As 2021 Begins, Cotton Consultants Share Their Thoughts
• By Carroll Smith,
Editor •
Cotton Farming recently conducted a question-and-answer session with several of the past recipients of the Cotton Consultant of the Year award. They included Eddy Cates (2019), Tucker Miller...
Are you aware of all the research projects that are done on behalf of U.S. cotton farmers to help increase their profitability and success on the farm?
Even though 2020 has been a crazy year and many folks are quarantined,...
• By Jennifer Dorsett •
The Harlingen (Texas) Cotton Committee recently auctioned the first cotton bale of 2020 to benefit area students pursuing a degree in higher education.
In previous years, the Harlingen Cotton Committee and the Algodón Club collaborated to...
The 2020 Tennessee Cotton Variety Trial Results publication (PB 1742) is now available online. Included within these results are nine large strip trials (CSTs) testing 15 XtendFlex commercial varieties, five large strip trials (CSTs) testing five Enlist commercial varieties...
Arkansas State University’s annual Agribusiness Conference will be a virtual event in 2021.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2021 virtual conference will be presented live via WebEx Wednesday, Feb. 10.
The 27th annual conference will focus on the outlook for...
• By Seshadri Ramkumar •
As COVID-19 has affected the normal life and the economy, how have the cotton and textile sectors fared?
The year was supposed to end with a positive news that two vaccines have been approved for mass...
North Carolina State University's winter cotton meetings will be held virtually using Zoom this year due to COVID-19. You will be able to watch these on your computer. They will be recorded in case you can’t watch at the...
The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service will be holding the 59th annual Blackland Income Growth, BIG, conference on Jan. 5, 2021, online.
The event is free and will run from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Participants must register online and will then...
Farmers who fear they are falling behind in farm technology might not be as behind as they think.
Kansas State University cropping system economist Terry Griffin explains that a recent Kansas Farm Management Association study on farm technologies dispels the...
Cotton farmers in Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico and Kansas who are Plains Cotton Cooperative Association members and grow e3 Sustainable Cotton now have access to a fully digitized bale-tracking platform that enables easier and more efficient cotton traceability.
With BASF’s...
• By Mary Hightower •
Arkansas’ cotton crop got off to a slow, cool and wet start, endured a pandemic and the remains of two hurricanes, hinted at record yields and inexplicably ended the season with prices hitting a high...
With cotton harvest complete, producers now wait for ginning to wrap up as preparations begin for another year. Livestock owners, on the other hand, are gearing up to purchase cotton byproducts to supplement minerals and feed throughout the winter...
An LSU AgCenter project is examining the benefits and challenges of growing cotton on wider rows that line up with configurations used for other crops, potentially saving farmers money.
Cotton rows are typically either 38 or 40 inches wide. But...
Due to COVID-19 concerns, this year’s Nueces/San Patricio County Field Crop Symposium on Jan. 7 will be by virtual participation only.
“Texas Department of Agriculture continuing education units have been requested for participants, and we have also made a request...
• By Bruce Schultz •
The LSU AgCenter has named Matt Foster as the statewide specialist for cotton, corn and grain sorghum starting Jan. 19, 2021.
He’s ready to go to work.
“My first day is already planned out with a grower...
