TCGA Expands Its Member Services Representative Staff
Editor’s Note: Julia New has joined the staff at the Texas Cotton Ginners’ Association. Below, she tells everyone about her background and her current position at TCGA:
As most of you may know, there...
Pros, Cons And Alternatives To Transferring Property
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TEXAS A&M AGRILIFE
Editor’s Note: This article by Tiffany Lashmet, Texas A&M Agri-Life Extension, was first published on the Texas Agriculture Law Blog and is based on Texas law....
The Georgia Cotton Commission’s Trustees’ Awards were presented at the 2024 Georgia Cotton Commission annual meeting Jan. 31 in Tifton. The Trustees’ Awards are awarded to individuals who have dedicated themselves to the advancement of the cotton industry in...
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...
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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,...
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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...
