How A South Carolina Grower Tackles Nematodes Head On
⋅ BY CASSIDY NEMEC ⋅
ASSOCIATE EDITOR
Jason Waltz farms cotton in St. Matthews, South Carolina. He recently worked with Clemson University and Deltapine on a nematode study. In the study, they tested...
Reaping The Benefits Of New Technology
⋅ BY CASSIDY NEMEC ⋅
ASSOCIATE EDITOR
J
ames and Nick Marshall, a father-son team in Baker, Florida, aren’t new to the world of cotton farming. James, setting off on his own in 1972 after seeing his...
TFB Highlights Successes In Year Of Agricultural Hardships
Texas farmers and ranchers battled the hardships of drought, inflation and high input costs but still led the state’s largest general farm organization to many successes this year, according to Texas Farm...
The Deltapine® brand Class of ’23 cotton varieties showcase the move to bring to market high-performing genetics in the newest biotech trait platform — Bollgard 3 ThryvOn Cotton with XtendFlex Technology.
Announced today at the annual Deltapine New Product Evaluator...
Davis Family Farms Is Dedicated To Remaining Sustainable And Preserving Its Legacy
• By Carroll Smith,
Editor •
When Bart Davis was 17 years old, he lost his mother. When he was 18, his father passed away, and Davis had to bring...
The Deltapine New Product Evaluator Program recently completed its 14th season with an in-person summit to launch the Deltapine brand Class of ’22 cotton varieties. These were proven by NPE growers for top end-performance potential.
“The previous two classes of...
Arkansas Operation Endorses Forward-Looking Information Exchange
• By Carroll Smith,
Editor •
Arkansas farmer Marty White grew up working side by side in the field with his mother, father and sisters. They were a close family who believed in the importance of...
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...
Cotton Scrubs Project Benefits Farmers, Rural Communities And U.S. Textile Manufacturing
It’s October. A nurse who works at a rural hospital in a South Georgia community looks at the clock as it ticks steadily toward 5 a.m. With a few...
The Deltapine New Product Evaluator Program kicks off its 14th season with NPE growers evaluating cotton variety candidates containing ThryvOn Technology, which is the industry’s first cotton biotech trait to protect against feeding damage from tarnished plant bug and...
North Carolina farmer and cotton industry leader Brad Warren is using cover crops, no-till and new planter technologies to lower production risks and increase his farm’s overall sustainability.
One of the most pressing issues facing the U.S. cotton industry today...
The annual Seed Variety Guide is published in the November issue of Cotton Farming. Cottonseed companies from across the Cotton Belt provide information about their headliners for the upcoming season to assist growers in making varietal choices.
Some of the...
West Texas Operation Capitalizes On Teamwork
• By Carroll Smith,
Editor •
The West Texas cotton production region is hot and dry with limited groundwater and an average rainfall of about 16 inches. However, in the past four years, precipitation has not...
Deltapine plans to launch five new cotton varieties, including two new Bollgard 3 XtendFlex cotton varieties with resistance to both reniform and root-knot nematodes, as part of its Class of ’21. They were announced during the 2020 Deltapine New...
The Deltapine brand of Upland cottonseed was the most widely planted in the United States in 2020, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service’s Cotton and Tobacco Program. The Americot brand was the second followed by...
