PhytoGen cottonseed — Corteva Agriscience's U.S. cottonseed brand — announced three new high-performing, high-yielding Upland varieties for 2021 during the recent Yielding Innovation virtual grower forum.
Two of the three varieties feature the cottonseed industry’s first trait for reniform nematode...
Oklahoma State University’s Division of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources is using an interactive program called Testing Ag Performance Solutions to help corn and cotton farmers with irrigated crops improve water-use management.
TAPS allows producers to try out research-based improved...
The Georgia Cotton Commission sponsored the King Cotton Awards to recognize outstanding contributions of county Extension agents to Georgia cotton producers for the 20th year in a row. The senior award honors agents with 10 or more years of...
• By Carroll Smith,
Editor •
The National Cotton Council will conduct the 2021 Beltwide Cotton Conferences virtually Jan. 5-7, 2021, (Tuesday-Thursday) due to continued concerns regarding COVID-19’s spread.
Beltwide, coordinated by the NCC, annually brings together university and U.S. Department of...
Remaining peanut crop fared better than cotton.
Virginia’s cotton and peanut harvests are lagging due to a series of disruptive weather events, and the threat of additional rain could further dampen farmers’ efforts.
According to the National Agricultural Statistics Service Nov. 9...
The beginning of 2020 brought an end to a century of farm ownership when we sold the family farm in Eric, Oklahoma. All of the grandchildren — including me — are mostly removed from the area, and the...
LSU AgCenter names interim specialist
Plant pathologist Paul “Trey” Price, an assistant professor based at the Macon Ridge Research Station in Winnsboro, Louisiana, is serving as the LSU AgCenter’s interim cotton, corn and grain sorghum specialist.
Price says he often finds...
Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed Senate Bill 1383 (D-Jackson), which expands employee job-protected leave.
Under current law, employers with more than 50 employees are subject to the California Family Rights Act and the federal Family and Medical Leave Act. CFRA...
• By Kay Ledbetter •
The Southern Extension Risk Management Education Center named the “Owning Your Piece of Texas: Agricultural Landowner Legal Education Project” conducted by Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service as a Project of Excellence.
The Southern Center was established...
As we prepare to close the book on a year that has challenged every fiber of our being, we look forward to starting a new chapter full of hope. Perusing the pages of this issue of Cotton Farming will...
Fall is in the air and hundreds of photos of changing landscape colors are being shot every day. Clemson University experts say pictures growers should focus on this season are those that give a clearer vision of their soils’...
• By Erin Kuiper •
On the western edge of Buckeye, Arizona, sits the family dairy farm where I grew up. My father Bill and mother Sine Kerr started their dairy business in 1980 at the ripe age of 18....
The last 30 years have seen tremendous technological and biological advancements in the cotton industry, resulting in growing yields each year – depending on the weather – that has helped boost the industry worldwide.
The development of herbicide-tolerant and insect-resistant...
Young farmers and ranchers are cultivating a bright future for Texas agriculture. This year’s Outstanding Young Farmer & Rancher finalists recognized by Texas Farm Bureau share a drive, dedication and passion for agriculture.
Each year, TFB’s Outstanding YF&R competition recognizes...
There was promise for a great cotton crop in Florida this year until late in the season after the weather had been good for the rest of the growing season.
As cotton began opening, several tropical storms and hurricanes delayed...
