The cost of ginning cotton is an important concern for producers and ginners. Every three years, the U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service conducts a survey of ginning costs by region.
Data from the survey allows gin management to...
e3 Sustainable Cotton Farmers Receive Additional Rewards
BASF recently launched the e3 Sustainable Cotton Grower Fund, a unique effort to provide additional economic support for cotton farmers in the e3 Sustainable Cotton program who commit to growing sustainable cotton.
Brands, retailers,...
In 2022, it will have been 100 years since my great grandpaw, Gotleib Voigt, moved up here from Central Texas and bought some land on the South Plains. I am the fourth generation to farm the home place.
Our family...
David Blakemore, an innovative Missouri ginner who has provided outstanding service and leadership to the U.S. cotton industry, is the 2020 Horace Hayden National Cotton Ginner of the Year. He was recognized at the National Cotton Ginners Association’s recent...
As of mid-February, many of the cotton producing regions of Texas have not seen adequate relief from dry conditions. They persist in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Coastal Bend and parts of the Blacklands.
Hopefully, some relief is headed to...
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There are relatively few products to manage nematodes in row crops, so new products or product changes are something agricultural professionals should be aware of. In 2021, new releases or product changes have...
Corteva Agrscience will no longer sell FeXapan brand dicamba herbicide in the United States and Canada, according to a Feb. 22 company statement.
Instead, the company will focus on its Enlist platform, which is based on crops genetically modified to...
A new water management system installed at Mississippi State University's R.R. Foil Plant Science Research Center is elevating university researchers' capabilities of developing drainage solutions for farmers in Mississippi and across the Mid-South.
Advanced Drainage Systems, a leading manufacturer in...
Based on below-average statewide snowpack, the Bureau of Reclamation recently announced reduced water allocations for nearly all Central Valley Project water contractors. Deliveries could change depending on precipitation received during the next few months, said Ernest Conant, Reclamation regional...
The Louisiana State University AgCenter Northeast Research Station will host a soil health forum March 17.
It is supported by the Patrick F. Taylor Foundation and National Resource Conservation Service. The Patrick F. Taylor Foundation awarded a grant to the...
In mid-January, flurries fell across different parts of West Texas. But, the snow didn't do much to help drought conditions on the South Plains, reports a Texas Tech University researcher.
Once the recent snow completely melts, the amount of precipitation...
BASF recently launched the e3 Sustainable Cotton Grower Fund, a unique effort to provide additional economic support for cotton farmers in the e3 Sustainable Cotton program who commit to growing sustainable cotton.
Brands, retailers, mills and other cotton fiber value...
Improving soil health is in the best interest of Arkansas cotton farmers, but producers use different strategies for doing so.
Bill Robertson, Extension cotton agronomist, and Matt Fryer, Extension soil instructor, both with the University of Arkansas System Division of...
National Cotton Council economists point to a few key factors that will shape the U.S. cotton industry’s 2021 economic outlook.
This past year was characterized by significant uncertainty and volatility in both the global economy and the world cotton market....
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U.S. cotton producers intend to plant 11.5 million cotton acres this spring, down 5.2 % from 2020 (based on U.S. Department of Agriculture's’s February 2021 estimate), according to the National Cotton Council’s 40th Annual Early Season Planting...
