Cotton Field Day Slated for Late June
Auburn, June 4, 2002--- Alabama cotton producers will have the opportunity to hear the latest in 
cotton research at the Alabama Cotton Field Day Celebration, slated for 5 p.m. June 25 at the Prattville 
Experiment Field.
	Dale Monks, a cotton specialist with the Alabama Cooperative Extension System (ACES), says 
growers will have the opportunity to hear from Extension's cotton team about the best growing strategies 
and tour cotton research plots.
	"The cotton team will give an overview of the crop's status, including weed, disease and insect 
problems," says Monks.  "In addition, growers will be able to examine the various research plots and learn 
more about new cotton varieties as well as ways to battle weeds and seedling disease."
	The Expo, which is being sponsored by the Alabama Cotton Commission and ACES, is being 
held in conjunction with the Conservation Tillage for Sustainable Agriculture
Conference.  
	"We expect a number of cotton producers to attend the Sustainable Agriculture Conference," 
says Monks.  "We think by hosting a field day specific to cotton as part of the conference will allow 
farmers to learn as much new information as possible without asking them to take more time away from 
their fields and farms."
	For more information about the Cotton Field Day and the Sustainable Agriculture Conference, 
contact your county Extension agent.
	

Alabama Cotton Field Day Celebration
Schedule of Events

5:00 p.m.     Welcome 
	       ACES Cotton Team: Dale Monks, Extension Plant Physiologist
                     Mike Patterson, Extension Weed Scientist
                     Ron Smith, Extension Entomologist				           

5:30 – 6:30 p.m.     Tour of Research Plots
	                  Variety Evaluations
		     Thrips Control
		     Seedling Disease
		  Weed Control

6:30 – 7:00 p.m.     Exhibits and Demonstrations
		     Irrigation—Larry Curtis, Extension Biosystems Engineer
                               Nematodes—Kathy McLean, AU Asst. Professor of Entomology and Plant Pathology
                               Precision Agriculture Demonstration—Paul Mask, Extension Agronomist
                               Genetically Engineered Cotton Varieties—Allan Zipf, AAMU Research Professor

7:00 – 8:00 p.m.     Sponsored Meal

8:00 p.m.     Mark Carter of Elmore County—Lighthearted observations about the South, country living 
and farming