May 2026
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From Dr. Jody Campiche, National Cotton Council: Over the past 8 weeks, cotton prices have risen sharply, reaching the mid-80s in the first week of May, the highest level in two years. The rally reflects a shift in market sentiment along with global supply concerns. The upward movement was largely driven by a reversal in…
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Many of you have begun treating your fields with early-postemergence (“cracking”) applications of Gramoxone (paraquat). Here are a few tips for success. Here is the Gramoxone label for those that might be interested: https://s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/agrian-cg-fs1-production/pdfs/Gramoxone_SL_3.0_Label1de.pdf
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Seven Hills Auctions will be having a State of the Farm Conference here at the Extension Office on June 17th. I have the flyer with the speaker lineup, agenda, and the registration link below. Several of our local friends are on the agenda to speak, so I hope you can make it. Please use the…
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I have received a few inquiries about Valor applications with the rain we just had. Here are some reminders about Valor after a rain. If they get dinged, they will look ugly for a few days, but they’ll come out of it.
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Grasshopper problems are sporadic and almost always associated with reduced tillage fields. I’ve seen a few hopping around in some fields I’ve been in. Grasshoppers overwinter in egg cases, which were deposited in the soil last fall. Increased overwintering survival and spring emergence are associated with dry conditions. Grasshoppers also appear to be more problematic…
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