Industry News

2019 Cotton Specialist Of The Year Hails From Tennessee During the recent Beltwide Cotton Conferences in New Orleans, Louisiana, Dr. Tyson Raper was named the 2019 Cotton Specialist of the Year. Raper is the small grains specialist for the University of Tennessee Agriculture Extension Service. The award, sponsored by BASF, was presented to Raper at the event’s annual award dinner ... Read More »

Plan Now to Attend The Annual 2019 LATMC In February The Louisiana Agricultural Technology & Management Conference sponsored by the Louisiana Agricultural Consultants Association will be held Monday morning through Wednesday noon, Feb. 11-13, at Paragon Casino Resort in Marksville, Louisiana. Jay Mahaffey will be featured in the pre-conference symposium on Monday morning, talking about good agronomics and decision-making in ... Read More »

PhytoGen has joined with Cotton Incorporated’s Blue Jeans Go Green denim recycling program to help bring cotton’s sustainability message full circle. PhytoGen also is the first cottonseed partner to organize denim collection drives in targeted Read More »

The Texas Cotton Ginners’ Association is seeking nominations for its annual “Ginner of the Year” award. This is the highest honor a gin manager can receive from his or her industry peers. The award is presented during the TCGA Annual Meeting and Trade Show, April 4-5, 2019, at the Lubbock Memorial Civic Read More »

Americot Expands Sales, Marketing Team To Support Regional Growth Americot Inc. has added three new sales and marketing team members to its family: Lucy Carmichael, Daniel Nix and Dusty Parker. “Continued growth in West Texas, as well as expansion into new areas, necessitates that we add additional resources to support our customers in the region,” says Chiree Fields, Americot general ... Read More »

University Of Arkansas Cover Crop Fact Sheet Now Available Online Row crop producers wanting to explore cover crops as a way to help save water, manage weeds and improve soil now have the first of a series of fact sheets as a resource, says Trent Roberts, associate professor-soil fertility for the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture. he Division ... Read More »

‘Thriving In Cotton’ Series Kicks Off In October To help cotton farmers make next season their best, PhytoGen is sponsoring a “Thriving in Cotton” series in Cotton Farming. Throughout the series, farmers from across the Cotton Belt will share their experiences with PhytoGen W3FE varieties. Each column will feature how PhytoGen Breeding Traits, WideStrike 3 Insect Protection and the Enlist ... Read More »