Technology reducing cotton insecticide use
Story Date: 5/13/2010

 

Source:  Paul L. Hollis, SOUTHEAST FARM PRESS, 5/12/10

It’s a new day in cotton insect control, as each advancement in technology brings with it fewer required sprays for growers. A Georgia survey shows that insecticide applications went from an average of 15.8 per acre in 1986 to an average of three per acre in 2008.

For more of this story, click here.

 



 
























   Copyright © 2007 North Carolina Agribusiness Council, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
   All use of this Website is subject to our
Terms of Use Agreement and our Privacy Policy.