By Tommy Horton Editor At least once a year, our magazine takes a detailed look at water issues in an effort to gain some perspective on a topic that affects every cotton producer. You won’t find a more complicated, politically volatile...

By Lars Swanson Memphis, Tenn. • B.S., Chemical Engineering, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Terre Haute, Ind. • Marketing Portfolio Manager, DuPont Crop Protection. • Worked for DuPont for nearly 20 years in operations and management roles. • Grew up in eastern Iowa. • Father of...

It has been estimated that 70 percent of the world’s fresh water consumption is directed toward irrigating crops – all crops, not just cotton. But that water is dedicated for good reason – yield! “Irrigation accomplishes two goals,” says Dr....

By Steve Verett Executive Vice President Plains Cotton Growers, Inc.   Quality’s Foundation Quality is at the forefront of everything we strive for in the cotton industry here on the High Plains of Texas. Over the past decade, we’ve made tremendous strides in improving...

By Tommy Horton Editor When agricultural researchers in the Southwest look into the future, one issue stays near the top of the list as a major priority. No matter what happens in any other ag-related area, all roads lead back to...

Have you ever wondered how the world's cotton leaders really feel about the United States? We know that the global ag arena is competitive, and nobody needs to be reminded of the challenges that have confronted the U.S. cotton...

Earlier this month, agriculture lost one of its best goodwill ambassadors, and for those of us in the ag media business, we lost a dear friend. Stewart Doan, senior editor for Agri-Pulse Communications, was an Arkansas farm broadcaster who...

Earlier this month, agriculture lost one of its best goodwill ambassadors, and for those of us in the ag media business, we lost a dear friend. Stewart Doan, senior editor for Agri-Pulse Communications, was a farm broadcaster who seemed...

Nobody is hitting the panic button just yet. There is still time for some needed rainfall in Texas that would end a long drought and give hope to cotton farmers in all regions of the state. But, as...

Another spring trip to Lubbock, Texas, has come and gone – and we salute the Texas Cotton Ginners’ Association and Plains Cotton Growers for conducting two informative events. Maybe it seems as if we repeat ourselves in talking...

One fact was apparent last week after attending two consultant meetings and the Mid-South Farm & Gin Show in Memphis. No matter where you turned, there was another recommendation on how farmers should deal with weed resistance this year....

It’s hard to believe but in a matter of weeks it will be time for one of the highlights of the 2012 cotton meeting schedule – the Mid-South Farm & Gin Show in Memphis, Tenn. Actually, it will be...

By the time many of you read this, everybody will have returned home, unpacked suitcases and sorted through a lot of notes after the recent trip to the Beltwide Cotton Conferences in Orlando. It was an excellent meeting with...

Just when we thought the Farm Bill was headed for a fast- track conclusion, here comes yet another change in plans. The Super Committee dedicated to deficit reduction simply couldn’t come to an agreement, and now the fast-track Farm...

Remember the days when it would take the better part of two years for a new Farm Bill to become the law of the land? The Ag Committees in the House and Senate would lay out an ambitious long-range...