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Blake Lanton @BlakeLanton
Joined July 2023
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Scott Graham@ScottGraham72
28 Oct 2025
Preparing for Cotton Jassid in 2026: aces.edu/blog/topics/crop-pr… @ACESedu @AuburnAg @Ron_Smith23

Preparing for Cotton Jassids in 2026 - Alabama Cooperative Extension System

The end of the 2025 season was a challenge. That’s when the invasive two-spot cotton leafhopper (commonly called cotton jassid) caused much more intense insect management.

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Ron Smith@Ron_Smith23
28 Aug 2025
The two spotted leafhopper (Jassid) is occurring at economic levels in some fields in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, and Alabama. This pest has the potential to be the greatest economic problem since the boll weevil. Many questions remain, only time will tell.
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Scott Graham@ScottGraham72
22 Aug 2025
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Alabama Cotton Jassid Update - Alabama Cooperative Extension System

Alabama cotton growers are facing a new challenge with the recent detection of the two-spotted cotton leafhopper, also known as the cotton jassid (Amrasca biguttula).

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I've seen a lot of sunsets in cotton fields from SW GA to Central AL. Rode by this field for a week before I stopped in to snap this shot. Might be my favorite one yet.
PhytoGen Cottonseed
@PhytoGenCotton
1 Aug 2025
Nothing more American than this.
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Registration of Dicamba for Use on Dicamba-Tolerant Crops | US EPA

EPA has registered a new dicamba formulation, Extendimax™ with VaporGrip™, specifically designed to have lower volatility, to control weeds in cotton and soybean plants that have been genetically...

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Many cotton acres across Alabama are yet to be planted due to continuous rains in May. Listen in to thoughts on how to think about moving forward. @ScottGraham72 @PrecAgEngineer @Ron_Smith23 @CadeGrace64 open.spotify.com/episode/2of…

Season 5 Episode 11 — Cotton Planting: There’s Still Time

Alabama Crops Report · Episode

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Ducks and geese in fields tell part of the story for Central AL. Some want minimal rain the next 7 to 10 days to finish cotton, peanut, and soybean planting/replanting, while the potential yield for dryland corn is very high if recent weather patterns continue. #ALCrops
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Crop Protection Network
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1 May 2025
Listen up! Ag podcasts for the tractor cab at cropprotectionnetwork.org/po… 🌱War Against Weeds 🌱A Penney for Your Thoughts 🌱I See Dead Plants 🌱Mississippi Crop Situation 🌱Alabama Crops Report 🌱Cotton Specialist's Corner @WarAgainstWeeds @lancasarah @NDSUWeeds @ISDPPodcast @PenneyPodcast @CyPathology @seanblomgren @baldpathologist @MStateCorn @ScottGraham72 @PrecAgEngineer @TysonRaper @CropdoctorsMs @MSUExtService @AAMUExtension
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Simer Virk@PrecAgEngineer
18 Mar 2025
In the next episode of Alabama Crops podcast, we discuss planter preparation & other considerations to get ready for another planting season. Katie Nichols also joined us to talk about her role with @ACESedu. @AuburnAg @ScottGraham72 @BlakeLanton #alcrops aces.edu/blog/podcast/season…

Season 5 Episode 5 — Spring Planting Prep - Alabama Cooperative Extension System

In this episode of the Alabama Crops Report Podcast, hosts Simer Virk and Scott Graham visit with Blake Lanton, an Extension agent in central Alabama about spring planting.

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Farm Press@farmpress
23 Feb 2025
50 years of pest battles! Farmers, researchers & consultants have worked together to tackle crop threats through Integrated Pest Management. Here’s what decades of experience have taught us. farmprogress.com/cotton/boot…

Boots in the field: Lessons from 50 years of IPM

From the earliest days of Extension entomology to now, consultants, farmers and researchers collaborate to overcome crop challenges.

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Simer Virk@PrecAgEngineer
21 Feb 2025
First episode of Season 5 of AL Crops Podcast is up and online. We were joined by several crop consultants from across the state to discuss the crop input, management & other strategies for the 2025 growing season!! @AuburnAg @BlakeLanton @ScottGraham72 aces.edu/blog/podcast/season…

Season 5 Episode 1 — 2025 Crop Consultant Roundtable - Alabama Cooperative Extension System

Season 5 kicks off with a roundtable discussion with crop consultants from across the state, hosted by Blake Lanton and Simer Virk.

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Simer Virk@PrecAgEngineer
12 Dec 2024
On the next episode of Alabama Crops podcast, @BlakeLanton and Christy Hicks (AL Extension Regional Extension Agents) provided an update on the row crops including challenges faced by growers this season in the Central AL!! @Auburnag @ACESedu #cropupdate aces.edu/blog/podcast/season…

Season 4 Episode 6 — 2024 Crops Recap for Central Alabama - Alabama Cooperative Extension System

As the year is coming to an end, now is a great time to look back at the events of the past growing season. On this episode of the Alabama Crops Report, hosts Simer Virk and Scott Graham welcome two...

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Simer Virk@PrecAgEngineer
4 Dec 2024
Check out the next episode of AL Crops podcast as @HGJordanJr shares info. about the OVT program at @AuburnU & the tools available for AL growers to compare performance & make variety selection decisions for their farms. @ACESedu @AlfaFarmers @AuburnAg aces.edu/blog/podcast/season…

Season 4 Episode 5 — Auburn University Variety Testing Program - Alabama Cooperative Extension...

Selecting the right crop variety is one of the most important decisions a farmer can make. The Auburn University Variety Testing Program is a great resource that helps guide farmers as they make that...

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Ron Smith@Ron_Smith23
5 Nov 2024
393,199 acres of cotton were grown in 59 of 67 Alabama counties in 2024. This amounts to the widest distribution of cotton in any state east of texas.
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Looking down the row of some irrigated Central AL PHY 411. May be the best field I've seen this year. @PhytoGenCotton
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Soybean field a few miles north of The Blackbelt Research Station. Riddled with Iron chlorosis very early in the season if I remember correctly.
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Still feeling the pain from 2023. Trying to put 2024 behind us and survive to make it to 2025. Central Alabama soybean trial in the books. Not much learned, just an old phrase reiterated. "If it don't rain, it don't matter."
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Scott Graham@ScottGraham72
4 Oct 2024
Reports of fall armyworms in pastures are still coming in across AL. Some producers do not have the equipment to spray, so not much can be done. Cooler weather next week will slow worms down, but we still have the potential for one more generation. #ALcrops @Ron_Smith23 @ACESedu
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First 2024 peanut variety trial harvested today. May 7 plant date. Central Alabama drought took a toll on them. #ALCrops
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Jesse Flye@JesseFlye
2 Oct 2024
I encourage everyone to share my story or share YOUR story! #NCC #CottonChallenge #TakeAction
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