California farm enlists drones as part of high-tech toolbox.
• By Vicky Boyd,
Managing Editor •
Since 2015, Bowles Farming, a diversified family farming operation near Los Banos, California, has enlisted drones to help boost efficiency, optimize crop inputs and yields, and...
The Lummus Corp., a leading solution and equipment supplier to the cotton ginning, oilseed processing and affiliated industries, appointed Russell Sutton president. Sutton brings to his new role more than four decades of industry experience in all functional areas...
• By Julie Murphree •
Editor’s note: As Arizona Farm Bureau nears the 100-year mark, Farm Bureau staff has reached out to long-time farm and ranch families to tell their stories about farming and ranching in this desert state. They now...
Data the state of Georgia has collected on farmers’ water use since 2004 show farmers are responsibly using water to irrigate their crops, Mark Masters, director of the Georgia Water Planning and Policy Center at Albany State University told...
‘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...
After some mid- and late-season pest issues (lygus, mites), and a rough summer with high temperatures, most cotton fields still look relatively good going into boll maturation. Late plantings and fields that sustained a lot of early to mid-season...
We live in Wayne County, North Carolina, where my great-grandfather, E.K. Sanderson, and my grandfather, Joe Sanderson, grew cotton for a long time before the boll weevil came in.
People in our area got away from cotton for a...
Delivery of contamination-free bales to our textile mill customers is a must for U.S. cotton to compete against other growths and man-made fibers.
How does contamination relate to U.S. cotton’s value?
■ Our industry recently emphasized U.S. cotton’s premium value to...
• By Robert Nathan Gregory•
Lonnie Fortner has been named the Mississippi winner of the 2018 Swisher Sweets/Sunbelt Expo Southeastern Farmer of the Year award.
As an early adopter of precision agriculture technology in southwest Mississippi, Fortner has worked to stay...
• By Denise Attaway •
Most cotton seeds found in individual seed lots are created equally, but not every seed has an opportunity to reach its full potential. Clemson precision agriculture engineer Kendall Kirk wants to help explain why.
Kirk’s goal is...
Memories from very early childhood are often sketchy and sometimes hard to hold on to. But the ones that survive the test of time will probably stay with us forever. I remember a flying toy — not an airplane...
A reoccurring topic in regional meetings across the Cotton Belt in 2018 has been contamination — in the field, in gins, in bales, and ultimately in textile manufacturing.
Unfortunately, this issue doesn’t seem to be fading for the 2018-2019 growing...
Lubbock, Texas-based Lummus Corp. has appointed Russell Sutton president.
In that role, he will oversee the day-to-day operations of Lummus and its core business of cotton ginning, oilseed processing and manmade fiber machinery, along with parts and service for those...
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I was born and raised in Central Florida, and after graduating college, I did several internships with citrus growers and crop protection companies. Although I didn’t grow up on a farm, I fell in love with...
Arkansas cotton farmer Michael Mangrum is always looking for ways to do things faster and better.
• By Carroll Smith,
Editor •
Stories passed down by his maternal grandmother tell how his great-great grandfather and his brothers came from Oklahoma and settled...
