ALABAMA | Scott H. Graham
Overall, July was good to our crop. Many fields received abundant rainfall during the month. In fact, one grower (and close friend) in east Alabama changed his prayer requests from “just pray for rain, whatever amount”...
Cotton Incorporated researchers make investments on behalf of cotton farmers by funding research projects across the Cotton Belt. Another way Cotton Incorporated invests in the future of cotton research is through the development of graduate students and the next...
⋅ BY RYAN MCGEENEY ⋅
UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS SYSTEM DIVISION OF AGRICULTURE
From the time he was a child on his parents’ cattle ranch, Zachary Treadway knew he wanted a life in agriculture. As the University of Arkansas System Division of...
Inaugural Cottonseed Oil Advisory Council Named
Cotton Incorporated announces the members of the inaugural Cottonseed Oil Advisory Council. This talented group of industry professionals will help members of the food industry understand the unique benefits of using cottonseed oil.
The Cottonseed...
How The Old Rotation And Cullars Rotation Contribute To Alabama Agriculture
⋅ BY CASSIDY NEMEC ⋅
ASSOCIATE EDITOR
On the campus of Auburn University in East Central Alabama stands two of the oldest cotton experiments in the world. The Old Rotation remains...
The 2023 Georgia Quality Cotton Awards were presented at the 2024 Georgia Cotton Commission Mid-Year Meeting on July 24. The awards are co-sponsored by the Georgia Cotton Commission and Bayer Crop Science/Deltapine and administered by the University of Georgia...
⋅ BY SHELBY SHANK ⋅
TEXAS FARM BUREAU FIELD EDITOR
The Texas Agricultural Land Trust (TALT) is dedicated to the conservation of working lands and preserving part of Texas’ natural heritage.
Texas’ privately-owned farms, ranches and forestlands account for 141.5 million acres,...
Texas, New Mexico Take Groundwater Pumping To The Courts
⋅ BY TIFFANY LASHMET AND JESSE RICHARDSON ⋅
On June 21, 2024, the United States Supreme Court issued an opinion in the long-running dispute between Texas and New Mexico over the 1938...
Among challenges to the U.S. cotton industry’s competitiveness are securing an improved safety net for producers, making inroads against increased competition from manmade fibers, and navigating post-pandemic economic pressures.
What is the overall economic situation?
Since implementation of the 2018 Farm...
⋅ BY MARY HIGHTOWER ⋅
If forecasts hold, the Mississippi River level at Memphis, Tennessee, will again fall below zero as harvest season takes hold, raising the specter of the last two seasons’ higher freight rates, piled up grain and weaker...
In Arizona, Nancy Caywood's grandfather always picked the first cotton flower each year and gave it to Nancy's grandmother. Carefully placing it in water to keep fresh for a while, her grandfather and grandmother believed this would bring a...
A humourous, anonymous quote for what typically is considered a more serious concept is, “Family ties mean that no matter how much you might want to run from your family, you can’t.” It’s good for a chuckle, but the...
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Rogers Leonard, Ph.D.
Tensas Parish, Louisiana
I worked for over 40 years with LSU AgCenter and retired in 2020 as associate vice president of the ag research and extension programs. I was then approached by a group of...
I grew up in a little town in southeast Texas where the nearest cotton field was nearly two hours away. And yet I’ve worked in the cotton industry my entire career; how did that happen?!
When I graduated high school,...
The Texas Cotton Ginners’ Association has two interns joining the organization for the summer and is excited for these young people to experience the cotton industry. Both will be with member gins throughout their internships. TCGA said they had good applicants...
