Source: FARM PROGRESS, 9/9/19


Preliminary reports indicate damage ranging from severe  to very little to North Carolina’s cotton crop from Hurricane Dorian, depending on location in the state, according to a post released Sept. 6 by North Carolina State University Extension cotton  agronomist Dr. Guy Collins. The most damage was “obviously in near-coastal counties and the Blacklands, but we will know more as time elapses,” Collins noted. In his posting, Collins offered information to help cotton farmers evaluate damage and manage the crop  in the days and weeks to come.

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