As harvest winds down for the 2016 cotton crop, Georgia Cotton Commission Executive Director Richey Seaton says it’s been a challenging year for Georgia producers. Download Audio Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024
Georgia Cotton Commission to Attend Annual Event
The Georgia Cotton Commission attends various events each year to talk with producers across the state, and Richey Seaton says one of those events is the annual Georgia Farm Bureau Convention which starts Sunday. Download Audio Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024
Improve Management of Bt-Resistant Bollworm Populations with New ‘Focus on Cotton’ Webcast
From The Cotton Board: Memphis, TN — Bollworms are beginning to exhibit resistance to transgenic (Bt) varieties of cotton, which prompts the need for supplemental insecticides to minimize losses. A new Focus on Cotton webcast titled “Changing Bt Technologies and Bollworm Management in Bt Cotton” helps cotton growers, consultants, and other industry experts monitor the potential Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® …
Cotton Harvest Continues to Trail ‘Average’ Progress
The national cotton harvest is still behind the 5-year average for this time of the year, despite some good progress in the nation’s biggest cotton state. Gary Crawford has the details. Download Audio In Alabama, as of this past Sunday, Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024
Possible Change to Estate Tax Calculations
Earlier this year, the U.S. Department of Treasury proposed a change to the regulations that determine how estate taxes are calculated. Reece Langley, vice president of Washington operations for the National Cotton Council, explains how this change could affect family farms and small businesses across rural America. Download Audio Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly …
Research Efforts on Insects in Georgia Cotton
The Georgia Cotton Commission invests grower dollars with University of Georgia researchers each year to look at various problem areas, including insects. Associate Professor with the UGA Department of Entomology in Tifton, Michael Toews, says this year one of those projects involved thrips. Download Audio Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers …
Interested in Trump Administration Appointees
Many in agriculture continue to wait to see who will be chosen for certain positions within the new Trump administration, and that includes the National Cotton Council. Here’s their Vice President of Producer affairs, Craig Brown. Download Audio Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024
Arkansas Farmer Growing Peanuts
During the recent Sunbelt Ag Expo in Moultrie, Ga, diversified row crop David Wildy was named the 2016 Swisher Sweets/Sunbelt Expo Southeastern Farmer of the Year. Wildy farms more than 12,000 acres in Manila, Arkansas and grows cotton, corn, soybeans and wheat. But as Tyron Spearman reports, he is also a new grower of peanuts. Download Audio Sponsored ContentWhat Sets …
Georgia Cotton Commission Preparing for 10th Annual Meeting
Georgia Cotton Commission Executive Director Richey Seaton is hoping growers will mark the date down for the commission’s 10th Annual Meeting, which again will be held in conjunction with the UGA Cotton Production Workshop in Tifton. Download Audio Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024
Ag in Review for the Week Ending November 11, 2016
In this week’s recap of agricultural news from around the Southeast, the National Association of Farm Broadcasters held their annual meeting this week in Kansas City, Missouri, and one of the main topics was how will agriculture fare with a new administration taking over in January. We also talk about a first of its kind program for Veterans looking for …