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New product being compared to Temik slated for limited launch in 2015(Georgia Only)
Velum Total will be an in-furrow, at-plant product, said Lee Hall, Bayer CropScience product manager, during an interview at the Beltwide Cotton conferences. “It will go out with an in-furrow spray and controls early season insects, thrips, whiteflies, aphids, and we have not found a nematode yet that Velum Total does not have an impact on.” (Slated for release in NC in 2016.)
House Passes Bill To Make $500,000 Equipment Write-Off Permanent
Farmers are among the biggest users of the Section 179 tax break, which helps smaller businesses immediately offset higher equipment costs on tax returns.
FAA Releases Proposed New Rules For UAVs
Unmanned aerial vehicle operators will have a new set of rules to abide by if proposed regulations released Sunday by the Federal Aviation Administration and Department of Transportation are approved.
North Carolina boll weevil assessment remains at $1 per acre
The board of the Boll Weevil Eradication Foundation of North Carolina has set the 2015 boll weevil assessment at $1 per acre of cotton, keeping the fee the same as in 2014.
White House Threatens To Veto Permanent Section 179 Extension
The White House is threatening to veto a House bill that would make permanent the Section 179 expensing allowance that is widely used by farmers to buy tractors and other agricultural equipment.
U.S. Cotton Exports Could Account For 31% Of Global Trade
The 2014/15 U.S. cotton estimates show lower domestic mill use and higher exports compared with last month.
Man who led US boll weevil eradication honored with “White Gold”
Marshall Grant, North Carolina farmer and the man who lead the way in eradicating the boll weevil, received the inaugural “White Gold Award” at the 25th Annual Joint Commodities Conference, held January 14-16 in Durham, N.C.
Rick Morgan: 2015 High Cotton Winner for the Southeast
For as long as he’s been farming in Gates County just south of the Virginia state line, Corapeake, N.C. farmer Rick Morgan has sought ways to make his land better.
Collins Named Extension Cotton Specialist of the Year
Guy Collins, Extension associate professor for cotton at North Carolina State University, is the 2015 Extension Cotton Specialist of the Year.
Gary Adams named to be next president, CEO of National Cotton Council
Dr. Adams joined the Council in 2002 as vice president of economic and policy analysis. His responsibilities included economic outlook for global cotton markets, as well as analyzing the impacts of farm and trade policies as they relate to the U.S. cotton industry.