As the 2017 harvest and ginning season proceeds, many cotton producers and ginners are facing a difficult business climate.
What is the overall economic situation?
Almost 100 percent of U.S. cotton production is exported as either raw fiber or textiles. As...
Yield, Quality And Traits
The menu of cotton varieties from which to choose in 2018 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 on...
COMMENTARY
By Kari Fisher
California Farm Bureau Federation
The ongoing confusion continues over what is a “waters of the U.S.” (WOTUS) and about which waters can be regulated under the federal Clean Water Act, with farmers and ranchers hoping this current...
The 2017 cotton season was bittersweet, considering the havoc wreaked on some areas by extreme weather and the bountiful harvest in others where conditions were favorable. Good or bad, the end results are almost in the rearview mirror. Now...
Western report
Fusarium Race 4 (FOV-4), a serious soil and seedborne cotton fungal disease, has found its way to Texas and threatens upland cotton production with potentially significant yield losses. Cotton breeder Dr. Jim Olvey and others are determined to...
Monsanto Co. And Deltapine Cotton Donate Funds To Assist Texas Farmers And Ranchers
To support the recovery efforts of Texas farmers and ranchers affected by the destruction and flooding caused by Hurricane Harvey, Monsanto Co. and Deltapine Cotton recently donated $200,000...
The Beltwide Cotton Conferences (BWCC), set for Jan. 3-5 at the Marriott Rivercenter in San Antonio, Texas, will provide insight into current research and emerging technology to help attendees improve production, processing and marketing efficiency.
The BWCC, coordinated by the...
ARKANSAS
The National Agricultural Statistics Service October Crop Production Report estimated Arkansas cotton production at 1 million bales, unchanged from the September forecast but 160,000 bales more than last year. Yield is expected to average 1,096 pounds per harvested acre,...
Farm Bureau members in California can qualify for discounts when buying Ford trucks, cars and SUVs, and Lincoln luxury vehicles.
The California Farm Bureau Federation and the Ford Motor Co. have partnered to offer California members a new benefit —...
I love cotton. I come from three generations of cotton folks, but not on the farming side. Both sets of my grandparents worked in central Alabama cotton mills — Avondale Mills to be exact. My father’s parents worked in...
On Aug. 31, a Texas federal judge invalidated the expansion of the federal overtime rule. As the rule was originally written, the salary threshold for employees to qualify as exempt from overtime pay requirements was increased from $23,660 per...
Special Report
By Julie Murphree
Arizona Farm Bureau Outreach Director
I recently connected with the Sheely family of California and Arizona to talk about water in the west and some of the unique issues we face out here where the sagebrush...
Across California, farmers and ranchers face persistent problems in finding and hiring qualified and willing people to work in agriculture, according to a survey conducted by the California Farm Bureau Federation.
The informal survey of Farm Bureau members showed that...
The Alabama Cooperative Extension System is working with Auburn University’s Department of Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences to bring Alabama farmers the Row Crops Short Course. It will be held at the Auburn University Hotel and Dixon Conference Center...
Mark Yeager, along with his sons Mark Jr. and Joe, grows cotton and corn at Red Land Farms in north Alabama. He also is owner/operator of Yeager Gin and in partnership with his daughter Anna Yeager Brakefield in Red...
