Bringing Biodiversity And Sustainability Into The Equation Daily ⋅ BY CASSIDY NEMEC ⋅ ASSISTANT EDITOR When approached by Delta F.A.R.M. years ago, Michael and Doreen Muzzi of TKT Farms in Shaw, Mississippi, made a decision that would reap benefits for years to...

Importance Of Historical Weather Information To Setting Premiums ⋅ BY PAUL SCHATTENBERG ⋅ A new study by agricultural economics experts from Texas A&M AgriLife and Virginia Tech makes a strong case for using historical weather information in crop insurance programs for even more accurate...

The National Cotton Council is engaging with Congress well before development and debate of the 2023 farm bill. How have farm bill priorities been conveyed thus far? Early this year, the NCC provided testimony at a House Agriculture Committee hearing, “A...

According to the Farmers’ Almanac, the “Dog Days” of summer are from July 3 to Aug. 11 each year. “They’re usually the hottest and most unbearable days of the season,” the publication said. “We often hear about the “Dog...

Scotty Raines didn’t grow up on a farm, but his father kept a large garden at home. His mother, a beautician, had a beauty shop behind their house. So Scotty began his agrarian career by selling produce from the...

Betty Allen Farms in Latta, South Carolina, has been in Keith Allen’s family for nearly 200 proverbial lean and fat years. Growing from a modest holding in 1837 to 3800 acres today, the farm has experienced everything from near...

Early summer across the Cotton Belt often means weed and disease pressure, but it also signals that coveted first cotton bale of the season. This year Wesley Vanderpool in Alamo, Texas, harvested that first bale June 23 at 1,989 lbs...

• By John Lovett • University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture The director of the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station, the research arm of the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture, was recently named the 2022 recipient of the Southern...

By Yangxuan Liu • The cotton futures market experienced its selloff since June 17, 2022, creating concerns among cotton producers about this year’s profitability. For example, December 2022 Cotton Future prices dropped from around 120 cents per pound to around...

The U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol was accepted as an ISEAL Community Member following a rigorous and meticulous approval process and only eighteen months after the program’s launch. ISEAL is a global membership organization that supports credited sustainability systems in their...

Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever are proud to announce BASF Agricultural Solutions as the organization’s newest national sponsor in the precision agriculture and conservation sector. The organizations are poised to deliver new on-farm sustainability program in the Texas Panhandle. Collaborating...

U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol's New Three-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...

The U.S. ginning industry is addressing a myriad of ongoing issues from safety to contamination to labor and climate change. The National Cotton Ginners Association recently concluded its first in-person ginner schools since 2019 with the three schools attracting 320...

I grew up from humble beginnings in a family of four in Northampton County, North Caro-lina, on my grandfather’s farm. We had a simple childhood, although we didn’t know it because we had plenty. My family was always big on...

Todd Westerfeld @westy1241 Todd Westerfeld, a Central Texas farmer in Moody, Texas, has gained a substantial following on social media over the past several years. Using Instagram as his main platform, he shares everything from the daily ins-and-outs of farming in...