F or most of my childhood, I grew up about 10 miles west of Vidalia, Louisiana, where the Mississippi River bridge crossed over to Natchez, Mississippi. But when I was about 2 years old, we actually lived in Vidalia for...

Crop input prices are rising and the agricultural markets are in constant flux. Producers need reliable information as they look toward 2023. The Alabama Cooperative Extension System’s farm and agribusiness management team–in collaboration with the Auburn University College of...

The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service will hold the District 8 Farm and Ranch Seminar on Dec. 8 in Waco. The event will be from 7 a.m.-4 p.m. at McLennan Community College Emergency Services Building, 7601 Steinbeck Bend Road. The cost is...

Alabama producers can brush up on best management practices and prepare for the upcoming growing seasons at the 2022 Alabama Row Crops Short Course. The course will be held Dec. 13 and 14 at the Hotel at Auburn University and...

⋅ BY ROBERT NATHAN GREGORY ⋅ MSU Extension Service Time is running out to preregister for the 2022 Mississippi State University Row Crop Short Course. The course, scheduled for Dec. 5-7 at the Cotton Mill Conference Center in Starkville, is hosted by...

Educational opportunities on cooperatives, agricultural disruptors also upcoming With inflation, supply-chain issues and uncertainty in the economy, the Clemson Cooperative Extension Service hopes to provide South Carolina’s farmers with the information needed to navigate those hurdles in one fell swoop. The...

West Texas is home to nearly 50% of the cotton grown in the US, so it makes sense that 25 years ago Lubbock was the starting point of an iconic cotton seed brand, FiberMax. To celebrate this important milestone,...

I told my cotton story here October 2020 on our (I have three younger siblings) 188-acre, dryland cotton farm in Willacy County, Texas. Several items need updating. Thank you for the opportunity. For one, I forgot my childhood nickname. My 73-year-old...

Early summer across the Cotton Belt often means weed and disease pressure, but it also signals that coveted first bale of the season. According to U.S. Senator John Cornyn (Texas), “The tradition of certifying the nation’s First Bale of the...

The menu of cotton varieties from which to choose in 2023 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 Farming‘s annual Seed...

TEXAS | Murilo Maeda Cotton harvest has already started in West Texas (in our northern counties) as I write this in early October, and by the time you receive this issue of Cotton Farming, harvest activities should be well underway across...

Looking Back To Move Forward Backpedal to 2021. That season was an eye-opener for Whit Player, Bishopville, South Carolina, cotton grower. He had purchased a new planter with granular applicator boxes. Unsure of exactly what he wanted to do with the...

Texas Rural Land Buying Frenzy Wanes Rural land sales volume fell 26.5% from mid-2021 to mid-2022, according to the Texas Land Market Latest Developments by the Texas Real Estate Research Center (TRERC) at Texas A&M University. “Clearly activity appears to be...

⋅ BY GRANT SAUM ⋅ UNION CITY, TENNESSEE During the past two springs, many Mid-South producers faced cold, wet temperatures when planting their cotton crop. These harsh weather conditions can cause young cotton plants to grow slowly and sit idle waiting...

⋅ BY STEFANI SMALLHOUSE ⋅ PRESIDENT, ARIZONA FARM BUREAU Early in the 20th century, we began the ongoing cycle of pivoting our priorities and reassessing our methodologies in fire response and forest management. The Great Fire of 1910, which burned 3 million...