With the Beltwide Cotton Conference well underway in San Antonio, many cotton producers are listening to four days of educational reports, discussions, seminars and workshops. And many will be reviewing the final numbers of 2008 and looking to the latest forecast for in 2009. Agriculture department chief economist Joe Glauber tells us what to expect.
Beltwide Starts Today
The National Cotton Council and its cooperating partners are welcoming attendees to San Antonio today for the start of the 2009 Beltwide Cotton Conferences. This annual forum is recognized as the global champion for cotton technology transfer. Four days of individual reports, panel discussions, hands-on workshops and seminars all designed to enlighten industry members about the latest research developments and …
Georgia Cotton Commission Looking to Annual Meeting
The Beltwide Cotton Conference starts today in San Antonio, but Karen Nikitopoulos, communications program manager for the Georgia Cotton Commission, says they are already looking forward to their annual meeting at the end of the month. The Georgia Cotton Conference will be held in Tifton on January 28. For more information logon to their website.
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Valor for Pigweed
With the issue of Palmer Amaranth becoming a growing problem, Jamie Nielson with the Valent USA Corporation says that Valor can be part of the solution.
USDA: U S Ag Lenders Remain Strong
As news of the overall economy here and around the world continues to be bleak, it appears agriculture lenders here in the U S remain strong despite it all.
Nematode Protection
Nematodes have long been a problem in the Southeast, but Mark Jirak, crop manager for Syngenta Seed Care says that the best way to defend against them is to treat the seed before nematodes have a chance to create more problems.
New Cotton Varieties
With a successful cotton crop behind us it’s time to look forward to what we have coming next. Dave Albers with Monsanto says that he feels confident with the new varieties that they have been working on.
Cotton and Peanut Dollars at Work for Research
While the peanut and cotton crop in Georgia was considered very good overall this year, University of Georgia Extension Peanut Agronomist John Beasley said it wasn’t without a few problems and they couldn’t address those without the assistance of the Georgia Cotton Commission and Georgia Peanut Commission.
Agri-View Feature for the Holidays
In this edition of Specialty Crop News, a special Agri-View featuring background about Southeast AgNet commentary writer Everett Griner, who is among just a handful of people in the nation who can say he has been in the radio business since the days before audio tape recording was even invented! At 82 years young, Ev has been on-the-air since prior …