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Virginia/North Carolina Cotton Field Day to Highlight Key Research
The Tidewater Agricultural Research & Extension Center in Suffolk, Virginia, will host their 2015 Cotton Field Day on August 11, beginning at 8 a.m.
Variety Selection Critical to Reducing Disease Risk
Variety selection plays an important role in reducing risk to diseases in field crops.
Keeping Your Farm, Family Together–How You Can Beat the Odds
Here’s a staggering fact: Families fail to keep their families and fortunes together for three or more generations 90% of the time.
Carolina Nonwovens Announces Ground-breaking For New Facility
Carolina Nonwovens LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of National Spinning Co. Inc., has announced the construction of a new facility to be located in Maiden, N.C.
How to Build an Effective Farm Employee Review System
“It’s performance review time,” she said apprehensively, “and nobody likes to go through the process.” Hearing the sentiment was not uncommon; offering a solution became my new challenge.
Cooperation urged in herbicide resistance management
WSSA promotes community-based approach to glyphosate resistance issues,
Plant Bug Damage on Young Cotton
“Black Flag” symptoms on cotton are most likely due to plant bugs. Plant bugs on young cotton (particularly pre-squaring cotton) can take out terminals and cause this “black flagging”.
Working through the new farm bill, wins, losses: Part III
The 2014 farm bill has not been fully implemented, and some members of Congress are already trying to curtail the funding for the law.
Managing Plant Bugs in Cotton Presquare
As pointed out by Dr. Keith Edmisten, plant bugs (Lygus) can sometimes (very rarely) injure cotton presquare. We are seeing this right now in northeastern North Carolina on 6-7 leaf cotton.
Working Through the New Farm Bill, Wins, Losses: Part II
Actively engaged. Those are just two small words, but they have the National Cotton Council and other farm organizations burning the midnight oil to try to make sure members remain eligible for farm programs.