By Jay Mahaffey
Scott, Miss.
As I get older and more sentimental, lessons learned in my experience become a bit clearer. I have spent time in cotton fields since I was a very young boy in northeast Louisiana. Many of these...
BY TRENT HAGGARD
KENNETT, MO.
A quarter century ago, I excitedly left my hometown of 10,000 to attend the University of Missouri. I was plunging into a student population of more than 25,000. Just the students amounted to two and a...
By Jim Granberry
Dallas, Texas
When I was a child, my summer vacations were spent traveling with my parents from cotton gin to cotton gin in the family’s blue Buick (the model with four scoops on the front fenders). During those...
By Woody Anderson
Colorado City, Texas
As I prepared to plant my cotton here in the Texas Rolling Plains, I once again was reminded that growing cotton without access to crop insurance is an awfully risky venture these days.
Hundreds of dollars...
By Hub Miller
Sydney, Australia
Taking a moment to read the My Turn stories on the back page of Cotton Farming is something I truly look forward to every month. It has always been one of my favorite things to do....
BY MIKE LAMENSDORF
ROLLING FORK, MISS
The 2012 crop was probably one of the easiest and least stressful crops I have made in my 30-plus years of farming. The growing season was great, and the weather at harvest for all crops...
By Emory Jones
Cleveland, Ga.
My old friend Frank was a pig. I don't mean that he was sloppy, although he was pretty informal. No, Frank was a real pig, curly tail and all.
Here's how we met; it was up in...
By Tucker Miller
Drew, Miss.
After reading my good friend Roger Carter’s memorable “My Turn” column, I realize how fortunate I am to be in the consultant profession. I was lucky enough to work for a man named Mike Sturdivant, who...
By Ronnie Hopper
Petersburg, Texas
For the past decade, our goal has been to apply no-till farming practices to our land located in the Pan-handle region of the South Plains of Texas. Overall, no-till has worked in our operation, but it...
By Roger Carter
Clayton, La.
It was with both pride and sorrow when Tommy Horton email-ed me and asked if I would write the My Turn column for this edition of Cotton Farming – given that I am being forced to...
By Don Molino
Baton Rouge, La.
I was born and grew up in northeast Texas – Paris to be more specific. That’s 105 miles due northeast of Dallas and 13 miles south of the Red River and Oklahoma where I’m told...
By Kelley Green
Austin, Texas
When most Americans hear the phrase “Two Americas,” they think of the divide between the “haves” and the “have-nots” – a major talking point in the 2004 presidential election. When I hear this phrase, I think...
