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‘United for the Biggest Job on Earth’ provides platform for American and European farmers Farmers across the globe are working to meet the ever-increasing demand for sustainably grown cotton. True sustainable sourcing of natural fibers can be complex and challenging, which is...

The Joseph J. O’Neill Cotton Marketer of the Year award presented by ICE Futures (formerly the New York Cotton Exchange) and BASF dates back to 1991. Joe Mencer is this year’s award winner. Mencer is a third-generation farmer and has...

This year’s Cotton Specialist of the Year Award was presented to Murilo Maeda, former assistant professor and Extension cotton specialist for Texas A&M University. “I have no words — the feeling right now is nothing but gratitude to the cotton...

Americot Announces More Boots On The Ground Americot, Inc. has added three new sales team members to the company and announced a leadership promotion. “As we continue to offer exceptional grower support in the Cotton Belt, we’re growing our team, and...

West Texas is home to nearly 50% of the cotton grown in the US, so it makes sense that 25 years ago Lubbock was the starting point of an iconic cotton seed brand, FiberMax. To celebrate this important milestone,...

A Slice Of Perspective To Be Gained ⋅ BY CASSIDY NEMEC ⋅ ASSOCIATE EDITOR Upon its inception in 1989, P.I.E. — otherwise known as the Producer Information Exchange — has been instrumental in creating avenues for producers to experience regions different from...

⋅ BY CARROLL SMITH ⋅ EDITOR BASF’s e3 Sustainable Cotton Program recently reported a substantial uptick in grower participation. More than 900 farmers, who grow FiberMax and Stoneville cotton, enrolled by registering cotton bales from their 2021 growing season — a...

Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever are proud to announce BASF Agricultural Solutions as the organization’s newest national sponsor in the precision agriculture and conservation sector. The organizations are poised to deliver new on-farm sustainability program in the Texas Panhandle. Collaborating...

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...

e3 Sustainable Cotton Program Provides Traceable, Transparent Supply Chain For U.S. Cotton  • By Carroll Smith, Editor • For the past few years, consumers have expressed a desire to know more about the fiber from which their clothing and woven home goods...

BASF is delivering on its promise to bring only the best performing cottonseed varieties to the market and announced the addition of a new Stoneville cotton seed variety with high yield potential for the 2022 season. ST 4595B3XF is an early-mid maturity...

BASF has introduced Axant Flex herbicide trait technology, designed to help growers get the upper hand on herbicide-resistant weeds This quadruple-trait herbicide stack provides tolerance to Alite 27 herbicide, BASF’s latest herbicide for cotton. It contains the active ingredient, isoxaflutole,...

Financial Training Leads Arizona Farmer From Turnrow To Wall Street And Back • By Carroll Smith, Editor• Growing up in an Arizona cotton production area, Brian Rhodes never imagined the twists and turns his career path would take. His parents were schoolteachers in...

This year, BASF highlighted its cotton growers in a special way. The company hosted an artwork competition with the winner being selected for the cover of the 2022 BASF Cotton Variety Catalog. Contestants were asked to submit a photo depicting...

Deltapine Launches 14th NPE Season With 11 Varieties The Deltapine New Product Evaluator Program kicks off its 14th season with NPE growers evaluating cotton variety candidates containing ThryvOn Technology. This is the industry’s first cotton biotech trait to protect against...