The National Cotton Council continues to weigh in on proposed rules that could limit cotton producers’ access to valuable plant protection products as well as undermine their ability to effectively use those that are available. Is stricter pesticide use compliance...

When it comes to the Environmental Protection Agency’s new Endangered Species Act compliance plan, it’s not a good idea to ignore it or toss it in the trash. It has serious implications for agriculture. According to the Weed Science Society...

⋅ BY ROBERT NATHAN GREGORY ⋅ MSU EXTENSION SERVICE If the newest Mississippi planting forecast holds, more corn and rice will be produced in 2023 compared to recent years, while demand will drive down cotton acreage. The National Agricultural Statistics Service, a...

⋅ BY RYAN McGEENEY ⋅ UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS SYSTEM DIVISION OF AGRICULTURE Arkansas growers expect to plant approximately 52,000 more acres of principal crops in 2023 than they did in 2022, according to a U.S. Department of Agriculture report published March...

⋅ BY JOHN LOVETT ⋅ UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS SYSTEM DIVISION OF AGRICULTURE Farmers and agricultural aviators may be able to reduce herbicide drift by making simple adjustments, according to a recently published study. The study, published in Nature’s “Scientific Reports” journal late...

BASF has donated $20,000 to Feeding America to help those in need following a series of tornadoes that recently devastated communities across the state of Mississippi. In addition, the company is matching employee donations to disaster relief organizations contributing...

⋅ BY SHELBY SHANK ⋅ FIELD EDITOR Farmers and ranchers are facing ongoing drought conditions in the Rio Grande Valley. Dry conditions have led cattle ranchers to downsize their herds and sell their cattle because they don’t have grass or hay to feed them. Cotton...

Reflecting on things I learned while growing older keeps taking me back to childhood. One such memory concerns fences, a lesson I appreciate more now than then. I’ve been weed eating in the woods at my mother’s childhood home...

Curtis Stewart, a long-time ginner who has provided outstanding service and leadership to the U.S. cotton industry, is the 2022 Horace Hayden National Cotton Ginner of the Year. He was recognized at the 2023 National Cotton Ginners Association’s annual...

Despite California Storms, Water Challenges Persist ⋅ BY CHRISTINE SOUZA ⋅ In early March, as still more storms dumped new snow onto California’s burgeoning snowpack, water managers, farmers and environmentalists gathered in Sacramento to discuss long-term challenges to secure a more...

TEXAS | Ben McKnight As I write this March 6, approximately 78% of Texas is still in either drought or abnormally dry conditions. Conditions in the Coastal Bend and Lower Rio Grande Valley are listed as being in moderate drought, along...

Cotton Incorporated’s mission is to increase the demand for and profitability of cotton through research and promotion. The research Cotton Incorporated conducts provides a solid foundation of data and facts to validate any claims made in promotional and marketing...

⋅ BY TRACY COURAGE ⋅ U OF A SYSTEM DIVISION OF AGRICULTURE Jessie “J.D.” Vaught of Horatio, Arkansas, a pioneer in contract livestock production in the state, was thrilled to learn a few months ago that he would be inducted into...

Nathan Reed: American Cotton Producers Chair Nathan Reed, a Marianna, Arkansas, cotton producer was re-elected chairman of the American Cotton Producers of the National Cotton Council for 2023, during the NCC’s 2023 Annual Meeting. He served in that position in 2022...

Keeping Honesty At The Forefront Of Social Media ⋅ BY CASSIDY NEMEC ⋅ ASSOCIATE EDITOR Matt and Kelly Griggs operate roughly 1,600 acres of cotton, corn, soybeans, and wheat in Humboldt, Tennessee. Matt, a University of Tennessee-Martin graduate, began the fifth generation...