Source: John Hart, FARM PROGRESS, 1/27/20


The North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services launched a pilot program, and leaders in the cotton industry hope it will help farmers better evaluate both the warm germination and the cold germination of the cotton seed they plant in 2020. Details of the new program were highlighted during a session at the annual meeting of Southern Cotton Growers and Southeastern Cotton Ginners Association  in Savannah Jan. 16. At the meeting, NCDACS Assistant Commissioner Sandy Stewart and North Carolina State University Extension Cotton Agronomist Guy Collins said the program is voluntary...

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