⋅ BY VICKY BOYD ⋅
California’s cotton acreage is expected to make a huge rebound this season, spurred by lower prices for competing crops and receding Tulare Lake levels.
But Pima cotton, the premium variety predominantly grown in the state, has...
Scouting School Dates and Times
Extension personnel will host four workshops. To register, contact the county Extension office or center at the location you wish to attend.
June 4 — Cotton and Peanut
8 a.m.
Wiregrass Research and Extension Center
167 State Highway...
I started picking cotton when I was 10, Mama made a pick sack out of a 25-pound flour sack, and I was expected to fill it up, empty it and pick another. All the kids at that time started...
The Texas Cotton Ginners’ Association hosted visitors from several cotton-growing areas during its annual meeting and cotton trade show in Lubbock this year. In recapping the event, the organization made the following comments:
“For our 116th gin show, we reached out...
ALABAMA | Steve M. Brown
Dry weather — prolonged dry weather — scares me. I recall a summer that the “spigot” shut off, and I thought it would never rain again. It finally did so… when I was at a Friday...
Program Creates New Revenue Stream Opportunity For Farmers
⋅ BY CARROLL SMITH ⋅
EDITOR
To give farmers an opportunity to boost their income and reduce fossil fuels and carbon emissions, Corteva Agriscience, Bunge and Chevron U.S.A. initiated a unique Winter Canola Program...
Cotton growers and dairy farmers alike know the value of cotton lies not only in its textile uses but also in its byproduct, whole cottonseed. Cotton Incorporated’s Cottonseed Research and Marketing program works to maximize cotton-grower profit from whole...
How An Outside Perspective Helps Connect Others To Agriculture
⋅ BY CASSIDY NEMEC ⋅
ASSOCIATE EDITOR
It was not until Jack Gjesvold was a senior in high school that he stepped foot onto a farm. Today, just having wrapped up his sophomore...
NCC Statement On Farm Bill House Legislation Released
The National Cotton Council applauds House Agriculture Committee Chairman Glenn “G.T.” Thompson for producing a Farm Bill that significantly increases the support levels for cotton producers, who have been weighed down by...
⋅ BY JOHN ROBINSON ⋅
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension
During April, the U.S. Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service announced the suspension of selected statistical reports and processes, including the annual objective yield sampling effort for U.S. cotton. The latter...
The National Cotton Council is actively encouraging its members to adopt industry-approved module wrap products to reduce contamination of both seed cotton and lint.
What is the module wrap standard?
In early 2022, the approval and publication of the American...
When I was a little girl, my dad picked up an extra piece of ground in East-Central Louisiana. It was good land and well suited for cotton. But what suited me most about it were the three big pecan...
The National Cotton Council applauds House Agriculture Committee Chairman Glenn “G.T.” Thompson for producing a Farm Bill that significantly increases the support levels for cotton producers who have been weighed down by the recent rise in on-farm production costs.
This...
⋅ BY MARY HIGHTOWER ⋅
Time is not on dicamba’s side.
Following an Arizona federal court ruling that vacated the label in February, users of dicamba herbicides are waiting to see what happens now that a new registration for over-the-top use...
WHAT: The 2024 Syngenta Pest Patrol program is designed to equip growers with timely alerts so they can protect their crops against potential pest threats. The alerts come from a team of local university partners and Syngenta representatives across the Mid-South...
