That's why Clemson University Extension Service has scheduled two cotton scouting schools one on June 5 in Orangeburg and one on June 6 at Florence, according to Mitch Roof, Extension entomologist.
Someone has to take a look at the cotton crop to see just what pests are in the field.
Roof said a high percentage of the cotton crop will be in Bt varieties, plants that have genes inserted to produce the Bacillus thuringiensis toxin. These varieties do a good job controlling European corn borers and cabbage loopers, but they are weak on soybean loopers and armyworms. The June 5 school will be held at Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College, Building C, room 118. The June 6 session will be at the Pee Dee Research and Education Center. Programs will begin at 9 a.m. and conclude around 4 p.m. Attendance is not limited to cotton scouts.