The National Cotton Council characterized 2018 as a year with significant uncertainty and volatility in the world cotton market. It sees 2019 as having some important unknowns as well.
Is there a predominant unknown factor for 2019?
▪ The ongoing U.S.-China...
Local Agencies Work Toward Sustainability
• By Christine Souza •
Farmers, water managers and government agencies agree: Groundwater sustainability is critical for California. But achieving it could bring significant changes to the state’s agricultural landscape, according to speakers at a recent Sacramento...
Phosphorus Is About Availability, Not Quantity
Phosphorus is often fixed and not available to the plant. Avail T5 Phosphorus Fertilizer Enhancer from Verdesian Life Sciences helps unlock that P that is fixed in the soil, making it available for the...
I grew up in the little town of Ropesville, Texas, population 435, right in the middle of the “world’s largest contiguous cotton patch.”
My maternal grandfather, Jerry Green, was a gin manager. My paternal grandfather, Wilburn Chambers, was a...
Planting season will soon be upon us for the 2019 cotton season, and decisions are being made about the proper time to plant.
The temperature experienced by the seed during the first critical hours and days after planting will to...
Kirk Gilkey, manager of Cross Creek II Gin in Corcoran, California, was recognized as the 2018 Hayden National Cotton Ginner of the Year for his years of service to the U.S. cotton industry.
The annual award is presented to a...
Layers Of Support Contribute To Success
• By Carroll Smith,
Editor •
Thomas “Tap” Parker says he always loved everything about farming but did not step into a large, multi-generational operation. His mother and father, Marie “Tweet” and Bill, owned 300 acres of...
High Yield Winners
• By Carroll Smith,
Editor •
Since 2008, farmers across the Cotton Belt have been invited to participate in the Deltapine New Product Evaluator Program. The goal is for them to evaluate variety candidates on large-acre plots under their...
Kansas State University researchers are evaluating the impact of non-target injury from dicamba herbicide on non-resistant soybeans. The hope is to help producers lessen or avoid the unintended damage that was seen in some of the state’s fields the...
• By Stacey Gorman,
The Cotton Board Director of Communications •
The Cotton Board Producer Tour Program has given thousands of cotton producers the opportunity to see their Cotton Research and Promotion Program checkoff dollars at work inside Cotton Incorporated’s World Headquarters...
• By Carroll Smith,
Editor •
It’s time to pack up and head to one of the largest indoor farm shows in the Southern region. The 67th Annual Mid-South Farm & Gin Show is scheduled For March 1-2 at the Cook...
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...
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My Strong Cotton | SPECIAL REPORT
Deltapine®, through a partnership with Jernigan Global, has created an initiative called Field to Closet to help create awareness and drive demand for premium, U.S.-grown upland cotton fibers in the end-user market....
Old No. 2 died last night. I found her this morning in the “boot” pasture way over by the tree line. I knew it was coming for some time now, but somehow that didn’t lessen the disappointment. She had...
Editor’s note: Safety is always the No. 1 priority at a cotton gin. Like other gin organizations, the Texas Cotton Ginners’ Association is proactive in supporting safety efforts by providing guidelines for keeping gin workers safe while on the...
