The Cotton Scouting School is going digital

The Alabama Cooperative Extension System Cotton Scouting School is iconic. For 60 years, Extension scientists taught the Scouting School in person and hands-on. But the 61st Cotton Scouting School is going digital—pushed to an online version because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The short course will be July 24 from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. via Zoom. Growers, consultants, scouts and other are encouraged to attend just as they would an in-person scouting school.

Alabama Extension cotton, peanut and soybean entomologist Scott Graham will facilitate the course.

"Due to the pandemic, we had to change it up a...