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⋅ BY MICHAEL HSU ⋅ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS In the 1990s, long before “regenerative agriculture” was a buzzword and “soil health” became a cause célèbre, a young graduate student named Jeff Mitchell first learned about similar concepts during an agronomy meeting in...

MSU Pioneers Explore Next-Gen Agricultural Drones Mississippi State University is pioneering a partnership with a leading U.S.-based drone manufacturer to innovate groundbreaking unmanned aircraft system technology. MSU’s Agricultural Autonomy Institute, or AAI, and Hylio, a Texas-based drone manufacturer, are leading the...

Keerti Rathore, Ph.D., Texas A&M AgriLife Research plant biotechnologist in the Texas A&M Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, has been selected as a recipient of the International Cotton Advisory Committee Researcher of the Year Award. Rathore and David Fang, Ph.D.,...

Updated Seeding Rate Recommendations May Save Farmers Money ⋅ BY GABRIELLE BELLELO ⋅ LSU AGCENTER Gloomy weather forced the LSU AgCenter Northeast Research Station to move its cotton and grain field day indoors — but there were few complaints from station staff...

⋅ BY RYAN MCGEENEY ⋅ UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS SYSTEM DIVISION OF AGRICULTURE From the time he was a child on his parents’ cattle ranch, Zachary Treadway knew he wanted a life in agriculture. As the University of Arkansas System Division of...

The 2023 Georgia Quality Cotton Awards were presented at the 2024 Georgia Cotton Commission Mid-Year Meeting on July 24. The awards are co-sponsored by the Georgia Cotton Commission and Bayer Crop Science/Deltapine and administered by the University of Georgia...

⋅ BY SHELBY SHANK ⋅ TEXAS FARM BUREAU FIELD EDITOR The Texas Agricultural Land Trust (TALT) is dedicated to the conservation of working lands and preserving part of Texas’ natural heritage. Texas’ privately-owned farms, ranches and forestlands account for 141.5 million acres,...

Texas, New Mexico Take Groundwater Pumping To The Courts ⋅ BY TIFFANY LASHMET AND JESSE RICHARDSON ⋅ On June 21, 2024, the United States Supreme Court issued an opinion in the long-running dispute between Texas and New Mexico over the 1938...

Discussions Produce Theme: Stay Ahead ⋅ BY CASSIDY NEMEC ⋅ ASSOCIATE EDITOR The beginning of the 2024 summer kicked off with a couple big field days around the Central and Upper Gulf Coast Texas regions. Bayer In Needville Bayer hosted its annual Needville, Texas,...

According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, it has released a final land protection plan that allows for the protection of up to 700,000 acres of wildlife habitat in the Southern High Plains region along the Texas-New Mexico border...

⋅ BY MARY HIGHTOWER ⋅ UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS SYSTEM DIVISION OF AGRICULTURE The June acreage report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture showed cotton with its highest acreage in more than a decade and soybeans on the rise, while corn tumbled...

⋅ BY MEGAN WINSLOW ⋅  UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA The United States leads the world in cotton exports by value, accounting for $5.7 billion, or 33%, of exports of the textile, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. But researchers hope to...

⋅ BY BONNIE COBLENTZ ⋅ MSU EXTENSION SERVICE The Mississippi State University Extension Service is taking irrigation education a step further by offering Master Irrigator status to those who complete a course of training. There is no cost to growers to participate...

⋅ BY VICKY BOYD ⋅ California’s cotton acreage is expected to make a huge rebound this season, spurred by lower prices for competing crops and receding Tulare Lake levels. But Pima cotton, the premium variety predominantly grown in the state, has...

MSU Extension Shares Research On High-Speed Planting ⋅ BY CARROLL SMITH ⋅ EDITOR The MAFES Black Belt Branch Experiment Station in Brooksville, Mississippi, was the site of an inaugural field day hosted by Mississippi State University Extension featuring high-speed planting and advanced...