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...
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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...
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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....
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While we’ve been steadily moving through harvesting our trials, I’ve been paying close attention to the night temperatures forecast for the three-day stretch centered on Halloween. Fortunately, there are only a few acres left that might...
The U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol (“Trust Protocol”) is pleased to announce public stakeholder consultation on the revision of the Principles and Criteria and Grower Enrollment Questionnaire is open through Oct. 30.
Completion of the documents’ draft Version 2.0 is a...
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) extended the comment period to Oct. 22 for its proposed herbicide strategy.
The agency released the proposal in late July and extended the comment period after several groups, including the American Farm...
