Yield, Quality And Traits
The menu of cotton varieties from which to choose in 2019 includes a host of high-yielding, good quality selections.
To help you get started, seed companies from across the Cotton Belt provided information about their headliners the...
Tennessee Cotton Farmer Wins $20,000 ‘Transform My Community’ Grand Prize For The Bogota Community Center.
• By Carroll Smith,
Editor •
When the doors closed at Bogota Elementary School, the close-knit rural neighborhood couldn’t imagine not having a central meeting place to...
• By Julie Murphree •
Editor’s note: As Arizona Farm Bureau nears the 100-year mark, Farm Bureau staff has reached out to long-time farm and ranch families to tell their stories about farming and ranching in this desert state. They now...
Across the South Plains, Texas Panhandle, Oklahoma and Kansas, the vast diversity of challenges in this year’s crop is clearly noticeable. Weather conditions, seed varieties and weed control issues have brought growers together on the turnrow to discuss critical...
• By Guy Collins,
North Carolina State University •
Due to prolonged rainy weather during the second half of May, the 2018 North Carolina cotton crop can be categorized into distinctive groups, at least for now.
A relatively high proportion of our acres...
Farmers And Scientists Save Cotton In The South.
• By Dominic Reisig,
North Carolina State University •
The boll weevil (Anthonomus grandis) is not much to look at — just a grayish, little beetle with an impressively long snout. But this particular...
By Carroll Smith,
Editor —
“It’s easy to make a buck. It’s a lot tougher to make a difference,” says Tom Brokaw, television journalist and author. And giving just a small portion of your time is always part of that...
Earl Wayne Sears was a national leader in the cotton industry known for his keen intellect, humble demeanor, long-standing friendships, and devotion to family, community and church.
He passed away on April 3 in Memphis, Tennessee, surrounded by his beloved...
“My ancestors were early settlers of south-central Texas so ag is part of my DNA,” says Texas cotton consultant Paul Pilsner. “As a child, I remember watching my grandparents hand pick cotton on their small DeWitt County farm.
“My dad...
Twenty-two interns have now completed the Texas Cotton Ginners’ Association internship program. And we have three students who will graduate in May, who are seeking full-time work once they receive their diplomas.
A financial investment from TCGA members and the...
Yield, Quality And Traits
The menu of cotton varieties from which to choose in 2018 includes a host of high-yielding, good quality selections.
To help you get started, seed companies from across the Cotton Belt provided information about their headliners on...
The Beltwide Cotton Conferences (BWCC), set for Jan. 3-5 at the Marriott Rivercenter in San Antonio, Texas, will provide insight into current research and emerging technology to help attendees improve production, processing and marketing efficiency.
The BWCC, coordinated by the...
The Alabama Cooperative Extension System is working with Auburn University’s Department of Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences to bring Alabama farmers the Row Crops Short Course. It will be held at the Auburn University Hotel and Dixon Conference Center...
Commentary
California Farm Bureau advocates for an end to ‘fire borrowing’ and takes other actions to reform forestry practices
By Erin Huston
California Farm Bureau Federation
As dozens of wildfires burn across California and other Western states, the pressure ratchets up on Congress to...
By Katie Wendland
Alabama Extension
Cotton producers are looking toward harvest in the wake of two major hurricanes that slammed into the Texas and Florida coasts.
Hurricane Irma, though not originally expected to affect Alabama, hit many areas of the state with...
