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August temps slow cotton maturity.

Publication: Mississippi Business Journal
Publication Date: 30-AUG-04
Format: Online - approximately 421 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: August temps slow cotton maturity.(Mississippi Crop Report)

Article Excerpt
STARKVILLE -- The cruel irony of the beautiful fall-like weather Mississippians have enjoyed in August is that it's hurting the state's cotton crop.

Cotton needs warm weather, measured as at least 2,150 accumulated heat units, to mature. Tom Barber, Mississippi State University Extension Service cotton specialist, said cotton typically accumulates 20 heat units a day in August. By mid-August this year at...

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