With tariff trade tensions escalating, the ag sector is bracing for potential ripple effects. We are wondering what the producer sentiment is for the textile and cotton industry.
Fourth-generation farmer and owner of Red Land Cotton Mark Yeager spoke with RFD-TV’s Suzanne Alexander about the hurdles facing producers, possible assistance, and current conditions in his region.
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“That supply-demand scenario is really what’s holding things strong.”
His department will be using a synthetic bait called “Swormlure Five,” which is engineered to smell like an open wound, attracting Screwworm flies to the bait
“We see the opportunity of streamlining the program.”
NCGA estimates that without pesticide use, crop yields could decline by at least 70%.