Talkin' Cotton Podcast
Welcome to the UGA Cotton Team's Talkin' Cotton Podcast. This is a podcast for cotton growers, county agents, industry partners and anyone else interested in learning about science-backed cotton production and pest management. Our goal is to educate you with the most up-to-date data and information all season long. Talkin' Cotton will feature guests, such as, extension specialists, research faculty, graduate students, extension agents, industry allies and many others! Let's get into the why's of puttin' on, throwin' off and cuttin' out.
Podcasting since 2024 • 53 episodes
Talkin' Cotton Podcast
Latest Episodes
Jealous Of Jassids And Afraid Of Nematodes - Bob Kemerait's 2026 Update
One wrong assumption in a cotton field can get expensive fast. We sit down with UGA’s Dr. Bob Kemerait to talk through the 2026 decisions that are easy to “cut out” on a spreadsheet but hard to recover once the planter runs, especially nematode...
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Season 3
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Episode 7
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48:28
Practical Rules For Pesticides, ESA Labels, And Cover Crop Payoffs
Cotton growers are juggling new label realities, tight margins, and the pressure to do right by their land and communities. We tackle all three with a practical roadmap: how to meet ESA requirements without guesswork, how to build records that ...
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Season 3
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Episode 6
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41:08
Science Over Noise: Saving Tools, Fields, And Future Cotton
The weeds aren’t waiting—and neither are the courtrooms. We sat down with Dr. Stanley Culpepper to unpack why the biggest threats to your herbicide toolbox aren’t just resistance anymore, but activist lawsuits, policy shifts, and social narrati...
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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34:16
Irrigation, Planting, And Precision Ag Wins For 2026 Cotton
Stop watering cotton that’s ready to pick. We dive straight into the decisions that protect margins in 2026: getting pivots uniform, setting planters for true depth, dialing fertility with grid sampling, and timing irrigation to the crop’s chan...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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43:55
From Trials To Fields: Smarter Variety Selection For 2026
Prices are stubborn, inputs aren’t getting cheaper, and acres have shifted—but we still need cotton in Georgia. We take you inside the decisions that matter most for 2026: choosing stable, above‑average varieties with multi‑year proof, pairing ...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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