Perfecting The Art Of Harvest
Amanda Huber
Southeast
While production agriculture is firmly rooted in science, various practices within a production system can often be thought of as an art. The timing of cotton harvest is one of those things that may fall under this realm. That does not mean, however, that aspects of the harvest process cannot be improved upon; it really is a matter of attention to details.
Don Register, a Waterloo, Ga., producer, says he thinks farmers often wait too long to defoliate.
"It's been proven that if we'll go ahead when those bolls show maturity, which you can take your pocket knife and tell, that's the time to defoliate," he says. "We have a tendency to try to make every little bit, and you will lose some when you do that."
Producers can use several different methods for determining maturity or a combination of methods.
source : cottonfarming
Amanda Huber
Southeast
While production agriculture is firmly rooted in science, various practices within a production system can often be thought of as an art. The timing of cotton harvest is one of those things that may fall under this realm. That does not mean, however, that aspects of the harvest process cannot be improved upon; it really is a matter of attention to details.
Don Register, a Waterloo, Ga., producer, says he thinks farmers often wait too long to defoliate.
"It's been proven that if we'll go ahead when those bolls show maturity, which you can take your pocket knife and tell, that's the time to defoliate," he says. "We have a tendency to try to make every little bit, and you will lose some when you do that."
Producers can use several different methods for determining maturity or a combination of methods.
source : cottonfarming
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