U.S. cotton’s economic outlook is being shaped by factors ranging from strong export competition to uncertainty in the global economy. How is 2024 starting? With lower commodity prices and high input costs, growers will face difficult economic decisions in 2024. Current...

A “sense of place” has been the subject of many definitions and examples designed to explain the concept that almost everyone has felt at one time or another. Two of my favorites are: “A sense of place is used to...

⋅ BY DREW VIGUET ⋅ A federal court in Arizona has overturned the 2020 dicamba registrations that allowed over-the-top applications of three dicamba products, XtendiMax, Engenia and Tavium, leaving a cloud of uncertainty for farmers and defendants. This decision is the...

Mizzou’s new Digital Agriculture Research and Extension Center will enhance research, education and outreach in emerging digital technologies for farming. Nearly one-third of Missouri's economy is tied to agriculture. That’s why the state’s flagship land-grant institution, the University of Missouri,...

Steve Brown, an Alabama Cooperative Extension System cotton agronomist, was named 2024 Cotton Researcher of the Year at the 27th Annual Conservation Systems Cotton and Rice Conference in Arkansas. Brown is a 1978 Auburn University graduate who earned his Ph.D. in...

Baughman Returns to Texas and Texas A&M AgriLife Todd Baughman, Ph.D., will return to Texas to serve as director of the Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center at Lubbock. He will begin on April 1, replacing longtime director Jaroy Moore,...

⋅ SPONSORED CONTENT ⋅ Producers across the southern U.S. are switching to cotton varieties that better fit their peanut rotation, making a change that has improved management and increased cotton yield potential. Travis Mixon farms cotton and peanuts with his father,...

Eric Bell grew up on his family’s cattle farm in Carroll County near Huntingdon, Tennessee, where they raised corn and hay, which was fed back to the livestock. From 1985 to 1989, cotton started its comeback in the area....

All of us at Cotton Farming would like to thank everyone who has contributed to the My Turn column through the years. Many of our readers have told us it’s one of their favorite pages in the magazine. As we embark...

The 72nd Mid-South Farm and Gin Show is scheduled for March 1-2, at the Renasant Convention Center, Memphis, Tennessee. Exhibitors from across the United States will display cutting-edge machinery and equipment, technology and new products and services, representing all...

W3E1, W3FE Varieties Are Here PHY 137 W3E1 is a new early- to mid-maturing Upland variety for the southwest Cotton Belt with built-in genetic resistance to root-knot nematodes and bacterial blight. It features the W3E1 trait package that combines the Enlist...

MISSOURI | Bradley Wilson It is time to turn our attention to the 2024 season that will quickly be upon us. The annual cotton Extension production meeting will be held at the Fisher Delta Research and Extension Center Feb. 6, from...

The Cotton Board is governed by its membership consisting of both cotton producers and importers. The producers on The Cotton Board represent their respective states in the U.S. Cotton Belt. The importers serving on The Cotton Board represent major...

Missouri Farmer Explores New Technology From Planting To Harvest ⋅ BY CARROLL SMITH ⋅ EDITOR Fourth-generation Missouri farmer Allen Below grew his first cotton crop on 1,000 acres in 1993. That fall, Below and three of his neighbors went in together and...

The National Cotton Council monitored court cases/agency rulemaking and communicated on numerous regulations and actions that potentially could impede cotton producers’ access to essential tools that impact their profitability. What are some major regulatory issues addressed in 2023? Several priorities involved...