Adage is a new highly efficacious seed treatment insecticide belonging to the chemical class known as neonicotinoids being developed by Novartis Crop Protection. Adage at 200 gr. ai/100 kg. cotton seed is providing early season control of aphids, and thrips similar to the current Temik^®; 15G standard applied in-furrow at planting at 0.5 lbs. ai per acre (3.5 lbs. product). Yields from 4 cooperator trials conducted in 1998 are also similar for Adage and Temik at these rates. Adage outyielded the fungicide check by over 260 lbs. lint cotton per acre in 1997 and over 60 lbs. lint cotton per acre in 1998. At a use rate of 12.7 gr. ai per acre (based on planting 14 lbs. seed per acre) Adage has an excellent worker safety profile, while also being safe to the crop and the environment and should make an excellent new product for the cotton producer.