Cotton isn’t king in Kansas, but it’s a fine prince for many Jayhawk growers. When Kent Dunn first planted cotton seed in his Moscow, Kan., sandy loam soil in 2002, 2-bale cotton at loan was $500 per acre, yet 200-bushel corn at $2.50 per bushel was $500 per acre. Fast forward 15 years to 2017: 70-plus cents on 1,200 lb. Per acre cotton beats 200-bushel corn under $4 per bushel. Tack on the arrival of 2,4-D-tolerant varieties in a state with perennial drift issues, and cotton is all the more enticing for Kansas growers. Kansas is often the forgotten son of the Cotton Belt, battling the past decade with a one-two punch of drought and drift, dodging one to get hit by the other, and planting roughly 50,000 acres per year. However, 2017 Kansas cotton acreage jumped to 85,000 acres and 2018 could feature another significant acreage increase. Dunn, 57, grows alfalfa, corn, cotton, grain sorghum, sunflowers, and wheat in the southwest corner of the state. From 2011 to 2016, he averaged 500 to 1,000 acres of cotton, but planted 1,800 acres in 2017. The acreage increase isn’t due solely to the commodity market: Dunn says the 2,4-D cavalry has arrived. PART OF A SERIES: Stickman Boost! Stickman Boost! 80% 1,327,533 plays You are not logged in. Only registered users can vote without verification. Please login or register, or complete the verification. Thank you, your vote was recorded and will show soon. The degree of drift damage varies between years, but Dunn deals with telltale crowfoot 2,4-D injury on an annual basis. In a forgotten age of glyphosate efficacy, growers could smoke kochia and Palmer amaranth, but over the past decade weed resistance has pushed Kansas farmers toward 2,4-D. Kansas has no mandatory cutoff date and the incessant drift problems from sprays on summer-fallowed ground have been partially responsible for keeping a lid on Kansas cotton acreage. The availability of the 2,4-D-tolerant system is a game-changer, according to Dunn. “The constant 2,4-D drift problems are behind us,” he says. “Dicamba-tolerant cotton has been around here two years, but it also suffers from 2,4-D damage. In my area, we’re mostly planted with Enlist. The lower middle of Kansas is mostly cotton. The southeast seems to be split between Xtend and Enlist.” Despite Dunn’s enthusiasm over Enlist, he says availability is a limiting factor: “We’ve got two short-season varieties to choose from right now, but we’re hoping for five or six by 2018.” Dunn typically rotates cotton and plants into corn stalk residue or wheat stubble, aiming for 1,100-1,200 lb. Per acre in yield. Irrigation blankets 90% of Dunn’s cotton ground. Kansas cotton is a rough 50-50 split between dryland and irrigated acreage. Western Kansas cotton is usually irrigated with dryland on field corners. In south-central Kansas, and certainly further east, greater precipitation allows for dryland success. Kansas dryland growers often target 500-600 pounds of cotton per acre; and irrigated growers shoot for 2 to 2.5 bales, according to Zach Hrencher, secretary/treasurer of the Kansas Cotton Association () and member communications area manager for. “We definitely expect higher target goals in the future. We’ve been dinged by 2,4-D and dicamba so hard that we don’t know our own potential. The new varieties are packed with yield promise, but at the same time, we have to be able to get more access to those short-season varieties.” Hrencher says a learning curve is the biggest challenge for new cotton growers. “We don’t want to grow trees; we want short top plants with loads of bolls. Cotton is high management and you can’t stop in early August and think you’ve spent enough on a crop and then coast. You’ve got to spend and finish right or it’s a recipe for disaster.”. © Chris Benentt Steady growth is a top goal of KCA, according to Hrencher. Acreage spikes and fluctuations place a strain on gin infrastructure and logistics. I've been experiencing issues with my Alienware computer (along with other various things) and have decided to Factory Reset my M14x R2 that runs on Windows 8.1. I have been trying to do this by using the 'Update and Recovery' section. Alienware m14x r2 recovery disc. Alienware M14x R2 Has No Windows 8 Clean Installation Disc. Where Can I Get It From? Discussion in 'Alienware 14 and M14x' started by Kage. I read somewhere that Win8 can make its own recovery discs, but apparently it's a pain to get to. AlienWare M14x R2 [Still Alive in 2018, 2019]. Save alienware recovery disc to get e-mail alerts and updates on your eBay Feed. Drivers Recovery Restore Dell Alienware M11x R3 M14x M14x R2 M15x M17x M17x R2. Free Shipping. 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In other years, we’ve been hit so many times with 2,4-D drift and it takes the cotton an entire week to recover. This year we haven’t been slowed down with those,” he explains. Dunn farms in Stevens County in a heavy corn-growing area dotted with feed yards. Directly to the northeast, Haskell County is the largest county per capita in the U.S. For cattle on feed.
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