Cotton Grower Editor Jim Steadman got a first-hand look at John Deere’s new See & Spray Ultimate technology.

Dr. Ed Barnes of Cotton Incorporated is at it again. A recent article posted on GrowingGeorgia.com describes the preliminary work that Barnes – Cotton Inc.’s senior director of Agricultural and Environmental Research – is conducting to test the viability of...

From left: Satellite imagery one week before application, as applied rate, and satellite imagery one month after application of plant growth regulator in cotton fields in Mato Grosso, Midwest Brazil. A cotton crop presents some important...

Much like baseball, farming has always been illuminated by data. Take, for example, Babe Ruth. Would we have realized how special he was if we hadn’t kept meticulous records of the countless hitters who chased his records for decades,...

There’s no denying it. When it comes to trending topics in cotton production, precision agriculture is at the top of the list, reports Beck Barnes on CottonGrower.com. Cotton Incorporated recently conducted a comprehensive nationwide study to back up that claim,...

There’s an increasing buzz in the air as the number of potential commercial uses for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) – commonly known as drones – continues to grow. Agriculture has long been considered one of the top markets for UAV...

Cotton growers choosing FiberMax and Stoneville cotton varieties will be able to employ two new apps to help in the decision making process. For the 2012 planting season, Bayer CropScience is introducing its Variety Selector Tool and Seed Planner,...

When the cotton market took a turn for the worse a few years ago, a lot of the momentum that had been achieved for precision technology use among growers was lost. But with the world cotton price going up...

New cotton technologies are hitting the market. Shifts in pest complex scenarios continue to cause producers and their consultants to re-evaluate their production and crop protection decisions. To help the market cope with the changing market, Cotton Incorporated is once...

Cotton growers in the MidSouth and Southeast have used GreenSeeker sensors to make variable-rate PGR applications. GreenSeeker sensors measure reflected light at wavelengths that correspond to crop vigor. An on-board computer calculates the PGR requirement based on the sensor...

For the past three seasons, the Fiveash family farm has been taking its use of RTK to the max, using it on as many field operations as they could imagine. Based in Donalsonville, GA, the Fiveash farm grows peanuts,...

How is the adoption of precision agriculture evolving in the Cotton Belt? Precision Agriculture's impact in cotton production has increased dramatically over the past few years. In fact, from 2001 to 2005, the number of cotton producers practicing...

Dr. Ed Barnes, director of agricultural research at Cotton Incorporated, says that the big precision agriculture research focus for the organization in 2008 will be on-the-go sensor technology. The equipment, first built by Greenseeker and now also manufactured by...

When cotton seed cost $350 per ton, the rule was to plant heavy and thin the stand later on if you needed to. But when seed hit $500 per bag, you sort of had to find a new rule...

On-the-go sensor equipment, first built by Greenseeker and now also manufactured by CropCircle, is attached to field equipment or carried as a hand-held unit and provides information about the relative vigor of a plant. Unlike aerial imagery, it provides...