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⋅ BY AARON SMITH ⋅ EXTENSION CROP MARKETING SPECIALIST UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE  Farming in 2025 will be challenging for many row crop producers. Low commodity prices, disappointing 2024 yields, high input costs, and policy uncertainty will require crop farmers to make important...

In Arizona, Nancy Caywood's grandfather always picked the first cotton flower each year and gave it to Nancy's grandmother. Carefully placing it in water to keep fresh for a while, her grandfather and grandmother believed this would bring a...

No, it’s not quite time to drag out the cotton picker but give it a few days and growers will be waking up in the fall to implications of decisions they’re making right now. One thing about cotton – it’s...

The 2024 Beltwide Cotton Conferences (BWCC) will be held at the Omni Fort Worth Jan. 3-5 in Fort Worth, Texas. Once again, the BWCC Consultants Conference will kick off the meeting beginning noon Jan. 3 and running through noon Jan....

How To Obtain A Maximum Return On Your Cotton Investment ⋅ BY CASSIDY NEMEC ⋅ ASSOCIATE EDITOR Adam Hixson, technical service representative for BASF, recently went through his list of recommendations for controlling weeds in cotton this year and beyond. The following...

⋅ BY DREW VIGUET ⋅ NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL LAW CENTER When it comes to foreign ownership of agricultural land in the United States, legislatures at both the state and federal levels are asking “how much is too much?” According to the U.S. Department...

⋅ BY SHELBY SHANK ⋅ FIELD EDITOR Farmers and ranchers are facing ongoing drought conditions in the Rio Grande Valley. Dry conditions have led cattle ranchers to downsize their herds and sell their cattle because they don’t have grass or hay to feed them. Cotton...

⋅ BY MARY HIGHTOWER ⋅ Farmers must not only conserve the soil and water it has today, but it must also seed the ground for future farmers and public efforts to strengthen agriculture, speakers at the Arkansas Discovery Farms Conservation...

⋅ By Kay Ledbetter ⋅ Texas A&M AgriLife Research is anticipating the largest competitive grant in the organization’s history, up to $65 million, to execute a five-year multi-commodity project to work with Texas’ large agricultural sector on expanding climate-smart agriculture and...

⋅ BY SEBE BROWN ⋅ UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE Much of the cotton in West Tennessee is not irrigated and the unseasonable dry growing conditions experienced since May have forced several fields into early cutout and halted growth. With rain chances as...

• By John Lovett • University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture The director of the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station, the research arm of the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture, was recently named the 2022 recipient of the Southern...

⋅ By Eddie McGriff ⋅ Deer feeding in cotton has risen sharply over the last few years. Deer damage can cause severe stand losses, delayed maturity and yield reductions. In some cases, entire fields or large portions of fields can...

As the nation enters the upcoming growing season, the National Agricultural Aviation Association (NAAA) is asking all drones-unmanned aircraft (UA) operators to be mindful of low-altitude manned agricultural aircraft operations. Agricultural aviators treat 127 million acres of cropland in the...

Enjoy the latest issue of Cotton Tales–The Hometown Publication for Members and Friends of the Texas Cotton Gin Museum. The historic landmark is in the heart of Burton, Texas, located on the same site where it was built more...

A new University of Missouri Extension publication and related online tool can guide farmers through the difficult task of keeping the farm running when the owner or key decision-maker cannot. When someone becomes ill or incapacitated, family members often struggle...