When Is a Boll Relatively Safe from Insect Damage 5 Harvest Aid Formulation Changes New Generic Products 6 Calendar 6 Cotton Situation.
Prospects are highly varied across the state.
Much of the irrigated crop is at least two weeks early. Some irrigated fields are spectacular, others are mediocre, and there are hundreds of dryland fields that are disastrous. Defoliation has begun. Heat continues to shorten the crop here and in other areas of the South. Severe leaf reddening and even leaf drop have developed rapidly over wide areas, and in many fields.