BY TOMMY HORTON
EDITOR
If you read through the March issue of Cotton Farming that deals with pre-planting preparations and the ongoing battle against weed resistance, you can understand how serious this problem is. Our lead story certainly connects to the...
BY TOMMY HORTON
EDITOR
What was it like to attend the Beltwide Cotton Conferences in New Orleans a few weeks ago? Well, as expected, it was a different format. The attendance was about what officials anticipated – around 1,500. The weather...
In the past few years, cotton acreage has taken a dip across the Belt as farmers reacted to attractive grain prices, and, in some areas, water issues. Despite this trend, many people in the industry have alluded to 2014...
BY TOMMY HORTON
EDITOR
How do you convince 150 farmers and their wives to make a quick trip to Charleston, S.C., just a couple of weeks before Christmas? You make sure that the schedule appeals to everybody.
And that is precisely what...
Cotton seed breeders continually work to bring new varieties to the field in an effort to offer producers more options from which to choose for the upcoming season. 2014 is no different.
In addition to companies conducting field trials and...
By Amanda Huber
Southeast Editor
Prices have not been able to find any traction as of late, says Don Shurley, University of Georgia Extension cotton economist, and, as expected, China began auctioning off part of its vast reserve stock, which will...
By Edward Hertzman
Publisher
Sourcing Journal Online
New York, N.Y.
Edward Hertzman No Substitute For Quality
In a fast-food world, it’s easy to forget that nothing trumps quality when it comes to taste. The world famous cuisine in Italy is so good because only...
According to Dr. Chris Main in the November Cotton Consultant's Corner, "It's been a wild, late crop that has presented cotton producers with many challenges." With this in mind, a good number of cotton producers have been surprised that...
By Tommy Horton
Editor
Cotton producers will once again have many options when it comes to choosing cotton varieties in 2014, but that still means a lot of studying will be necessary before a final decision is reached. Gone are the...
Across the Belt, many farmers are frustrated by Congress’s dilly-dallying over the Farm Bill or resigned to a “no sense of urgency” attitude when it comes to the viability of our nation’s producers.
Following is a sampling of what our...
By Amanda Huber
Southeast Editor
A project taking place in Georgia's Flint River Basin combines proven technology and high-tech solutions to integrate and automate irrigation scheduling, eventually putting it all in the palm of the producer's hand.
The goal of the Flint...
By Carroll Smith
Senior Writer
This month, Cotton Farming is focusing on familiar insect pests that likely will be back again this year. In the cover article, several consultants discuss what cotton insect pests they expect to see in their respective...
The November elections have come and gone; a president has been chosen; and the roster on Capitol Hill is in place. Cotton producers now have to assess the political environment in Washington, D.C., to try to determine what effect...
As producers across the Belt wrap up their 2012 harvest, they are already contemplating how many acres they intend to plant to cotton in 2013.
According to 82 percent of the respondents in the October Web Poll, price is by...
Based on the comments received in the September Cotton Farming Web Poll, many farmers in parts of Texas and Oklahoma are still feeling the effects of the drought on their 2012 cotton crop.
In other areas of the Belt, some...
