Thank you for registering for the Sprayer Clinic that was scheduled for Wednesday, February 19th. Unfortunately, due to the forecasted winter weather on Wednesday, and for the safety of all attendees, the decision has been made to cancel the Sprayer Clinic.
The 2025 Cotton Focus meeting will be TUESDAY, Feb 11th from 8AM-1PM at the West Tennessee Research and Education Center. We have several special guests joining us, including Dr. Travis Faske with the University of Arkansas, Dr. Bradley Wilson with the University of Missouri, and Mr. Will Rutland from Mississippi State University. Topics covered will include cotton nematode management, seeding rates and seed quality, the use of biologicals, optimizing N rate, along with updates from Dr. Larry Steckel on weed control, Dr. Sebe Brown on insect control, Dr. Nutifafa Adotey on fertility, and Dr. Aaron Smith on navigating the 2025 markets. Last but not least, we are lucky to have Dr. Savana Denton joining us to provide an update from the National Cotton Council.
Our theme this year is profitability and attendees will hear unique perspectives from each of our speakers on strategies to make sure we find ourselves in the black at the end of this production year.
Lunch this year will be sponsored by GreenPoint. Special thanks to Mr. Brad Meyer and Mr. Justin Skinner for their willingness to cook ribeye sandwiches for the meeting. Pesticide applicator and CCA points will be offered. The agenda for the meeting can be found at the following link: https://news.utcrops.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/2025-Cotton-Focus.pdf
Look forward to seeing each of you there!
I usually release variety trial results with little to no narrative, just a few sentences indicating results are now available. But this year, there are several points of emphasis that warrant more. In this post, I try to explain what happened in 2024 as a way to guide interpretation of the variety trial results. It is a long post, but I believe this is a must read for those who intend to use the 2024 TN Variety Trial Results in their variety selection decisions for 2025. Continue reading
The 2024 Tennessee Cotton Variety Trial Results (PB 1742) are now available online. Included within these results are eight large strip trials (CSTs) and six small plot trials (OVTs) testing 48 experimental and commercial varieties.
Special thanks to all of the agents and producers who helped generate this data. Additionally, thanks to the USDA Classing Office in Memphis for assisting with this effort. If you have any questions on location response or variety placement, please do not hesitate to reach out directly to your county agent.
Although we are still a few days away from having all of the fiber quality data back for the 2024 Tennessee Cotton Official Variety Trials, I wanted to provide a complete summary table of yield and turnout. This table represents an average of all six locations of the 2024 cotton OVTs. Expect a complete report to be released after Christmas. Continue reading
