Keep An Eye Out For The “Odd Balls” That May Threaten Young Cotton
⋅ BY SCOTT GRAHAM ⋅
AUBURN UNIVERSITY
One of the challenges of cotton insect pest management is also one of the things that makes it exciting: no two seasons...
Providing For The World One Generation At A Time
⋅ BY CASSIDY NEMEC ⋅
ASSISTANT EDITOR
Joe Wilder, a long-time farmer in Snook, Texas, likely never imagined the family farm he married into and joined back in 1964 would be what it...
Rainfall is critical to cotton across the Cotton Belt. However, effective ways to capture and maximize precipitation in the Southern Plains are always top of mind for the region’s producers. Cotton Incorporated and many cooperators invest in research to...
With USDA projecting 9% more U.S. cotton acres this season, the National Cotton Council is working to ensure affordable and effective inputs/resources are available while solidifying U.S. cotton’s reputation.
What about crop input availability?
The NCC monitors rulemaking and other activities...
“Life is like a roller coaster. It has its ups and downs. But it’s your choice to scream or enjoy the ride.” I’ve seen this quote used many times although I can’t confirm where it originated.
When you climb aboard...
BASF welcomed 51 farms to the FiberMax One Ton Club following the 2021 growing season, continuing its long-standing tradition of celebrating cotton farmers’ impressive yield achievements. The farm with the highest yield in 2021 went well beyond the club’s...
There’s still time to apply to the Missouri Century Farm Program. Deadline is May 1.
If your farm has been in your family since Dec. 31, 1922, you can apply to have it recognized as a Missouri Century Farm.
To qualify, the...
BASF celebrated a record 171 applications for the 2021 Stoneville® Legacy Club™, which recognizes farmers committed to producing a top-quality, high-yielding cotton crop. Thirty-two farms qualified by harvesting yields in the top 10% of their states; five of those...
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I am a sixth-generation farmer whose family has been growing cotton on our home place in Leflore County, Mississippi, since the 1850s. We always take our photos on a cotton module,...
Enjoy the latest issue of Cotton Tales–The Hometown Publication for Members and Friends of the Texas Cotton Gin Museum. The historic landmark is in the heart of Burton, Texas, located on the same site where it was built more...
Why am I thankful my husband was an independent crop consultant? Let me count the ways:
Who would have believed back in 1948 that a man in Caddo Parish, Louisiana, named Dan Logan would decide a farmer needs to know...
The Memphis-based National Cotton Ginners Association named its officers for 2022 during the annual meeting in Houston, Texas.
The NCGA’s 2022 officers are: president — George LaCour Jr., Morganza, Louisiana; first vice president — Gene Seale, Pima, Arizona; second vice...
ALABAMA Steve M. Brown
In the summer of 1973, my parents purchased me a new car. It cost just over $2,300 and was equipped with a manual “three-on-the-tree” transmission, heater and AM radio. It was the first year of new EPA...
Ted Schneider To Lead National Cotton Council
Ted Schneider, a Lake Providence, Louisiana, producer, was elected National Cotton Council chairman for 2022 during the organization’s annual meeting in Houston, Texas.
Shawn Holladay, a Lubbock producer, was elected to the position of...
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