This week’s Cotton Newsline is three cuts. All cuts are Dr. Jeff Barnes, Crop Systems Specialist for John Deere.
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Fifteen inch row spacing is proving beneficial for West Tennessee cotton producers according to Jeff Barnes, Crop Systems Specialist for John Deere.
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In 2004, there was nine hundred acres in West Tennessee planted in fifteen inch cotton. This year there are twelve thousand acres. Barnes says the university research is showing a yield advantage with the smaller spacing.
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Barnes says the fifteen inch row spacing is helping to get the crop in earlier with more first and second position bolls.
