Discussions Produce Theme: Stay Ahead
⋅ BY CASSIDY NEMEC ⋅
ASSOCIATE EDITOR
The beginning of the 2024 summer kicked off with a couple big field days around the Central and Upper Gulf Coast Texas regions.
Bayer In Needville
Bayer hosted its annual Needville, Texas,...
ALABAMA | Scott H. Graham
I would like to start by congratulating Dr. Steve Brown on his retirement on June 28, 2024. Steve has been a wonderful mentor and friend to me since I started as Extension cotton entomologist at Auburn...
According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, it has released a final land protection plan that allows for the protection of up to 700,000 acres of wildlife habitat in the Southern High Plains region along the Texas-New Mexico border...
⋅ BY CASSIDY NEMEC ⋅
ASSOCIATE EDITOR
Ronald Rawls planted his first crop of cotton in 1979. Since then, his three sons Neal, Ryan and Chad have joined him in the operation as fourth-generation growers, and they have excelled at adopting...
2024-25 NCC Emerging Leaders Program Class
Twelve U.S. cotton industry members are participating in the National Cotton Council’s Emerging Leaders Program for 2024-25.
Participants include: PRODUCERS – Clint Dunn, Itta Bena, Mississippi; Lambert Marshall, Scott, Arkansas; Greg Riccomini, Bakersfield, California; Todd...
⋅ BY MARY HIGHTOWER ⋅
UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS SYSTEM DIVISION OF AGRICULTURE
The June acreage report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture showed cotton with its highest acreage in more than a decade and soybeans on the rise, while corn tumbled...
⋅ BY MEGAN WINSLOW ⋅
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA
The United States leads the world in cotton exports by value, accounting for $5.7 billion, or 33%, of exports of the textile, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. But researchers hope to...
In the fast-paced world of fashion and shopping, Cotton Incorporated plays a pivotal role in placing cotton at the forefront of consumers’ minds during their shopping journeys. By collaborating with retailers, designers and brands, Cotton Incorporated develops and funds...
The National Cotton Council, in collaboration with The Cotton Foundation and Mississippi State University, is honored to announce the establishment of the Don Parker Memorial Cotton Foundation Endowed Scholarship.
Who is the scholarship named after?
Dr. Don Parker was vice president...
⋅ BY SEBE BROWN ⋅
Tarnished plant bug numbers seem to be all over the board in 2024. Some fields have had one spray since square set and others have had upwards of five. Crop age and what’s neighboring your...
⋅ BY MARY HIGHTOWER ⋅
Lack of personnel and sketchy maps are among the stumbling blocks as the Environmental Protection Agency works pesticide approvals through the lens of the Endangered Species Act, according to a senior EPA adviser.
The courts have...
My path to the cotton world really began in the wheat and alfalfa fields of southern Kansas and northwest Oklahoma. In 1966, when I was 12 years old, I began working on local farms, starting out with hay baling...
Elevated seed houses are valuable for short-term seed storage, wet seed storage and gins with limited yard space. Design improvements allow overhead seed houses to be an efficient method for loading trucks from flat-storage houses and gins. When fully...
⋅ BY BONNIE COBLENTZ ⋅
MSU EXTENSION SERVICE
The Mississippi State University Extension Service is taking irrigation education a step further by offering Master Irrigator status to those who complete a course of training.
There is no cost to growers to participate...
ALABAMA | Steve M. Brown
Perched in my office in the hanging fluorescent light fixture typical of old buildings is a crow. Yes, a crow. Actually, it is a life-size crow decoy that looks every bit the part. It has connections...
