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Virginia Cotton: Common Issues from Wet Weather
June weather continues to be almost opposite of May although we are expecting the frequency of rainfall to slow down by the weekend. There is a characteristic that most all […]
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Virginia Cotton: Crop Looks Good, Some Fertility Issues
There are two strongly different situations in our cotton crop. An oversimplification is that we have some pretty cotton, and well, we have the other cotton that is not beautiful…yet. […]
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Virginia Cotton: Crop Shaping Up Nicely So Far
It has been a good year to hit the easy button for cotton, at least easy compared to the last several years. Cotton looks healthy with mostly dry conditions but […]
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Virginia Cotton: Crop Moving into Sensitive Stage
A little bit of rain. Another chance of rain in a couple of days, and then next week 40 or 50 percent chance for many afternoons. It’s the type of […]
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Virginia Cotton: Rain Sets Up Aug. for More Bolls, Top Crop
Getting some nice rain when cotton has been blooming for three weeks creates the opportunity for the ‘good thing’ to happen. For all but the late crop, we are almost […]
View ArticleVirginia Cotton: Moth Numbers, Crop Maturity, Bugs All Advancing
Cotton had low plant bug pressure early, and a slow buildup until recently occurring in the areas that have kept getting a little rain all along. Stinkbugs have been present […]
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Virginia Cotton: Insect Decisions – Some Easy, Others Not So Much
July is going to finish out with nice spraying conditions with hot days and almost comfortable nights. That nice rain we got last Tuesday did it’s job by keeping our […]
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Virginia Cotton: Do I Need to Respray After Rain?
Good prospects for rainfall for the next several days will have a pretty big impact to set up our expectations for August cotton management. If we can get a decent […]
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Virginia Cotton: Some Crops Getting Safe, Some Need Protection
After seeing some scouting reports along with personal observations over the last several days I would characterize our overall crop situation as advanced, and scattered insect pressure. Moth traps are...
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Virginia Cotton: Moving Into The Pre-Defoliation Slot
The corn pickers are beginning to move, and the overall landscape of agriculture is beginning to change as we begin to enter those late August days of the growing season. […]
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Virginia Cotton: Do ‘Cutout’ and ‘Insect Safe’ Mean the Same Thing?
I believe the most important distinction we need to make for cotton currently is in determining when the crop has cut out. Sometimes we talk about cutout being after cotton […]
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Virginia Cotton: Defoliation Season Should Begin Early
Our advanced 2019 cotton crop has begun to show off in August this year with a good amount of boll opening all over the region and particularly in the first […]
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Virginia Cotton: The ‘Art’ of Defoliation, Plus a Few Rules
Prior to harvest, cotton must be defoliated to improve picker performance, cotton quality, module storage, and yield. The timing of this strategy is as much of an art as it […]
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Virginia Cotton: Uncertain Weather a Concern for Early Fields
This is a unique cotton season in that it is the earliest good crop we have ever had. The magic number for cotton heat units is 2100 DD-60’s and we […]
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Virginia Cotton: Weather Looking Better for Defoliation
The weather this week seems like a gift compared to what the forecast said last week. Hey, nobody is complaining even though peanuts that have missed all of the hurricane […]
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Virginia Cotton: Forecast Looks Good for Defoliation
There is a lot of agreement in the computer weather forecasts that the next 2 weeks will be characterized by warm to hot weather, a lot of sunshine, and almost […]
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Virginia Cotton: Unprecedented Hot Weather for Defoliation
As October approaches, we are now moving to the more normal period for defoliation and by the end of next week, we will perhaps start to see some fall temperatures […]
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Virginia Cotton: Harvest Advancing Fast
Cotton harvest is in full throttle now and we are about 20% harvested. Often at peak picking time, we can get almost 25% per week with no stopping, although with […]
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Virginia Cotton: Micronaire Primary Source of Quality Concern
Harvest approaches two thirds complete. Ginning is about 2 and a half weeks behind the call-in dates. Our gins are operating at record pace which is helping us keep our […]
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Virginia Cotton: Expect a Slower Planting Season, Emergence
Planting season is upon us, although it will not be the type of season we have become used to for the last several. Plus we have been here often. Early Tuesday […]
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