Cotton Specialists Corner

About Cotton Specialists Corner

Extension Cotton Specialists and others from across the U.S. weigh in on a variety of topics that impact cotton producers, consultants, and the industry as a whole.

Publisher

Extension Cotton Specialists

Category

science

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

27 Apr 2021

Latest episode

25 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

69 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   25 Sept 2026

   Southeast Cotton Crop Update And Harvest Aid Choices

   Cotton doesn’t fail the same way everywhere at once, and this year proves it. We’re coming to you from across the Southeast with a boots-on-the-ground cotton crop update that swings from dryland fields that never caught a rain to places that took one timely shower and turned into a three-bale story. Along the way, we talk acreage shifts, harvest starting points, and what we’re hearing from gins and growers as cotton moves from “hanging on” to “ready from a mile away.” Then we get practical a...

2. 

   21 Sept 2026

   Crop Outlook And Defoliation Playbook From Louisiana To Tennessee

   Harvest season doesn’t wait for perfect cotton, and a hot, dry finish can turn “normal” defoliation into a real test. We sit down with Mid-South cotton specialists Dr. Shelly Kerns (LSU), Dr. Brian Pieralisi (Mississippi State), and Dr. Tyson Raper (University of Tennessee) to compare what they’re seeing across Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee as pickers crank up and defoliation calls flood in. Acreage is nudging upward in several areas, early-planted cotton is showing strong potential, ...

3. 

   15 Sept 2026

   Drought, Water, And Heat Across The Southwest Cotton Belt

   The cotton crop across the Southwest is not just “variable” this year, it’s split-screen. We talk with a panel of Extension cotton specialists from Arizona, Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas to compare what’s holding on, what’s falling apart, and why water capacity is still the number one story even when the heat is doing the loudest damage. From Arizona’s mostly irrigated acres and surprising insect pressure to West Texas estimates of massive dryland abandonment, the regional update is blunt, spec...

Who has been a guest on Cotton Specialists Corner

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Randy Norton
• Ken Lege
• Jenny Dudak
• Logan Simon
• Benjamin McKnight

Reach and audience

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

15 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 45 / 100

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Quality

60

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

77

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