The world of drones is growing more each day. Contributing to this growth, Steve Li, an Alabama Cooperative Extension System weed scientist, is holding a virtual drone end-user conference March 18-19 via Zoom.
Li said there are many farmers who are...
⋅ BY TOBIE BLANCHARD ⋅
The U.S. Department of Agriculture held its Agriculture Outlook Forum Feb. 23-24 in Washington, D.C. The forum provides a forecast for the 2023 crop year.
Matt Foster, LSU AgCenter state specialist for cotton, corn and grain sorghum, was...
⋅ BY MARY HIGHTOWER ⋅
Farmers must not only conserve the soil and water it has today, but it must also seed the ground for future farmers and public efforts to strengthen agriculture, speakers at the Arkansas Discovery Farms Conservation...
About 30 years ago, a 20-something city girl from Massachusetts began spending an inordinate amount of time at the Delta Research and Extension Center picking the brains of Mississippi State University’s Extension specialists. As a young agricultural journalist and...
Under the current administration, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration has begun to enhance their enforcement efforts. In the fall of 2022, we saw articles explaining how OSHA is working with the Department of Justice to file criminal charges...
NORTH CAROLINA | Guy Collins
As I write this Jan. 29, we are preparing for our winter cotton meeting season (aka “the BBQ circuit”), which begins next week. Thankfully, most growers are coming out of another good year for cotton with...
How One South Carolina Farmer Showed His Patriotism Through Harvest
⋅ BY CASSIDY NEMEC ⋅
ASSOCIATE EDITOR
A South Carolina farmer used his pent-up creativity in a cotton field — without relying on GPS.
Scott Barfield, a Hartsville, South Carolina, farmer, works for Gill...
⋅ BY JUSTIN FREDRICKSON ⋅
CALIFORNIA FARM BUREAU
To weather extended and intensifying droughts we have experienced, and that we know are likely just around the bend again, we need to seriously bulk up our capacity to better handle the periodic...
Consistency, Earliness Are Advantageous To Cotton Farmers
Sometimes it’s nice to have a few years under your belt to assess if you’re actually on the right track. After all, one good year does not a good decade make. Nor does...
At the 2023 Beltwide Cotton Conferences, BASF sponsored two prestigious professional awards: Cotton Marketer and Cotton Specialist of the Year. Arkansas cotton grower Joe Mencer was named Cotton Marketer of the Year and Dr. Murilo Maeda, assistant professor and...
If not managed properly, thrips can cause devasting losses to cotton grown in the Southeast. Injury symptoms can range from leaf curling to delays in crop maturity, stand loss and reduced lint. And less lint means less money in...
Grower Interest And Potential Benefits Are Driving Factors
⋅ BY CARROLL SMITH ⋅
EDITOR
The agricultural landscape in Louisiana is diverse. Its farmers produce everything from cotton, soybeans, corn, rice and sugarcane to crawfish, peanuts and other commodities.
In areas of the state...
Kenneth Hood Honored With Oscar Johnston Lifetime Achievement Award
The late Kenneth Hood, a former National Cotton Council vice president, treasurer, vice chairman and chairman, received the Oscar Johnston Lifetime Achievement Award in 2022. He was honored at the National...
The National Cotton Council strongly encourages its cotton producer members to enroll their 2022 cotton crop in the U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol before the March 31, 2023, deadline.
Why is Trust Protocol enrollment important?
Launched in 2020, the Trust Protocol was...
Growing up in a small Louisiana town, I remember March was the month that sat on the winter side of spring. It was the time of year when you had to stick your head outside in the morning to...
