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Did You Know? |
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In 1933 the Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) initiated crop and marketing controls
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Fact courtesy of the USDA
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Johnny's Blog |
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Back to the Future
1-27
The art of growing cotton the way it was in the 90’s has been pretty much a discussion of history. However, all of the ideas have not been abandoned. There are 3 major areas that could become a part of our future. A key example is that the use of preemergence herbicides had all but vanished form modern cotton production until weeds began becoming resistant to Roundup. Particularly in fields that are severely infected with GR palmer pigweed, Roundup is essentially obsolete. This makes strategic use of the older herbicides that were the main technology in the 90’s more important. Secondly, Temik is not an option for 2012 (except for a small amount of old inventory) and practically all of the cotton seed will be treated. However, in the 90’s, there were some in-furrow options that while not as good on nematodes as Temik, they were good options for controlling thrips and similar to seed treatments. Specifically Thimet and Orthene treatments in furrow are options that may offer a strong option for farmers in fields with low nematode pressure such as occurs in a peanut rotation. These products perform similar to seed treatments and are quite economical. Finally, there is some local research showing successful production of conventional cotton varieties that do not have any herbicide or insecticide genes and early results are favorable. Yields from these varieties will have to compete with the best modern varieties used, management is more intensive (basically like the 90’s); however, with a big savings on seed, these varieties may have a fit on a small percentage of our cotton acreage where use of older conventional herbicides will work for weed control. Our insect pressure is low enough to manage the worms the old way.
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