The U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol was honored that its climate smart project was funded under USDA’s Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities program. What is this environmental initiative? The Biden-Harris Administration, via USDA, is investing up to $2.8 billion in 70 selected pilot...

Helping Consultants And Others With Agronomic And Pest Management Decisions ⋅ BY CASSIDY NEMEC ⋅ ASSOCIATE EDITOR This year’s Beltwide Cotton Conferences will be held in New Orleans, Louisiana, Jan. 10-12 at the New Orleans Marriott. The Cotton Consultants session will be...

Spending the early morning hours out on a cotton farm or in university or industry test plots is a time for reflection, for watching. By definition, observation is the process of observing something carefully to gain information.  Observing different cotton...

⋅ BY OLIVIA McCLURE ⋅ From rooting up crops to destroying farm infrastructure, Louisiana’s growing population of feral hogs causes $91.1 million in damage to agricultural and timber lands each year, according to a newly released LSU AgCenter estimate. Based on...

⋅ BY BONNIE A. COBLENTZ ⋅ MSU Extension Service “Snow” appearing on the sides of highways and bare ground visible for miles is a sure indication that row crop harvest in Mississippi is well underway. As of early October, the majority of the...

⋅ BY MARY HIGHTOWER ⋅ U of A System Division of Agriculture Arkansas has connections to several projects being funded through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s $2.8 billion Climate-Smart Commodities program aimed at reducing greenhouse gases, improving carbon storage and developing...

⋅ BY KAY LEDBETTER ⋅ The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service will host a Women in Ag Conference on Oct. 18 at the Hereford Civic Center, 1001 W. 15th St., Hereford. The program is coordinated by the agency’s offices in Castro,...

⋅ BY CLAIRE SANDERS ⋅ It’s a familiar sight for many — a ground sprayer slowly making rounds in a field, applying pesticides to row crops to give producers the best chance of protecting crops from pests and seeing high...

Women are a critical part of farm and ranch operations in South Carolina and to help move this industry into the future, the Clemson Cooperative Extension Service is holding its first-ever South Carolina Women in Agriculture Conference. This inaugural conference...

Tarnished plant bugs and thrips are major insect pests for South Carolina cotton. But Clemson University researchers assure growers help is on the way. During the 2022 Agronomic and Vegetable Field Day at the Edisto Research and Education Center (REC)...

I hadn’t planned a sequel about early memories of my longtime friend William Cross. It occurred to me, however, I had not mentioned two things for which he is well known — fishing and hunting. Many of us have tales...

In Texas, we have spent a good bit of time and energy trying to untangle the mess that was caused by Winter Storm Uri. We have seen legislation passed, new rules written and now various actions by our Public...

A Slice Of Perspective To Be Gained ⋅ BY CASSIDY NEMEC ⋅ ASSOCIATE EDITOR Upon its inception in 1989, P.I.E. — otherwise known as the Producer Information Exchange — has been instrumental in creating avenues for producers to experience regions different from...

⋅ BY CARROLL SMITH ⋅ EDITOR When George B. Walker and his partners launched the Stoneville Pedigreed Seed Company in 1922, his business plan was simple: “To increase the economic value of an acre of cotton.” To recognize the cotton brand’s 100-year...

U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol Launches 3-Year Enrollment Trust Protocol participating producers will find the new streamlined enrollment for the 2022-2024 crops easy and quick. Production data, which remains confidential, now can be more efficiently uploaded into the Protocol platform, thus...