The Georgia Cotton Commission’s Trustees’ Awards were presented at the 2024 Georgia Cotton Commission annual meeting Jan. 31 in Tifton. The Trustees’ Awards are awarded to individuals who have dedicated themselves to the advancement of the cotton industry in...
Eric Bell grew up on his family’s cattle farm in Carroll County near Huntingdon, Tennessee, where they raised corn and hay, which was fed back to the livestock. From 1985 to 1989, cotton started its comeback in the area....
Expanded Outreach Aims To Include Gins And Visitors From All Across The Cotton Belt
The Texas Cotton Ginners’ Association will host its 116th gin show April 4-5 in Lubbock at the Lubbock Memorial Civic Center. Aaron Nelsen, TCGA special projects...
⋅ BY JULIE MURPHREE ⋅
Arizona Farm Bureau Strategic Communications
While cotton’s footprint in Arizona has shrunk in terms of acres planted (in earlier decades as much as 500,000 to 600,000 acres of cotton in Arizona were planted), the story of...
Building A Lasting Legacy With Regenerative Measures
⋅ BY CASSIDY NEMEC ⋅
ASSOCIATE EDITOR
Donny Lassiter of Lassiter Family Farms is no stranger to finding new ways to improve the farm’s crop every year. He, a two-time Ag Business graduate of North...
Trust Protocol Reports Total Area Of Enrolled Cotton Acres
The U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol has announced an increase of 25% compared to 2022 in the total area of planted cotton acres enrolled in the program, reaching 1.6 million acres in...
Lint has been the focus of cotton research and breeding efforts for centuries, but Clemson University and Cotton Incorporated researchers believe now is the time to look a little closer at the benefits of cottonseed oil.
Christopher Saski, an associate...
The U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol is today announcing an increase of 25% compared to 2022 in the total area of planted cotton acres enrolled in the program, reaching 1.6 million acres in 2023 — its greatest extent to date.
This...
As The Cotton Board’s Southeastern regional communications manager, my territory includes Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia. The concerns I hear from cotton producers in the field typically vary from state to state. However, as I...
California Legislation Boosts Drone Use In Agriculture
According to the California Farm Bureau, farmers will soon face fewer obstacles in getting approved to use drones for aerial applications. This development is thanks to a bill signed into law by Gov. Gavin...
⋅ BY JULIE MURPHREE ⋅
As a member of the Arizona Farm Bureau and enthusiastic advocate for Arizona agriculture, Kris Johnson shares her agribusiness story, which is quite unique and certainly important.
Having known her for many years, I have always...
⋅ BY TYSON RAPER ⋅
While we’ve been steadily moving through harvesting our trials, I’ve been paying close attention to the night temperatures forecast for the three-day stretch centered on Halloween. Fortunately, there are only a few acres left that might...
The U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol (“Trust Protocol”) is pleased to announce public stakeholder consultation on the revision of the Principles and Criteria and Grower Enrollment Questionnaire is open through Oct. 30.
Completion of the documents’ draft Version 2.0 is a...
⋅ BY JULIE TOMASCIK ⋅
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) extended the comment period to Oct. 22 for its proposed herbicide strategy.
The agency released the proposal in late July and extended the comment period after several groups, including the American Farm...
⋅ BY RYAN McGEENEY ⋅
UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS SYSTEM DIVISION OF AGRICULTURE
Imagery provided by satellites and unmanned aerial vehicles — commonly known as drones — is already changing the way producers farm their crops. As this technology becomes more prevalent,...
