By Carroll Smith
Contributing Editor
Frustration regarding the marketing of American cotton was a recurring topic in the Bogue Chitto Cotton Gin boardroom and among its producers, according to Aaron Litwiller, general manager at the Noxubee County, Mississippi-based facility.
For Rodney Mast,...
Guy Collins
North Carolina
The last week of August was incredibly hot and dry, much like most of August, and this weather essentially forced the crop into a sharp cutout and ended the development of any major top crop or later-set...
Ben McKnight
TEXAS
As of early September, the Corpus Christi classing office has classed nearly 212,000 bales, and early reports indicate good quality so far, especially micronaire and fiber strength. Dryland yield reports from the Lower Rio Grande Valley are ranging...
Malorie Paine
Communications Manager
The Cotton Board welcomed its newly appointed members and alternates during a swearing-in ceremony held at the organization’s August board meeting in Scottsdale, Ariz. this month.
Producer members and alternates are nominated to represent their state by USDA...
Leslie Meyer and Taylor Dew
Global 2026/27 Cotton Stocks Forecast Lower as Projected Mill Use Exceeds Production
The latest U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) cotton projections for 2026/27 (August–July) indicate that world cotton ending stocks are expected to decline as mill...
Zachary Treadway
ARKANSAS
It’s hard to believe it as it’s 101 degrees in Northeast Arkansas as I write this, but we are moving toward the short rows of this cotton crop. We’ve had a pretty hot and dry summer in Arkansas...
Ken Legé
TEXAS
Cotton growing conditions across much of the Texas High Plains and Southern High Plains have been favorable to date, supported by timely and widely distributed rainfall events coupled with relatively moderate summer temperatures. Unlike many recent seasons characterized...
Camp Hand
GEORGIA
As June arrives, cotton growers are typically crossing key milestones. Planting is largely complete, the thrips window has closed in our region, and many early season pest management decisions are already in the rearview mirror. While some later-planted...
Tyson Raper
TENNESSEE
Our spring began far warmer than normal, with a mid-April planting window that enticed several into planting big portions of their cotton acres. The first of May brought what we are hoping will be our one-and-only blackberry winter for...
Texas A&M AgriLife partners with Coastal Bend cotton producers on digital agriculture project
Cotton producers working with Texas A&M AgriLife Research will use and help evaluate new digital tools that simulate and predict real-world crop production scenarios. (Michael Miller/Texas A&M...
By Carroll Smith / Contributing Editor
Jeff Hux, who was recognized as Cotton Farmer of the Year at the 29th Annual National Cotton & Rice Conference, farms in the unique agricultural area known as the Missouri Bootheel in the northern...
Guy Collins and Keith Edmisten
The NCDA & CS Cotton Seed Quality Testing Program continues to serve as a valuable tool for growers. The number of low quality seed lots or stop sales have historically been very low and infrequent,...
Specialists Speaking
Ken Legé
TEXAS
While it is typical for the High Plains to have very little to no precipitation during late winter to early spring, the low, stagnant commodity price for cotton accentuates the need to scrutinize every input going into...
Specialists Speaking
Tyson Raper
TENNESSEE
As I write this on the tenth of March, our plan for this season is still quite fluid. The conversation may have flipped again by the time you read this, but there is currently a hint of excitement...
Karn Dhingra / Communications Specialist / Texas A&M University
Texas Crop and Weather Report
Texas row crop producers are heading into planting season amid early weather uncertainty, shifting price relationships in major commodities, and ongoing economic pressure from high input costs,...
