Resource Directory
Tap directly into the extensive research library of Cotton Incorporated. Here, you can filter your results by category, sort them by date and select your preferred media type to streamline the resources you see.
Delta Agricultural Weather Center
The Center currently has 19 fixed weather stations and 20 seasonal stations. The Center provides historical and up-to-date weather data and products to aid farmers in making agricultural decisions.
Sprayer Calibration App
This free mobile app was created at Clemson University to aid in the proper calibration of spraying equipment. Android and iOS versions are available.
Mix My Sprayer
This app was created by Clemson University to aid with quick, accurate calculations of product mixes to be applied with spraying equipment. Use in conjunction with the Sprayer Calibration App or by itself. Android and iOS versions are available.
Crop Water Use App
The University of Missouri Extension Service developed this free irrigation phone app that uses the university’s network of electronic weather station around the state.
Cotton Irrigation in Tennessee
This publication from the University of Tennessee describes essential factors for effective irrigation decisions and describes the water balance method of keeping track of rainfall and irrigation. It also provides other supplemental irrigation resources.
Texas ET Network
Access data from Texas A&M weather stations across the state. The site includes information on reference evapotranspiration (ET) and local crop coefficients, plus it makes historic weather data available.
Oklahoma Mesonet
The Oklahoma Mesonet is a collection of 120 weather stations that cover the state. The Mesonet website provides tools to help growers take advantage of the weather data, for example, by improving irrigation management and drift prevention.
Missouri Irrigation Water Resources
This collection of tools from the University of Missouri is designed to help growers increase irrigation water use efficiency. The links include investment cost guides, water use estimators and information on pond design.
Identifying Nutrient Deficiency
This guide provides a quick visual reference to help growers identify nutrient deficiencies, and then supplies links for more detailed information about those deficiencies.
Arkansas Irrigation Tools
This collection of resources from the University of Arkansas covers a variety of irrigation scheduling methods and tools and strategies for improving the efficiency of furrow irrigation systems.
SmartIrrigation Cotton App
Designed for growers in Georgia and Florida, this interactive tool automatically downloads data from the closest weather station to help estimate irrigation water requirements.
GA Cotton Insect Advisor – Apple App
The GA Cotton Insect Advisor is an expert system for determining Extension-prescribed insecticide treatments for management of stink bug pests in Georgia and the Southeast.