Alabama Insect Blog

Early candle stage square with signs of plant bug feeding .  Over the past week, we have received reports of plant bugs in older cotton fiel...

Overall, the cotton insect situation has been quiet this year., which is not unexpected considering how planting season went. Acres will be ...

There has been little action as far as insect across the state in the last couple weeks. The biggest issue has been excessive rainfall – eit...

We have gotten a lot of calls over the past couple of days on grasshoppers across central and south Alabama. It can be tricky to tell how ma...

Cotton planting has started across the state at some level. Depending on location, moisture (too much or too little) has been a limiting fac...

Getting into the cotton business is an expensive endeavor and staying in it can be even more difficult. From highly specialized equipment ne...

Dr. Ron Smith, Auburn University. This article was originally posted in Cotton Farming Magazine ( June 2022 ). Fifty Years Of Evolution In...