Cotton Specialists Corner

Drs. Mike Jones of Clemson University and Ken Lege of Texas A&M join host Steve Brown of Auburn to discuss methods of variety testing and evaluation as well as the process of variety development at the corporate level. We talk about small plot OVTs versus large scale on-farm trials and the relative strengths of each. Variety selection is extremely important -- study the data!

Plant Pathologists Kathy Lawrence of Auburn University, Heather Kelly of the University of Tennessee and Terry Wheeler of Texas A&M join host Steve Brown, Extension Cotton Agronomist at Auburn, to discuss nematode management in major regions across the U.S. Topics include nematode species prevalent in respective ares of the Belt, presence by soil type, levels of annual yield loss as well as co...

Texas A&M, Texas AgriLife  Extension Agronomists Ben McKnight, Josh McGinty, Reagan Noland, Jourdan Bell and Ken Lege join host Steve Brown of Auburn University to talk about the 2023 Texas crop and  prospects for 2024. The discussion provides insight on the diversity of the state's production areas and their related challenges, past and present.

Camp Hand (Agronomist) and Phillip Roberts (Entomologist) of the University of Georgia and Scott Graham (Entomologist) of Auburn University join host Steve Brown, Extension Cotton Agronomist, to discuss the complicated issue of deer damage in cotton. Deer provide a significant threat to the crop in much of the eastern Cotton Belt. These scientists  talk about various measures that deliver some hel...

Fred Bourland, University of Arkansas, longtime Cotton Breeder, and Steve Hague, former Cotton Breeder at Texas A&M and Bayer, join host Steve Brown, Auburn University, to give a broad perspective on the process and history of breeding. Both have years of experience in the public sector in university breeding programs and Hague also shares from his years with Bayer during the early transition...

Entomologists Ben Thrash, University of Arkansas, Scott Graham, Auburn University, and Phillip Roberts, University of Georgia, along with Agronomists Tyson Raper, University of Tennessee, and Camp Hand, University of Georgia, join host Steve Brown, Auburn University, to discuss overall results with the ThryvOn technology in the 2023 season. Subject matter includes a review of thrips and tarnished...

Cotton Entomologists Ron Smith and Scott Graham join host Steve Brown to discuss some of the  most critical events and challenges of managing cotton insects over the past 50 years or so.  Ron is Professor Emeritus and Scott is an Assistant Professor; both serve the Alabama Cooperative Extension System at Auburn University.

Ag Economists O.A. Cleveland, John Robinson and Don Shurley share their thoughts about the HOW-to's of marketing cotton. Cleveland and Shurley are Professors Emeritus of their respective institutions, Mississippi State University and the University of Georgia, and Robinson is Professor and Extension Specialist for cotton marketing in the Ag Economics Department at Texas A&M. They join hos...

Extension Cotton Specialists and Agronomists from across the U.S. Cotton Belt talk about their 2023 crop and provide tips and recommendations for harvest aid applications and other preparations for cotton harvest. Speakers include Keith Edmisten, NC State, Brian Pieralisi, Mississippi State, Tyson Raper, University of Tennessee,  Jourdan Bell, Texas A&M, and host Steve Brown, Auburn University...

Eminent Weed Scientists Stanley Culpepper, University of Georgia, and Larry Steckel, University of Tennessee, join host Steve Brown, Auburn University, in discussing herbicide resistance in cotton. These scientists have had a front row seat in dealing with herbicide resistance in the field, in professional Weed Science circles and before regulatory bodies.

Entomologists Scott Graham, Auburn University, and Ben Thrash, University of Arkansas, along with Agronomists Tyson Raper, University of Tennessee, and host Steve Brown discuss the challenges and opportunities of the ThryvOn technology for plant bug management.  Plant bug pressure has been significant across most of the South and in some areas, numbers are higher than we have ever seen. 2023 is th...

Agronomists Keith Edmisten, NC State, Camp Hand, UGA, Brian Pieralisi, and Randy Norton, Univ of Arizona, join host Steve Brown, Auburn Univ, to talk about the use of PGRs (mepiquat, etc.) in cotton. It is interesting to hear the different approaches to growth management and similarities of thought about PGR use.

Extension scientists Brian Pieralis (Mississippi State) , Brian Arnall (Oklahoma State), Hunter Frame (Virginia Tech) and host Steve Brown (Auburn) discuss new "microbial" products that offer potential to enhance nutrient uptake and efficiency and possibly stress tolerance in cotton and other crops.  This realm of study and development represents new possibilities for agriculture.

This discussion represents final comments as we approach the 2023 planting season. Speakers include Keith Edmisten (NC State), Tyson Raper (University of Tennessee), Jourdan Bell and Reagan Noland in West Texas (Texas A&M) and host Steve Brown (Auburn University).

Extension Cotton Specialists Guy Collins, NC State University , and Camp Hand, University of Georgia, join Steve Brown, Auburn University, in a discussion about  seed quality issues and recent Beltwide  studies focusing on the issue. They talk about warm and cool germ data and other possible predictors of seed quality and stand establishment. They strongly encourage grower awareness about warm/coo...

This discussion includes comments from Extension Entomologists Ben Thrash (University of Arkansas) and Scott Graham (Auburn University) and Extension Cotton Specialist Tyson Raper (University of Tennessee). The session is hosted by Steve Brown (Auburn).

This discussion of the process of cotton variety selection includes comments from Brian Pieralisi from Mississippi State and Matt Foster from LSU, hosted by Steve Brown,  Auburn University.

This episode includes a discussion of Cotton Specialist from the Eastern U.S. about Variety Selection. Hunter Frame (Virginia Tech), Keith Edmisten (NC State), Camp Hand (UGA), Tyler Sandlin (Auburn, hosted by Steve Brown (Auburn).

Randy Norton (Arizona) and Ben McKnight (Texas A&M) share thoughts about variety selection. Hosted by Steve Brown (Auburn).

Guy Collins, Tyson Raper, and Bradley Wilson discuss current crop conditions and how to address and manage PGR applications in fields containing cotton of varying growth stages.

Brian Pieralisi, Tyson Raper, Bill Robertson, and Bradley Wilson discuss the management of cotton in a cover crop system, how fertility, irrigation, and other inputs are impacted, considerations for adopting cover crops.

Brian Pieralisi, Tyson Raper, Bill Robertson, and Bradley Wilson provide an overview of cover crops and their management, and considerations for cotton planting in a cover crop system in the midsouth.

Steve Brown, Keith Edmisten, Hunter Frame, and Camp Hand discuss in-season management of cotton in a cover crop system and benefits and limitations that accompany or impact the use of cover crops in the southeast.

Steve Brown, Keith Edmisten, Hunter Frame, and Camp Hand discuss the management of cover crops in the southeast and considerations for planting cotton in a system using cover crops.

Camp Hand, Ben McKnight, Brian Pieralisi, and Tyson Raper review 2021 and discuss considerations for 2022.