PhytoGen has added five new varieties with WideStrike 3 Insect Protection and the Enlist cotton trait to its 2018 line-up.
These new varieties complement existing PhytoGen brand varieties with WideStrike 3 Insect Protection and the Enlist cotton trait (W3FE), offering...
Technology And Hands-On Efforts Work Together
By Carroll Smith
Editor
An impressive lineup of cotton varieties is available for the 2018 growing season, and farmers have been busy deciding which ones to plant on their farms. Although phenomenal yields and good...
Words to contemplate and live by often come from unexpected and sometimes anonymous sources. While scrolling through Facebook last weekend, I ran across a post that caught my eye. It was titled “Advice From A Wise Old Man.” There...
CALIFORNIA
Heading into the 2018 growing season, the biggest “maybe” out there again is irrigation water supplies and lack of rain and snow to date. Water supply issues are not yet a “done deal” for 2018. We are still hoping...
During the late 1950s through the early ’70s, I was blessed to grow up in the Coastal Bend region of Texas in a farming community called West Sinton, which was composed of a church, a grocery store and a...
Dwayne Alford, former manager and vice president of YUCO Gin, and who provided several years of dedicated service to the U.S. cotton industry, is the 2017 Horace Hayden National Cotton Ginner of the Year.
The annual National Cotton Ginners Association’s...
Texan To Lead The National Cotton Council In 2018
Ron Craft, a cotton producer and fifth-generation ginner from Plains, Texas, was elected National Cotton Council chairman for 2018.
Named during the NCC’s 2018 annual meeting, Craft moves up from NCC vice...
Southern Southeastern Annual Meeting
Cotton Farmers And Ginners Gather To Share Ideas And Honor Peers
— By Carroll Smith,
Editor —
The Annual Meeting of the Southern Cotton Growers and the Southeastern Cotton Ginners Association was held recently in Myrtle Beach,...
Mid-South Report
Bill Robertson shows a disintegrated pair of 100 percent cotton briefs that were buried for five weeks in a field with a cover crop, demonstrating active, healthy soil. On the right, a pair of polyester briefs is still...
Whether you receive surface water from the Central Arizona Project or groundwater from wells, the energy it takes to lift and move water plays a significant role in the total cost of irrigation. Given the water-power-agriculture nexus, this article...
“My ancestors were early settlers of south-central Texas so ag is part of my DNA,” says Texas cotton consultant Paul Pilsner. “As a child, I remember watching my grandparents hand pick cotton on their small DeWitt County farm.
“My dad...
By Steven Bradley
Clemson University
With feral hogs destroying property, threatening endangered species and hindering conservation efforts on a massive military installation in Texas, the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center-Environmental Laboratory sought the expertise of Clemson University scientists to...
U.S. cotton producers’ safety net was bolstered with Congress’ recent passage of “seed cotton” farm policy — an action the National Cotton Council has diligently sought for more than two years.
What was the basic action taken?
Congress recently enacted the...
A New California Program Offers Farmers Financial Incentives To Trade Up To Cleaner-Burning Diesel Equipment
By Vicky Boyd
Managing Editor
Rather than mandating diesel engine upgrades to curb air pollution, the California Air Resources Board plans to dangle the proverbial carrot to...
Texas Cotton Ginners’ Association Annual Meeting And Trade Show Set For April 5-6 In Lubbock
BY TONY WILLIAMS
TCGA EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT
Despite challenges in 2017 from Hurricane Harvey and an early freeze in West Texas, the mindset among cotton farmers and...
