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Cotton Planting Dates Made A Difference This Year This summer felt not only hot and dry, but close to half of Mississippi was in moderate to severe drought and temperatures were mostly in the 90s throughout August. Mike Brown, the state...

⋅ BY MICHAEL HSU ⋅ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS In the 1990s, long before “regenerative agriculture” was a buzzword and “soil health” became a cause célèbre, a young graduate student named Jeff Mitchell first learned about similar concepts during an agronomy meeting in...

MSU Pioneers Explore Next-Gen Agricultural Drones Mississippi State University is pioneering a partnership with a leading U.S.-based drone manufacturer to innovate groundbreaking unmanned aircraft system technology. MSU’s Agricultural Autonomy Institute, or AAI, and Hylio, a Texas-based drone manufacturer, are leading the...

Southern Agriculture Industry Advancement Scholarships AMVAC, an American Vanguard Company, is excited to announce the selection of seven recipients of its 2024 Southern Agriculture Industry Advancement Scholarship, formerly known as the Cotton Industry Advancement Scholarship. The winners and the schools they...

Keerti Rathore, Ph.D., Texas A&M AgriLife Research plant biotechnologist in the Texas A&M Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, has been selected as a recipient of the International Cotton Advisory Committee Researcher of the Year Award. Rathore and David Fang, Ph.D.,...

Updated Seeding Rate Recommendations May Save Farmers Money ⋅ BY GABRIELLE BELLELO ⋅ LSU AGCENTER Gloomy weather forced the LSU AgCenter Northeast Research Station to move its cotton and grain field day indoors — but there were few complaints from station staff...

Inaugural Cottonseed Oil Advisory Council Named Cotton Incorporated announces the members of the inaugural Cottonseed Oil Advisory Council. This talented group of industry professionals will help members of the food industry understand the unique benefits of using cottonseed oil. The Cottonseed...

⋅ BY SHELBY SHANK ⋅ TEXAS FARM BUREAU FIELD EDITOR The Texas Agricultural Land Trust (TALT) is dedicated to the conservation of working lands and preserving part of Texas’ natural heritage. Texas’ privately-owned farms, ranches and forestlands account for 141.5 million acres,...

Texas, New Mexico Take Groundwater Pumping To The Courts ⋅ BY TIFFANY LASHMET AND JESSE RICHARDSON ⋅ On June 21, 2024, the United States Supreme Court issued an opinion in the long-running dispute between Texas and New Mexico over the 1938...

Discussions Produce Theme: Stay Ahead ⋅ BY CASSIDY NEMEC ⋅ ASSOCIATE EDITOR The beginning of the 2024 summer kicked off with a couple big field days around the Central and Upper Gulf Coast Texas regions. Bayer In Needville Bayer hosted its annual Needville, Texas,...

2024-25 NCC Emerging Leaders Program Class Twelve U.S. cotton industry members are participating in the National Cotton Council’s Emerging Leaders Program for 2024-25. Participants include: PRODUCERS – Clint Dunn, Itta Bena, Mississippi; Lambert Marshall, Scott, Arkansas; Greg Riccomini, Bakersfield, California; Todd...

⋅ BY MARY HIGHTOWER ⋅ UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS SYSTEM DIVISION OF AGRICULTURE The June acreage report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture showed cotton with its highest acreage in more than a decade and soybeans on the rise, while corn tumbled...

⋅ BY MEGAN WINSLOW ⋅  UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA The United States leads the world in cotton exports by value, accounting for $5.7 billion, or 33%, of exports of the textile, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. But researchers hope to...

⋅ BY BONNIE COBLENTZ ⋅ MSU EXTENSION SERVICE The Mississippi State University Extension Service is taking irrigation education a step further by offering Master Irrigator status to those who complete a course of training. There is no cost to growers to participate...

⋅ BY VICKY BOYD ⋅ California’s cotton acreage is expected to make a huge rebound this season, spurred by lower prices for competing crops and receding Tulare Lake levels. But Pima cotton, the premium variety predominantly grown in the state, has...