8:00 AM

Welcoming Remarks

8:05 AM

Mississippi Delta Cotton, the Cropland Data Layer, and Soil Maps, 2006-2009
Thomas L. Gregory, USDA-NASS; Fred L. Shore, Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce

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8:25 AM

Economic Evaluation of Limited Irrigation Production Strategies On the Southern High Plains of Texas
Daniel K. Pate, Texas Tech University; Jeff W. Johnson, Texas AgriLife Research Center; James P. Bordovsky, Texas AgriLife Research

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8:45 AM

A Meta-Analytic Synthesis of Insecticide Termination Decision Rules
Terry Griffin, University of Arkansas - Division of Agriculture

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9:05 AM

A Budget Analysis of Glyphosate-Resistant Palmer Amaranth Control and Seed Technology Choices in Georgia Cotton
W. Don Shurley, The University of Georgia; Amanda R. Smith, The University of Georgia; A. Stanley Culpepper, The University of Georgia; Phillip M. Roberts, The University of Georgia

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9:25 AM

Factors Contributing to the Perceived Usefulness of Soil Test Information
Dayton M. Lambert, Department of Agricultural Economics, The Unversity of Tennessee; Roland K. Roberts, Department of Agricultural Economics, The Unversity of Tennessee; Sherry L. Larkin, University of Florida; David Harper, University of Tennessee; M. Velandia, Department of Agricultural Economics, The University of Tennessee; D. F. Mooney, Department of Agricultural Economics, The University of Tennessee; James A. Larson, Department of Agricultural Economics, The Unversity of Tennessee; B. C. English, Department of Agricultural Economics, The University of Tennessee

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9:45 AM

Cotton Marketer of the Year Award

10:00 AM

Break

10:30 AM

Trends in Cotton Precision Farming Adoption in Twelve Southern States: 2000-2008
D. F. Mooney, Department of Agricultural Economics, The University of Tennessee; B. C. English, Department of Agricultural Economics, The University of Tennessee; M. Velandia, Department of Agricultural Economics, The University of Tennessee; J. A. Larson, Department of Agricultural Economics, The University of Tennessee; R. K. Roberts, Department of Agricultural Economics, The University of Tennessee; D. M. Lambert, Department of Agricultural Economics, The University of Tennessee; S. L. Larkin, Food and Resource Economics, University of Florida; M. C. Marra, North Carolina State University; R. Rejesus, North Carolina State University; S. W. Martin, Mississippi State University; K. W. Paxton, Agricultural Economics and Business Development; A. Mishra, Agricultural Economics and Business Development; E. Segarra, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Texas Tech University; C. Wang, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Texas Tech University; J. M. Reeves, Cotton Incorporated

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10:45 AM

Costs and Returns of Using On-Board Module Building Harvesters with Skip-Row Cotton
Gregory Ibendahl, Mississippi State University; Michael Herbert Willcutt, MSUES Ag. & Bio. Engineering; Stan R. Spurlock, Mississippi State University

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11:00 AM

Multidimensional Quality Attributes and Input Use in Cotton
Shiliang Zhao, Texas Tech University; Chenggang Wang, Texas Tech University; Eduardo Segarra, Texas Tech University; Kevin Bronson, Texas AgriLife Research

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11:15 AM

An Economic Analysis of Irrigation and Tillage for Cotton in Southwest Georgia
Amanda R. Smith, The University of Georgia; W.D. Shurley, The University of Georgia; G.L. Ritchie, The University of Georgia; C.D. Perry, The University of Georgia

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11:30 AM

Introducing CPAIDA: The Cotton Precision Agriculture Investment Decision Aid
D. F. Mooney, Department of Agricultural Economics, The University of Tennessee; J.A. Larson, Department of Agricultural Economics, The University of Tennessee; R.K. Roberts, Department of Agricultural Economics, The University of Tennessee; B.C. English, Department of Agricultural Economics, The University of Tennessee

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11:45 AM

Discussion

11:55 AM

Concluding Remarks

Cotton Economics & Marketing - Thursday Morning Session