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Liquid Prep App Aims To Provide Accurate Data, Global Cost-Effectiveness In a joint effort, Texas A&M AgriLife Research and IBM are working to develop low-cost sensors and a smartphone app, aimed to provide farmers a new tool for making real-time decisions about when...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is seeking public comment on draft guidance to improve the efficiency of EPA’s Endangered Species Act (ESA) analyses for new pesticide active ingredient applications and active ingredients undergoing registration review. This guidance, when...

The U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol announced today that enrollment for the 2023 crop year is open now through September 1, providing growers the opportunity to complete data entry prior to harvest. The updated timing also better aligns with peak...

Trust Protocol 2023 Crop Enrollment Opening U.S. cotton producers can soon enroll their 2023 crop in the U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol at https://trustuscotton.org/. For help enrolling, reach out to the Grower Help Desk at growers@trustuscotton.org. Producers enrolled in the Trust Protocol are eligible...

Understanding The Ramifications On Pesticides Across The Country ⋅ BY CASSIDY NEMEC ⋅ ASSOCIATE EDITOR Figuring out how the Endangered Species Act affects the agricultural industry can be both complex and frustrating. The ESA of 1973 was enacted by Congress under President...

For Dennis Burns, the coordinator of the LSU AgCenter Northeast Research Station, a single photo sums up something he and several colleagues have been studying extensively: the benefits of conservation methods such as planting a cover crop in the...

⋅ BY JOHN LOVETT ⋅ UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS SYSTEM DIVISION OF AGRICULTURE Farmers and agricultural aviators may be able to reduce herbicide drift by making simple adjustments, according to a recently published study. The study, published in Nature’s “Scientific Reports” journal late...

BASF has donated $20,000 to Feeding America to help those in need following a series of tornadoes that recently devastated communities across the state of Mississippi. In addition, the company is matching employee donations to disaster relief organizations contributing...

Despite California Storms, Water Challenges Persist ⋅ BY CHRISTINE SOUZA ⋅ In early March, as still more storms dumped new snow onto California’s burgeoning snowpack, water managers, farmers and environmentalists gathered in Sacramento to discuss long-term challenges to secure a more...

⋅ BY TRACY COURAGE ⋅ U OF A SYSTEM DIVISION OF AGRICULTURE Jessie “J.D.” Vaught of Horatio, Arkansas, a pioneer in contract livestock production in the state, was thrilled to learn a few months ago that he would be inducted into...

Nathan Reed: American Cotton Producers Chair Nathan Reed, a Marianna, Arkansas, cotton producer was re-elected chairman of the American Cotton Producers of the National Cotton Council for 2023, during the NCC’s 2023 Annual Meeting. He served in that position in 2022...

Careful Management Helps Offset High Fertilizer Costs ⋅ BY BONNIE COBLENTZ ⋅ MSU EXTENSION SERVICE Agricultural producers hoping for some relief from recent high fertilizer prices are not likely to find it in 2023. Brian Mills, Mississippi State University Extension Service ag economist...

• SPONSORED CONTENT • Blain Pierce Pearce Consulting, LLC McGehee, Arkansas When I was a little kid, Desha County, Arkansas, was probably 90% cotton. Everything revolved around it. Three sides of my yard were cotton fields, and the cotton gin was about a...

March 31, 2023, is the deadline for U.S. cotton producers to enroll their 2022 crop in the U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol, a voluntary initiative that provides access to more sustainably grown cotton for brands and retailers, and science based,...

How One South Carolina Farmer Showed His Patriotism Through Harvest ⋅ BY CASSIDY NEMEC ⋅ ASSOCIATE EDITOR A South Carolina farmer used his pent-up creativity in a cotton field — without relying on GPS. Scott Barfield, a Hartsville, South Carolina, farmer, works for Gill...