Lubbock, Texas
January 2, 2008
The 2005 Cotton Resource CD
provided many things Texas producers needed to know about cotton
production. The new 2007 Cotton Resource DVD goes even further,
serving as a veritable encyclopedia of Texas cotton information,
according to a Texas
AgriLife Extension Service specialist. "At this stage of the
game, it’s as close to one-stop shopping for cotton information
as we can get," said Dr. Randy Boman, AgriLife Extension
agronomist based at Lubbock. "Many of the common challenges
producers encounter are addressed by publications on this DVD."
"Information on the DVD is indexed according to key topic
areas," said Dr. Robert Lemon, AgriLife Extension agronomist
based at College Station. "The publications address general
production problems; irrigation management; soil fertility;
insects, weeds, nematodes and diseases; harvest concerns, fiber
quality and ginning; and production economics. We also included
a list of Internet information resources."
The photo gallery illustrates insects, weeds, grasses, diseases
and symptoms of herbicide injury. Bark contamination,
irrigation, and insect scouting are covered in short videos,
Lemon said.
The DVDs are made possible by a grant from the Texas State
Support Committee of Cotton Inc. This funding allowed AgriLife
Extension and Texas AgriLife Research to produce and target this
resource for AgriLife Extension agents, producers and industry
personnel.
Those who want a copy of the free 2007 Cotton Resource DVD can
contact Lemon at 979-845-0870 or Boman at 806-746-6101. The
contents of the DVD can also be found on the Internet at:
http://lubbock.tamu.edu/cottondvd .
“The DVD will soon be available at
cotton gins, because we know they typically have a lot of
traffic in and out,” Boman said. “This resource will help answer
some of the questions gins receive. We’ve also made it available
to agribusiness representatives and crop consultants, as a key
training tool for the cotton industry.”
The Texas AgriLife Extension Service is the new name of Texas
Cooperative Extension, which provides Texans in all 254 counties
with non-biased, research-based education programs and services
in agriculture and natural resources, 4-H and youth development,
family and consumer sciences, and community economic
development. Texas AgriLife Research is the new name for the
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, which annually conducts
more than $150 million in agriculture and life-sciences
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