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Cotton's northward expansion in the Plains comes with a learning curve
Author(s) -
Boyd Vicky
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
crops and soils
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2325-3606
pISSN - 0162-5098
DOI - 10.2134/cs2019.52.0301
Subject(s) - learning curve , production (economics) , reading (process) , extension (predicate logic) , crop , agricultural economics , geography , political science , computer science , economics , management , forestry , law , macroeconomics , programming language
Cotton acres continue to increase and are being grown in northerly regions of the Plains that only a decade ago were considered unsuitable. With that management comes a learning curve. Because cotton production is still relatively new in parts of the Texas High Plains, Oklahoma, and Kansas, extension specialists say successful production practices in other regions may not necessarily be applicable. Earn 0.5 CEUs in Crop Management by reading this article and taking the quiz at www.certifiedcropadviser.org/education/classroom/classes/686 .