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...
Video Series Explores Soil Health In California Cotton Fields
⋅ BY PAMELA KAN-RICE ⋅
Over a century of growing cotton in California, scientists and farmers have learned how to better manage soil health. To share their collective knowledge, they have produced...
Rhino Medical Supply Tapped As Exclusive Distributor For Cotton Medical Scrubs
Field to Closet’s vision of providing 100% Deltapine cotton medical scrubs crafted with cotton grown in Georgia and created in an end-to-end U.S. supply chain took a giant step...
The cost of ginning cotton is an important concern for producers and ginners. Every three years, the U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service conducts a survey of ginning costs by region.
Data from the survey allows gin management to...
A group of California farmers will share their experiences improving soil health in cotton production by growing cover crops, reducing tillage, applying compost and other practices during an online session at 11 a.m. Feb. 23.
The free webinar is part...
• By Christine Souza •
About halfway through their harvest, California cotton farmers say the market may be stabilizing amid trade challenges, water shortages and market conditions unsettled by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Kern County farmer Jake Cauzza, who is growing about...
Remembering Jack Woolf
California Central Valley agricultural legend Jack Woolf passed away July 28 at the age of 102.
He was born Sept 6, 1917, along with his unexpected identical twin, Leyton, at the Pima Maricopa Indian Medical Clinic in Scottsdale,...
In 1934, the Bakersfield Exchange Club sponsored a cotton picking contest with prizes. The event was held in Buttonwillow and had 30 contestants. On Oct.12, 1935, the Kern County Farm Bureau directors decided to sponsor a similar event.
The committee...
