Friday, March 13, 2026

Cotton Varieties Help Make Time for What Matters Most

⋅ SPONSORED CONTENT ⋅ Southeast producer Jimmy Stewart loves farming cotton and peanuts — it’s all he’s ever wanted to do. The hard work, long days and constant problem-solving are all part of the job description. But he has other obligations...

Walking In Heaven’s High Cotton

Mr. Ray Young is walking in Heaven’s high cotton now, leaving the rest of us still here to mourn his loss. He dearly loved his wife, Dorothy, and all his kids and their progeny. And Ray reveled in growing...

Continuing the Tradition

Camp Hand Awarded the 2024 Beltwide Cotton Specialist of the Year Each year, the University Extension cotton specialists select a colleague to recognize as the Beltwide Extension Cotton Specialist of the Year. On Wednesday, Jan. 3, Camp Hand of the...

BASF introduces new FiberMax and Stoneville seed varieties for the 2024 season

  BASF is further expanding its FiberMax and Stoneville cotton seed industry-leading portfolio with the addition of four new varieties for the 2024 growing season. With these strong additions, the FiberMax and Stoneville cotton seed portfolio includes a total of 18 varieties. All new...

Save the Date: Louisiana Agricultural Technology & Management Conference Details Announced

The Louisiana Agricultural Technology & Management Conference sponsored by the Louisiana Agricultural Consultants Association will be held Wednesday 12:00 noon through noon Friday, February 7-9, 2024, at Paragon Casino Resort in Marksville, Louisiana. In addition to the general sessions where...

The Polyborg

For decades, I’ve known that I have a problem. Only recently, though, I learned the name of my condition. It is textophobia, the fear of certain fabrics. In my case, that fabric is polyester. My aversion to it probably...

IRS Warns Of Employee Retention Credit Fraud

If you are running a business, it is likely you have heard of the Employee Retention Credit (ERC). The ERC is a refundable tax credit for businesses and tax-exempt organizations that had employees during the COVID-19 pandemic and were affected...

2024 Variety Selection

ARIZONA | Randy Norton During the cool winter months, with the crop harvested and out of the field, it is a good time to review the previous year and  make plans for the upcoming season, which will be upon us in...

Inviting People To The Table

Alabama Farm Family Leads By Example On Local, State And National Levels ⋅ BY CASSIDY NEMEC ⋅ ASSOCIATE EDITOR Daniel and Carla Trantham, well-known advocates for agriculture in North Alabama, have worked to pave the way for young farming families to use...

An Openness to Change Yields Big Returns

Cotton producers are marked by a never-quit-pushing mindset that searches for ways to improve on last year’s crop. Innovation begins with a look to the future and a willingness to change. For Jeremy Wilson, striving for more led to...

The Fight Against FOV4 Continues In Texas

In 2019, I wrote an article on the Cotton Research and Promotion Program’s work in California to identify and stop the spread of Fusarium wilt race 4 (FOV4) in Pima and Upland cotton. Substantial progress had been made in...

TCGA Rebrands Annual Show

Expanded Outreach Aims To Include Gins And Visitors From All Across The Cotton Belt The Texas Cotton Ginners’ Association will host its 116th gin show April 4-5 in Lubbock at the Lubbock Memorial Civic Center. Aaron Nelsen, TCGA special projects...

An Aggressive Agenda

As it did this past year, the National Cotton Council continues to confront challenges and seize opportunities with the aim of improving the U.S. cotton industry’s overall financial health. Does that include farm bill passage? Passage of an effective farm bill...

Cotton Trivia To Kick Off The New Year

How old is cotton? I recently ran across this question that piqued my curiosity. Personally, having grown up in rural Louisiana, I was around cotton my entire life. But I knew there was more to the story than that. While...

PhytoGen® Cottonseed Expands Portfolio With Two New Varieties

New W3E1 and W3FE Varieties Bring Next-level Yield Potential PhytoGen cottonseed, the U.S. cottonseed brand of Corteva Agriscience, announces two new varieties offering producers proven, high-yield potential in key cotton-growing regions. PhytoGen brand PHY 137 W3E1 and PhytoGen brand PHY 475 W3FE will be available for the 2024...

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