Cotton Variety Trials – Preliminary results of the 2011 cotton variety trials are available that include official variety trials and standardized county data.
Official Variety Trials LINK HERE
County Standardized Trials LINK HERE
Corn Grain Hybrid Tests – Preliminary results of the 2011 Corn Hybrid Tests are available that include experiment station and standardize county data (summarized by Fred Allen, Richard Johnson, Bob Williams and Angela McClure). LINK HERE
Insecticide and Bt Technology Trials – The summarized results of many tests in 2011 comparing the efficacy of insecticides on common insect pests in cotton, corn and soybean. There are also summaries for trials comparing the efficacy of Bt cotton or Bt corn technologies. LINK HERE
This article is running a little late, but there are questions about whether or not to use an insecticide seed treatment in wheat for control of aphids, and if you do or don’t, how does this affect management down the road. Continue reading
Cotton Response to Sulfur Applications
Frank Yin, Assistant Professor and Systems Agronomist
Chris Main, Associate Professor and Extension Cotton Specialist
Sulfur deficiencies in cotton have been observed more frequently in recent years due to increased use of S-free fertilizers, greater removal of S from soil by crops with higher yields, lower S deposits to soil from the atmosphere, and less use of S-containing pesticides. Continue reading
General to excessive rains across Tennessee have slowed cotton defoliation and picking for a few days. Continue reading
Surely we are done worrying about insect pests! Well that is the case for cotton as any spraying at this late date would be akin to chasing the pot at the end of a rainbow. However, don’t let one week of fall-like temperatures fool you. Late maturing soybean fields will be a sink for insect pests Continue reading
Forecast temperatures are expected to change dramatically across the North Delta and west Tennessee over the next 36-48 hours. Highs are forecast to fall from the mid-upper 90’s with lows in the mid 70’s to highs in the mid 70’s and lows 60 or below. Continue reading
Tour Cotton with the UT Institute of Agriculture
JACKSON, Tenn. – UT AgResearch and UT Extension are hosting the annual Cotton
Tour on Wednesday, September 7, 2011 at the West Tennessee AgResearch &
Education Center. 
Featuring eight informative presentations, led by cotton,
insect and weed specialists from across the region, Cotton Tour will begin at
8:30 a.m. and conclude by 1:00 p.m. Registration begins at 8:00. Continue reading