Consultants are an important part of cotton production each year and will be one of the most important groups attending the Beltwide Cotton Conferences (BWCC) on Jan. 7-10 in San Antonio, Texas. For the sixth consecutive year, the event...
The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia has ruled that the American Farm Bureau Federation has a right to join in a lawsuit over the scope of the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to regulate poultry...
The American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers recently presented awards to nine members of notable career achievements, including ginning leader Thomas D. Valco of USDA-ARS located in Stoneville, Miss.
Valco was awarded the 2012 Mayfield Cotton Engineering Award in...
Two county Farm Bureaus in California have earned nati-onal recognition for innovative programs – one which informs members about regulations affecting their businesses and one that uses a fun activity to educate schoolchildren about local farms.
The San Joaquin Farm...
Bringing new farm-based products and processes to cotton farmers is one of the most important goals Cotton Incorporated’s Agricultural and Environ-mental Research Division tries to achieve each year.
“When we are able to bring producers a product that we’ve developed...
By Steve Adler
Calif. Farm Bureau Federation
With harvest now in full swing, cotton yields are approaching four bales to the acre, bringing smiles to the faces of producers in the San Joaquin Valley.
California’s planted acreage of cotton this year is...
By Christian Schindler
Director-General
ITMF
Proactive Attitude
The International Textile Manufacturers Federation (ITMF), a non-profit and non-governmental organization founded in 1904, is an international advocate for the world’s textile and allied industries, and is dedicated to providing its membership with a neutral platform...
By Tommy Horton
Editor
If any young farmer ever needed a mentor for the right way to produce a cotton crop every year, he couldn’t find a better role model than Gene Ogden of Waverly, La.
This 70-year-old farmer has delivered his...
By Rob Hotokainen
McClatchy Newspapers
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says that U.S. farm exports are on pace to set a record high in 2013 but that sales will suffer if Congress does not resurrect a $200 million-a-year foreign marketing program that...
NCC Launches Program
To Help Identify Industry’s
Emerging Leaders
The National Cotton Council has launched the Emerging Leaders Program, an effort aimed at ensuring the U.S. cotton industry benefits from a continuity of sound leadership.
The project, sponsored by a grant to The...
By Tucker Miller
Drew, Miss.
After reading my good friend Roger Carter’s memorable “My Turn” column, I realize how fortunate I am to be in the consultant profession. I was lucky enough to work for a man named Mike Sturdivant, who...
MISSOURI
Mike Milam
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According to the Missouri Crop Progress and Condition Report for the week ending Oct. 14, 47 percent of the cotton has been harvested. This is one day behind last year and two days behind normal. Cotton condition was...
Back in January of this year, I discussed cyclone repair and maintenance in order to minimize particulate emissions from cotton gins. This month I want to talk about the particulate that comes out of the gin cyclone exhausts that...
By Mark Lange
NCC President/CEO
The National Cotton Council continues its reliance on strong industry leaders to help it manage industry issues, including ensuring that cotton’s interests are considered in our nation’s capital.
How is the National Cotton Council ensuring leadership continuity?
Over...
