Source: John Hart, FARM PROGRESS, 4/14/20


With cotton planting right around the corner, now is time for North Carolina cotton farmers to check their seed quality and take full advantage of the new pilot program for cotton seed quality being managed by the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. The new program was launched this year due to problems with low cool germination rates in some lots of cotton seed over the past few years. Guy Collins, North Carolina State University Extension agronomist, says the new pilot  program is all about transparency and third-party testing to ensure North Carolina cotton farmers are planting high-quality seed and know what they are purchasing.

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