The U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol is today announcing an increase of 25% compared to 2022 in the total area of planted cotton acres enrolled in the program, reaching 1.6 million acres in 2023 — its greatest extent to date. This...

Self-enrollment for e3 Sustainable Cotton is open through Dec. 31 The e3 Sustainable Cotton program helps growers maximize the potential value of their cotton through a user-friendly digital platform that integrates with most existing software. Enrollment for the e3® Sustainable Cotton program is now...

The Alabama Cooperative Extension System agronomic crops team is excited to announce the 2023 Alabama Row Crops Short Course. This statewide conference is held each year. Join the team for an opportunity to hear the latest information from researchers,...

The U. S Department of Agriculture (USDA) will provide more than $3 billion to commodity and specialty crop producers impacted by natural disaster events in 2022. Eligible impacted producers can apply for financial assistance through the Emergency Relief Program (ERP) 2022. The...

The farm of the future is being created at Mississippi State University. MSU officials officially opened the Agricultural Autonomy Institute, the nation’s first and only interdisciplinary research center focused on autonomous technologies to enhance on-farm precision and efficiency. The Agricultural Autonomy...

Growing up in Houston, Texas, I was not exactly surrounded by much in the way of agriculture. However, my grandfather was a corn and hay farmer near Waco, Texas, so I did get to spend summers in fields watching...

The U.S. Citizen and Immigration Services has announced the development of a new I-9 Employment Eligibility Form. All new hires or re-hires after Nov. 1, 2023, must use this form. The latest form is now only one page and is...

As The Cotton Board’s Southeastern regional communications manager, my territory includes Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia. The concerns I hear from cotton producers in the field typically vary from state to state. However, as I...

TEXAS | Ben McKnight As the 2023 growing season begins to wind down for several growers across Texas, it is now apparent that many similarities in the challenges that growers faced last year in the 2022 growing season were once again...

California Legislation Boosts Drone Use In Agriculture According to the California Farm Bureau, farmers will soon face fewer obstacles in getting approved to use drones for aerial applications. This development is thanks to a bill signed into law by Gov. Gavin...

Cotton Council International, the National Cotton Council’s export promotions arm, is elevating U.S. cotton fiber and manufactured cotton products around the globe with its COTTON USA™ trademark. What is CCI’s mission? With more than 65 years of experience, CCI continues its...

Yield, Quality and Traits The menu of cotton varieties from which to choose in 2024 includes a host of high-yielding, good quality selections. To help you get started, seed companies from across the Cotton Belt provided information about their headliners for Cotton...

November is a special time for everyone involved in agriculture. For the cotton folks, harvest is over or winding down, and the crop is waiting its turn at the gin to be processed. Hopefully, everyone had a successful year...

⋅ BY JULIE MURPHREE ⋅ As a member of the Arizona Farm Bureau and enthusiastic advocate for Arizona agriculture, Kris Johnson shares her agribusiness story, which is quite unique and certainly important. Having known her for many years, I have always...

⋅ SPONSORED CONTENT ⋅ For farmers planting cotton near peanuts, one simple change makes management a whole lot easier. Throughout the South, cotton and peanuts are a common rotation with fields planted near one another — sometimes across the turnrow....