Stay In Front Of The Eight Ball
A Heads-Up On Transition From
Bollgard To Bollgard II
Carroll Smith
Senior
Life After Bollgard
Tommy Dollar of Bainbridge, Ga., knows cotton. He is a producer, president of two gins and the owner of a seed and chemical retail business. Dollar, like the majority of cotton producers in Georgia, is a big DP 555 BG/RR fan and certainly is not shy when it comes to heaping accolades on the variety.
"DP 555 BG/RR has been an extremely valuable tool for southwest Georgia," he says. "Before I began planting this variety, I had never averaged over two bales an acre. With 555, we consistently averaged 2 1/2 to 3 bales, not over the whole farm, but on quite a few fields."
To be honest, Dollar is not anxious to see 555 retired but understands that removing the single gene insect technology will reduce the risk of insect resistance showing up in dual Bt varieties. As a part of the transition process from Bollgard to Bollgard II, the Georgia producer participated in the New Plot Exposure (NPE) pre-commercial plots in 2008 by planting several different Bollgard II varieties on his farm.
source : cottonfarming
A Heads-Up On Transition From
Bollgard To Bollgard II
Carroll Smith
Senior
Life After Bollgard
Tommy Dollar of Bainbridge, Ga., knows cotton. He is a producer, president of two gins and the owner of a seed and chemical retail business. Dollar, like the majority of cotton producers in Georgia, is a big DP 555 BG/RR fan and certainly is not shy when it comes to heaping accolades on the variety.
"DP 555 BG/RR has been an extremely valuable tool for southwest Georgia," he says. "Before I began planting this variety, I had never averaged over two bales an acre. With 555, we consistently averaged 2 1/2 to 3 bales, not over the whole farm, but on quite a few fields."
To be honest, Dollar is not anxious to see 555 retired but understands that removing the single gene insect technology will reduce the risk of insect resistance showing up in dual Bt varieties. As a part of the transition process from Bollgard to Bollgard II, the Georgia producer participated in the New Plot Exposure (NPE) pre-commercial plots in 2008 by planting several different Bollgard II varieties on his farm.
source : cottonfarming
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