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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Joel Moor
Moor Ag Services LLC
Greenwood, Mississippi
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...
⋅ BY ANDREW LANE SMITH ⋅
As the weather finally began to change and periods of high pressure set in across the Southeast, Mississippi’s spring turkey season took off. During this time, many critters are beginning to change their day-to-day...
Cotton Consultant of the Year
–——established 1981——–
The Cotton Consultant of the Year reception was held at the Peabody Hotel, March 5, in Memphis, Tennessee. This prestigious annual award is sponsored by Syngenta and Cotton Farming magazine.
James Todd of Plainview, Texas,...
A Beautifully Orchestrated Hand-Off
⋅ BY BRENDA CAROL ⋅
Circa late 1980s — “The Boll Weevil Eradication Program was one of the most significant developments in cotton production over the past 50 years. It was terribly unpopular at first, but I...
Video Series Explores Soil Health In California Cotton Fields
⋅ BY PAMELA KAN-RICE ⋅
Over a century of growing cotton in California, scientists and farmers have learned how to better manage soil health. To share their collective knowledge, they have produced...
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) For Enhanced Cotton Module Traceability And Logistics
Cotton, as an agricultural commodity, has long been a leader in the space of traceability. Every year, cotton producers pay the U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service $2.30...
The National Cotton Council is helping the U.S. cotton industry confront challenges and seize opportunities so its members can thrive in the global marketplace.
What are key industry challenges for 2022?
Supply chain disruptions, labor availability and sharply higher production costs...
