Talkin' Cotton Podcast

Cotton is progressing on schedule with 79% squaring and 32% setting bolls, and the UGA team sees strong potential for the 2025 crop despite some management challenges. • Stink bug management critical now as cotton sets bolls, with scouts checking for internal damage • While checking for stink bugs, scout for plant bugs using a drop cloth to ensure they are controlled if necessary • Spider mites ap...

Mr. Taylor Sills, Executive Director of the Georgia Cotton Commission, joins Drs. Camp Hand and Phillip Roberts to discuss the 2025 Georgia Cotton Commission Mid-Year Meeting. Registration and agenda can be found at https://georgiacottoncommission.org/. 

Drs. Phillip Roberts, Wes Porter, Bob Kemerait, and Camp Hand discuss the current status of the Georgia crop and some thoughts surrounding insect management, management of foliar diseases, and irrigation. 

Drs. Phillip Roberts, Wes Porter, Henry Sintim, and Camp Hand discuss considerations surrounding the current status of Georgia's cotton crop, from newly planted cotton to cotton entering peak bloom. 

Drs. Phillip Roberts, Bob Kemerait, and Camp Hand discuss some considerations as we wind up planting and thoughts about cotton that is beginning to square throughout Georgia. 

Drs. Wes Porter and Phillip Roberts and Sarah Hobby discuss planting progress and dialing in planters for current conditions as well as early season insect pest management.

Drs. Camp Hand, Henry Sintim, Wes Porter, Bob Kemerait, and Phillip Roberts join Sarah Hobby in the podcast studio on the UGA Tifton Campus to discuss planting conditions and at-plant decisions to be made.  Topics include planter setup and seeding rates, fertility including starter fertilizers, poultry litter and side-dress timings as well as the importance of Potassium.  Nematodes and disease man...

Drs. Wes Porter, Phillip Roberts, Bob Kemerait and Camp Hand discuss early season considerations with respect to planter and irrigation setup, thrips management, nematode and seedling disease considerations, and other topics pertinent to the early part of the 2025 growing season. 

Dr. Culpepper discusses new products for 2025, ESA requirements for newly labeled herbicides, utilizing integrated weed management tactics, and the dicamba situation (prior to Christmas). 

Dr. Porter discusses considerations for irrigation scheduling and trying to make the most of inputs in 2025.

Dr. Taylor Singleton discusses updates on sustainability and pesticide stewardship for the 2025 growing season. 

Dr. Bob Kemerait discusses updates for 2025 surrounding nematode and disease management.

Dr. Phillip Roberts discusses updates for 2025, largely revolving around tarnished and clouded plant bugs and their management moving forward in Georgia. 

Dr. Camp Hand discusses updates for 2025 including variety selection, CLRDV-induced bronze wilt, PGR management of modern cotton varieties, seeding rates, and deer research in cotton. 

Dr. Camp Hand introduces a series of episodes provided by the UGA Cotton Team, which will be updates going into 2025. These episodes will be released as county production meetings are ongoing, but they are not intended to replace production meetings. We look forward to seeing everyone in the counties from now until the first part of March!

Drs. Camp Hand and Phillip Roberts are joined by Taylor Sills, executive director of the Georgia Cotton Commission, to discuss the Georgia Cotton Commission Annual Meeting and UGA Cotton Production Workshops which will take place on Wednesday, January 29.  GCC Annual Meeting Agenda: https://georgiacottoncommission.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/2025-GA-Cotton-Conference-Agenda.pdf GCC Annual Meeti...

Drs. Camp Hand and Scott Monfort (Peanut Agronomist) discuss upcoming county production meetings as well as other production workshops in Tifton. Meeting dates can be obtained from your county agent, and cotton meeting dates will be posted at ugacotton.com. 

Dr. Camp Hand is joined by Taylor Sills, Executive Director of the Georgia Cotton Commission, and Tas Smith, Vice President of Producer Affairs with the National Cotton Council, to discuss newly approved economic and disaster assistance at the federal level that will directly impact cotton growers in Georgia. 

Drs. Wes Porter, Phillip Roberts, Bob Kemerait, and Camp Hand discuss the status of the crop, defoliation issues, module handling, some brief plot results, and thoughts headed into the offseason. 

Dr. Camp Hand is joined by Wade Parker (East Georgia Agronomy Agent), Taylor Sills (Executive Director of the Georgia Cotton Commission), and Dr. Wes Porter to continue discussing the impacts of Hurricane Helene on Georgia's cotton crop and industry as a whole, considerations for defoliation and harvest, along with yield and quality updates. 

This episode of Talkin' Cotton was a joint podcast with the UGA Peanut Team and All About the Pod to discuss the damage seen from Hurricane Helene, and what we are doing to try and help growers in Georgia respond. Stay tuned to each podcast and stay in touch with your County Extension Agent for crop management tips as we move forward in the season. 

Mrs. Amanda Smith, Mr. Josh Lee, and Drs. Taylor Singleton, Phillip Roberts, and Camp Hand discuss the latest outlook from USDA, updates on the potential of a Farm Bill, the Herbicide Strategy to mitigate impacts to endangered species, cover crop planning, finishing the 2024 crop, and celebrating success in the deer woods. 

Drs. Bob Kemerait, Wes Porter, Phillip Roberts, and Camp Hand discuss the current status of the crop, disease and nematode considerations at the close of 2024 and as we approach 2025, irrigation termination, preparing for harvest, the insect situation, and getting ready for defoliation. 

Drs. Wes Porter, Phillip Roberts, Camp Hand and Mr. Wade Parker discuss the status of the crop in response to Hurricane/Tropical Storm Debbie, when to terminate irrigation, late season plant bug pressure, and the general status of the crop in late August. 

Drs. Bob Kemerait, Phillip Roberts, Camp Hand and Tift County grower Chris Goodman (and son Palmer) discuss considerations following Hurricane Debby, insect pest management, and disease management.