BASF has announced a supply agreement with Monsanto for a new cotton fungicide seed treatment. The new product contains F500®, the same active ingredient found in Headline® fungicide, BASF’s top-selling Plant Health fungicide, and will be part of Monsanto’s AcceleronTM Seed Treatment combination. This new seed treatment will provide cotton growers with the opportunity to give seedlings a stronger start …
Reminder About Beltwide
T. Cotton Nelson wants the media to make sure they get registered for the upcoming Beltwide Cotton Conferences. I’ve got mine done. The newsroom for writers/broadcasters covering the 2009 Beltwide Cotton Conferences will be in Conference Rooms 13/14 (third level) in the Marriott Rivercenter Hotel. Hours are: 1-5 p.m. on Jan. 5; from 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Jan. 6-7 and from …
Write About a Future In Cotton
Do you have a future in cotton? Want to have one? Then write an essay and enter this Deltapine scholarship program. The future of the U.S. cotton industry continues to rely on new talents and fresh perspectives. To keep bright young minds involved in cotton, Monsanto is creating the Deltapine Class of 09 scholarship program. The program will award nine …
Picking Cotton at Sunbelt Ag Expo
I only got to go out in the field for the cotton picking demonstration at Sunbelt Ag Expo but it was great. The weather was beautiful and the cotton looked awesome. I’ve got a number of pictures in the photo album. One of the main machines involved was the new John Deere 7760 Self Propelled Cotton Picker. This bad boy …
Cotton Everyday
Cotton Incorporated wants consumers not just to know, but to feel the natural attributes of cotton. That’s why the company has developed a new branding campaign, “A Natural Part of Everyday Life.” The campaign will run in approximately 85 malls throughout all 50 states. “A Natural Part of Everyday Life” spotlights the new Natural(TM) trademark while showcasing images of people …
What The Bayer Season Is
At last week’s Beltwide we learned about the Bayer Season. Basically, it’s about taking care of your plants during the critical first 40 days. One of the presenters was John Smith, Bayer CropScience director of marketing. He says that the Bayer Season is a collection of products, innovation and people. They’re meant to help the cotton grower during those first …
Custom Cotton Reports For Monsanto
While last week’s Beltwide was going on Monsanto not only had Kara Willis doing student blogging but Stewart Doane was producing custom audio reports for their website. Called, “Daily Beltwide Cotton Conferences Audio Recap with Stewart Doan,” customers were able to find fresh news from the event each day. Great concept and a very good application for a company website …
Learning More ABout Cotton Precision
One of the new product development guys at John Deere in their precision area is Patrick Sikora, John Deere Ag Management Solutions Group. He was one of the guys I interviewed at last week’s Beltwide. Patrick says that cotton growers have been some of the earliest adopters of precision farming technology but that there may be some not familiar with …
Monsanto Student Cotton Blogger
Monsanto once again took their student bloggers on the road. This time to the Beltwide Cotton Conferences. The intern is Kara Willis who attends Prairie View A&M in Texas (right of Janice Person). You can find Kara’s blog on the Monsanto website. I spoke to her after she interviewed me for her blog. Kara is an ag econ major who …
Case IH Cotton Picker Success
It has been a year since Case IH introduced the Case IH Module Express™ 625, the only commercial cotton picker to build modules while harvesting. Growers who used this machine for the 2007 cotton harvest report that it was a sound investment. “The Module Express allows one man to do the work of three,” says Dan Kornegay, who grows 2,500 …