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Cotton Marketer, Cotton Specialist Of The Year Honored At Beltwide

At the 2023 Beltwide Cotton Conferences, BASF sponsored two prestigious professional awards: Cotton Marketer and Cotton Specialist of the Year. Arkansas cotton grower Joe Mencer was named Cotton Marketer of the Year and Dr. Murilo Maeda, assistant professor and...

BASF recognizes Cotton Marketer at Beltwide Cotton Conferences

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...

Murilo Maeda Presented with Cotton Specialist of the Year Award

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...

TCGA Requests Nominations For Ginner Of The Year

N ow is the time to begin sending in your nomination for the Texas Cotton Ginners’ Association Ginner of the Year. Please consider taking the time to write a nomination letter. This is the highest honor a gin manager can...

A Functional Forum

The National Cotton Council-coordinated 2023 Beltwide Cotton Conferences (BWCC) will provide research results and other timely information on topics ranging from dicamba usage to drone optimization with the aim of maximizing the production sector’s efficiency, sustainability and profitability. Who attends...

2023 Beltwide Cotton Consultants Conference

Helping Consultants And Others With Agronomic And Pest Management Decisions ⋅ BY CASSIDY NEMEC ⋅ ASSOCIATE EDITOR This year’s Beltwide Cotton Conferences will be held in New Orleans, Louisiana, Jan. 10-12 at the New Orleans Marriott. The Cotton Consultants session will be...

2022 Cotton Consultants’ Conference

Meeting Offers A Diverse Lineup Of Pest Management And Production-Related Topics • By Carroll Smith, Editor • San Antonio, Texas, is the destination city for the Beltwide Cotton Conferences Jan. 4-6, 2022. The Cotton Consultants’ Conference will be held Tuesday, Jan. 4,...

Inducing Innovation

The National Cotton Council-coordinated 2022 Beltwide Cotton Conferences will share cutting-edge research results and other timely information to help U.S. cotton producers continue as global pacesetters. What is the meeting’s objective? The annual forum brings together university and U.S. Department of...

2022 Beltwide Cotton Conferences offer insight on latest technology, research

The 2022 Beltwide Cotton Conferences, set for Jan. 4-6, 2022, at the Marriott Rivercenter Hotel in San Antonio, Texas, will offer attendees timely updates on the latest research, technology and issues affecting U.S. cotton production and processing. Coordinated by the...

OSU’s Seth Byrd Honored As 2021 Cotton Specialist Of The Year

Dr. Seth Byrd — a self-proclaimed East Coast guy — is originally from North Carolina but has lived all over the country. He says he was drawn to Oklahoma, in part, because of the emergence of cotton as a...

Two recognized at virtual 2021 Beltwide Cotton Conferences

At the virtual 2021 Beltwide Cotton Conferences, BASF sponsored two prestigious professional awards: Cotton Specialist of the Year and Cotton Marketer of the Year. Dr. Seth Byrd, an agronomist with Oklahoma State University Cooperative Extension, was named the 2021 Cotton...

Sustainability Conference Debuts

• 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...

Hope For The Future

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...

A Virtual Reality

The National Cotton Council-coordinated 2021 Beltwide Cotton Conferences will employ a virtual platform to share cutting-edge research results and other timely information for making key production/marketing-related decisions. ■ Why the online format? The BWCC annually brings together university/U.S. Department of Agriculture...

2021 Beltwide moves to virtual format, registration opens

The National Cotton Council will conduct the 2021 Beltwide Cotton Conferences virtually on 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 Agriculture researchers, regulatory...

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