, 2012, the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina ruled in favor of Makhteshim…
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Chemtura AgroSolutions to Market Diamond 0.83EC Insecticide
Chemtura AgroSolutions, a business unit of Chemtura Corporation, recently announced starting January 1, 2012, it will assume marketing and sales…
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U.S. Farmers Could Be Mired in Permits for Applying Pesticides
A U.S. Appeals Court failed to reverse a decision that could require U.S. farmers to apply for pesticide application permits,…
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MBI Gets EPA Approval for Grandevo Insecticide
Marrone Bio Innovations (MBI), a leading global provider of natural products for the agricultural and water treatment markets, announced that…
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Insect Pests Make Waves in 2011
Given average mid-season conditions, insecticide applications in the Southeast are winding down. In the Mid-South, they’re just getting started. …
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Mississippi Cotton Experts Hold Court
Much like the rest of the Cotton Belt, the Mid-South has been no stranger to setbacks during the 2011 growing…
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Overlapping Residuals: Don’t Miss a Step
University of Georgia Extension weed scientist Dr. Stanley Culpepper says that in the fight to control glyphosate-resistant Palmer amaranth in…
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Does Dollar Cotton Dictate a Change in Plant Bug Thresholds?
With cotton prices nearly double what they were at this time last year, will Mid-South growers be motivated to lower…
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India Bans Endosulfan
By Seshadri Ramkumar Texas Tech University, USA India’s supreme court on May 13th banned endosulfan, a key cotton crop pesticide.…