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Ramey Stiles grows PhytoGen® brand varieties on mostly irrigated land in Lee County, Arkansas. Here, he recounts his experience with the vigor, yield and quality of PhytoGen brand PHY 330 W3FE, PHY 340 W3FE, PHY...
• By Kay Ledbetter •
Cottonseed ground into flour to deliver protein to millions of people, a project to which Dr. Keerti Rathore has devoted more than half his professional career, is one step closer to reality.
Rathore, a Texas A&M AgriLife...
In the days before Hurricane Michael ripped across the Southeast, social media was blowing up with photos of some of the most beautiful cotton ever. Stunning fields of solid white gold. And then the weather forecast turned ugly.
Meteorologists confirmed...
Yield, Quality And Traits
The menu of cotton varieties from which to choose in 2019 includes a host of high-yielding, good quality selections.
To help you get started, seed companies from across the Cotton Belt provided information about their headliners the...
• By Stacey Gorman,
The Cotton Board Director of Communications •
The Cotton Board is governed by its membership, which consists of both cotton producers and cotton importers. The importers represent various major U.S. brands and retailers – significant downstream users of...
One of the primary functions of associations is to connect people. Getting members of a group together to discuss, share, problem solve and network is an essential in any business. I dare say that businesses that don’t have that...
Tennessee Cotton Farmer Wins $20,000 ‘Transform My Community’ Grand Prize For The Bogota Community Center.
• By Carroll Smith,
Editor •
When the doors closed at Bogota Elementary School, the close-knit rural neighborhood couldn’t imagine not having a central meeting place to...
Over the past several months, the National Cotton Council (NCC) has actively conveyed to Congress the U.S. cotton industry’s priorities regarding the 2018 farm bill.
How has the NCC been communicating the industry’s priorities?
▪ In mid-August, a letter from the...
• By Vicky Boyd,
Managing Editor •
Online encyclopedia Wikipedia defines synergy as the “creation of a whole that is greater than the simple sum of its parts.”
The Internet reference site must have had the Celebrate Cotton Football Game in mind. Through...
As I write this on Sept. 5, the cotton crop in North Carolina is variable but generally good in many parts of the state. Yield potential among fields varies significantly and within a close proximity, depending on planting date,...
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...
“I’m just a cotton pickin’ Coast girl with a camera and a pen.”
I didn’t grow up around cotton and didn’t know what a boll of cotton looked like until I was 18 years of age in 1978, as...
By Guy Collins and Keith Edmisten •
First of all, we pray that everyone is safe from Hurricane Florence and that damage to homes and property are minimal to none.
Our thoughts and prayers go out to everyone impacted by this storm,...
• By Clint Thompson •
Phillip Roberts, University of Georgia Cooperative Extension entomologist, says Georgia cotton farmers who planted their crop late this year need to be mindful of potential whitefly pressure.
Because whiteflies prefer green, lush cotton more than plants near...
A Mississippi Delta cotton farmer attributes his success to having top-shelf talent on both the personnel and production fronts.
• By Carroll Smith,
Editor •
The Mississippi Delta is a unique realm of the universe that attracts people from all over the...
