The Seam, which provides commodities trading and agriculture software, recently announced the general release of the U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol. It is an integrated technology platform that allows U.S. cotton farmers to assess and verify production practices, environmental footprint...
Sustainability is a word that cotton growers hear and see on a daily basis, but what does it really mean? It seems growers, consumers, brands and retailers each have a different definition. Respectively, the core of the issue is...
John Deere, Case IH Show Off New Products At The World Ag Expo
Designed With Efficiency In Mind
BY VICKY BOYD
MANAGING EDITOR
With acre upon acre of outdoor and indoor exhibits, the World Ag Expo near Tulare, California, offers growers three days...
U.S.-China Phase 1 Implementation And Coronavirus Bring New Uncertainties
National Cotton Council economists point to a few key factors that will shape the U.S. cotton industry’s 2020 economic outlook.
This past year can be characterized as a year with significant uncertainty...
Richard L. (Ricky) Clarke III, a merchant from Cordova, Tennessee, will serve as president of Cotton Council International (CCI) for 2020. CCI is the National Cotton Council’s export promotion arm and carries out programs in more than 50 countries...
Texas Cotton Ginners’ Association Annual Meeting And Trade Show Set For April 2-3 In Lubbock
BY TONY WILLIAMS
TCGA Executive Vice President
Last year’s Texas cotton crop had great potential. However, after adverse weather conditions, it fell off quite a bit in...
• By Vicky Boyd,
Managing Editor •
Dr. Dan Fromme, who grew up on a Texas cotton farm and has been working in cotton most of his life, was recognized as the 2020 Cotton Specialist of the Year during the recent...
The 68th Annual Mid-South Farm And Gin Show
Located not far from the Mighty Mississippi, the Mid-South Farm and Gin Show is a not-for-profit educational opportunity for farmers and other folks involved in agriculture. This year’s event will be held...
Water wells are a tricky business. From the moment a well is drilled, it’s generally designed to “run to failure” much akin to “planned obsolesce” on a cell phone. Even some well rehabilitation efforts often operate on the same...
• By Johnny Morgan •
The Louisiana State University AgCenter recently presented awards to three students who have worked at AgCenter research stations in northeast Louisiana.
The awards, given to full-time and part-time student workers, were recommended by faculty at the...
In 2018, the state began spending greenhouse gas reduction fund money from the Cap and Trade Program on the Funding Agricultural Replacement Measures for Emission Reductions Program.
The FARMER Program was designed to mirror the state’s existing Carl Moyer Program...
Imagine A Season Without Foliar Sprays For Thrips
As most growers, consultants and researchers will painfully attest, thrips were extremely heavy and problematic throughout most of the Southeastern cotton and peanut growing region in 2019.
From Georgia and Alabama to the...
State Cotton Farmers Compete For National Title
In 2010, Preston and Kendall Jimmerson were pondering their future. Preston was a four-year insurance agent with Lee County, Georgia, Farm Bureau. But farm life had caught his attention.
Kendall grew up on Moss...
The Pampa, Texas, Facility Was Built To Gin 150,000 Bales Per Year.
Over the past two decades, cotton acreage has expanded significantly into the Texas Panhandle. Corn has historically been a mainstay crop in this area, but diminishing irrigation capacity...
Kochia, a kind of tumbleweed, has long been associated with the Texas High Plains, but its abundance is starting to alarm Texas A&M AgriLife officials as regional producers are experiencing challenges controlling the weed as herbicide resistance is mounting.
Dr....
