Howdy yall, The upper gulf coast cooled down a bit this week, and some locations received some rain from our spotty storms. Most of our cotton is between 2-6 nodes above white flower (NAWF), but we did see a cracked boll this week. Some of the irrigated cotton around is holding out, but most reached cutout this week. Cutout occurs when carbohydrate supply equals demand, and vegetative growth ceases. When the plant reaches cutout, no more harvestable fruit is set. This is normally at 4 to 5 NAWF…. Read More →

Howdy yall, This week has been hot and dry. Most of our cotton is between 2-8 nodes above white flower (NAWF). I have several fields at or past cutout, and others that will be in the next two weeks. Our irrigated cotton holding on and isn’t quite to cut out where I have looked, it’s wrapping up more slowly than the dryland. Cutout occurs when carbohydrate supply equals demand, and vegetative growth ceases. When the plant reaches cutout, no more harvestable fruit is set. This is normally at… Read More →

Howdy, We have both the Wharton County Turn Row Meeting and the Matagorda County Crop Tour going on this Thursday. Wharton county’s meeting starts at 9:00 at the soybean variety trial, and the Matagorda county meeting will be at 2:30 at the El Maton National Hall. We look forward to seeing you there!