The Seam, which provides commodities trading and agriculture software, recently announced the general release of the U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol. It is an integrated technology platform that allows U.S. cotton farmers to assess and verify production practices, environmental footprint...
The National Cotton Council continues to engage with the Administration regarding U.S.-China trade relations, which have had significant effects on the cotton market since mid-2018.
How has the dispute affected prices, exports?
■ Cotton prices are about 33% lower since the...
Kent Fountain, a Surrency, Georgia, ginner was elected National Cotton Council chairman for 2020 during the NCC’s 2020 Annual Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana. He succeeds Mike Tate, a cotton producer from Huntsville, Alabama.
A member of the NCC’s 2001-2002...
Texas Cotton Farmer Shares His Thoughts About The ‘Everchanging’ Nature Of Technology
• By Cassidy Nemec •
Todd Westerfeld is not new to the farming industry. He comes from a family farming tradition, including his father and grandfather before him, and...
Members of the Verett family have farmed in Crosby County, Texas, since my granddad settled here in 1917. I grew up in Ralls, and my dad was a farmer but retired relatively early. At that point, my older brother,...
New Consumer Ads Celebrate The Progress Of Women In The Workforce Over The Past 75 Years
Women and cotton are both an integral part of the fabric that makes up America. Those of us in the cotton industry know there...
As we approach cotton-planting season, growers should be aware of all factors influencing initial crop establishment. By now, most have already selected varieties. It is time to focus on pieces of information that can assist you in making decisions...
With planting underway and small seedlings emerging across the state, it is important to remember there are many things that can occur in the field affecting the survivability of those seedlings. Among those is seedling disease. Disease pressure can...
While so many familiar parts of our lives are being canceled, closed or put on hold in response to COVID-19, our farmers aren’t shutting down. The 2020 season is shifting into high gear, although in different stages depending on...
Jennifer Erickson, regulatory counsel at the Food and Drug Administration, spoke to a gathering of cotton ginners at the National Cotton Council Annual Meeting in February. The presentation took place during the National Cotton Ginners’ Association Board of Directors...
Weather always plays a role in the spring planting decisions of Mississippi row-crop producers, but the market impact of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is another variable they will have to consider in 2020.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Prospective Plantings...
• By Kay Ledbetter •
Cotton acreage continues to boom in the Texas High Plains north of Interstate 40, more than doubling in the past five years. Whether that is due to water savings or projections for improved profitability, Texas...
•By Yangxuan Liu •
Along with the life-and-death struggle and the rising cases of COVID-19, financial markets worldwide have lurched lower. The selloff of the U.S. stock market started Feb. 21. Since then, the great coronavirus crash has been frightening...
• By Seshadri Ramkumar •
Advanced textiles to apparel manufacturers are turning creative to support the fight against the invisible enemy.
As the coronavirus is a novel strain, vaccines and medications are not yet readily available to treat the infected, meaning...
• By Whitney Crow, Angus Catchot, Jeff Gore and Don Cook •
Not much has changed since last year in regards to thrips control via insecticide seed treatment. Thrips are considered the No. 1 pest of seedling cotton.
Tobacco thrips are...
