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Corey Cotton
Cotton Ag Services
Albany, Georgia
When I was 13 years old, my dad — who also is a consultant — started taking me to the field to scout cotton, which was his biggest crop. Later on, I...
Cultivating A Delta Legacy
⋅ BY CARROLL SMITH ⋅
EDITOR
Brian Fyfe is a fourth-generation farmer born and raised around Clarksdale, Mississippi. In 1926, his great grandfather, Thomas Granville Wilsford, bought some property near Moon Lake that had operated as a 700-acre...
Liquid Prep App Aims To Provide Accurate Data, Global Cost-Effectiveness
In a joint effort, Texas A&M AgriLife Research and IBM are working to develop low-cost sensors and a smartphone app, aimed to provide farmers a new tool for making real-time decisions about when...
The National Cotton Council is urging its producer members to enroll their 2023 cotton crop in the U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol during the signup window that ends on September 1, 2023.
How beneficial is enrolling during this revamped signup window?
As...
During the heat of the production season, early risers and late nighters aptly describes the nature of a crop consultant. Their day typically begins before sunup as they head out to the field to start work at first light....
⋅ BY DREW VIGUET ⋅
NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL LAW CENTER
Years of controversy, recent litigation and amended regulation of agricultural pesticides are changing and molding the farming landscape, including for the Mid-South region of the U.S.
The National Agricultural Law Center’s 10th Annual...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is seeking public comment on draft guidance to improve the efficiency of EPA’s Endangered Species Act (ESA) analyses for new pesticide active ingredient applications and active ingredients undergoing registration review. This guidance, when...
The U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol announced today that enrollment for the 2023 crop year is open now through September 1, providing growers the opportunity to complete data entry prior to harvest. The updated timing also better aligns with peak...
In the mid-1990s before our entry into the transgenic era, a bag of cotton seed cost around $35. Formerly, a bag was a standard 50 lbs., though in the old days 100-lb. bags were sometimes used. In 2023 in...
⋅ BY DREW VIGUET ⋅
NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL LAW CENTER
When it comes to foreign ownership of agricultural land in the United States, legislatures at both the state and federal levels are asking “how much is too much?”
According to the U.S. Department...
Elevated seed houses are valuable for short-term seed storage, wet seed storage and gins with limited yard space. Design improvements allow overhead seed houses to be an efficient method for loading trucks from flat-storage houses and gins.
When fully loaded,...
ARIZONA | Randy Norton
As we enter the early stages of crop development this season, we will begin to see the appearance of the first pinhead squares. The crop will be quickly progressing from a vegetative stage to a reproductive stage. The occurrence...
On the emerging sustainability landscape, there is still so much for consumers, retailers and farmers to define and understand. As we move into the era of capturing carbon, improving our environmental footprint and creating industry goals for improvement, questions...
Trust Protocol 2023 Crop Enrollment Opening
U.S. cotton producers can soon enroll their 2023 crop in the U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol at https://trustuscotton.org/. For help enrolling, reach out to the Grower Help Desk at [email protected].
Producers enrolled in the Trust Protocol are eligible...
Understanding The Ramifications On Pesticides Across The Country
⋅ BY CASSIDY NEMEC ⋅
ASSOCIATE EDITOR
Figuring out how the Endangered Species Act affects the agricultural industry can be both complex and frustrating. The ESA of 1973 was enacted by Congress under President...
