Friday, July 30, 2010

COTTON HARVEST AID TRIAL UNDERWAY


    A cotton Harvest Aid Trial was established on the Claude Otahal Farm, just southeast of Robstown at the intersection of FM 892 and FM 2826 in the southwest corner.  The Extension Service trial has eighteen different treatments that were applied on July 27.  Rainfall of 1.9 inches was received on the site July 28.  The estimated treatment costs ranged from a low of $2.19 per acre to a high of $15.45 per acre. Defoliation results from this test will be posted on our web site at http://nueces-tx.tamu.edu/pubcat.cfm?COUNTY=Nueces&CatID=2757
or you may contact the Nueces County Extension Office at 361-767-5223 for more details.