Local U of A Cooperative Extension hosts 2025 Cotton and Citrus Day

YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA, KECY) - In Tuesday's Home Grown report the local University of Arizona Cooperative Extension and the Arizona Pest Management Center held a cotton and citrus growers field day.

They updated growers on current pest issues and management strategies.

The Cooperative Extension explains what kind of information the event provided.

"A unique opportunity for these guys to get information on crops that they're maybe not that familiar with and you know, Yuma has all the leafy greens, but we still have a good footprint for cotton in the state of Arizona," said Macey Wildermuth with U of A Cooperative Extension.

Meanwhile, Dr. Peter C. Ellsworth, Professor of Entomology from the University of Arizona, explains why Yuma is unique in Agriculture.

"This is a unique part of the world, where you have 12-month year-round production of many high value fresh vegetable crops, along with a rotated system of high value small grains and forages, as well as summer cotton and sudan, so it's a pretty unique place to be," Dr. Ellsworth says.

The event also included field training, conserving beneficial insects, and product options.