Saturday, November 15, 2025

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Winter is Coming

Navigating The 2023 ‘Winter’ In Cotton Farming ⋅ BY YANGXUAN LIU ⋅ UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA Cotton prices in the year 2022 were like a roller coaster ride, combined with an increase in volatility and the highest price achieved for the past decade...

What Is Behind The Recent Cotton Futures Market Plunge?

By Yangxuan Liu • The cotton futures market experienced its selloff since June 17, 2022, creating concerns among cotton producers about this year’s profitability. For example, December 2022 Cotton Future prices dropped from around 120 cents per pound to around...

Imparting Knowledge And Wisdom

While standing in the checkout line at the grocery store, a copy of The Old Farmer’s Almanac 2021 caught my eye. I haven’t picked one up in a while, so I decided to refresh my memory about what it...

Reflect & Project

The 2021 Economic Outlook For U.S. Cotton • By Jody Campiche, Shawn Boyd and Michelle Huffman • Editor’s Note: During the 2021 National Cotton Council Annual Meeting, NCC Economic Services presented the economic outlook for the U.S. and world cotton market....

Arkansas State’s annual ag business conference goes virtual Feb. 10

Arkansas State University’s annual Agribusiness Conference will be a virtual event in 2021. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2021 virtual conference will be presented live via WebEx Wednesday, Feb. 10. The 27th annual conference will focus on the outlook for...

60-Inch Rows: Our Hail Mary Pass At Growing Cotton

• By Darrell VandeVen • When we started picking cotton in the fall of 2019, my brother, Donnie, and I finally faced the reality that the crop just wasn’t working for us anymore. Our cost of production was too high, and...

Annual Wiregrass Cotton Expo slated for Feb. 14 in Dothan, Alabama

Genetics, profitability, crop management and soil fertility are a few of the topics on tap for discussion at the 2020 Wiregrass Cotton Expo. The annual event will be held Feb. 14 at the National Peanut Festival Fairgrounds in Dothan,...

Don’t Mess With Texas

Cotton Acreage Continues To Climb In Northern Texas Panhandle • By Kay Ledbetter • Cotton acreage has almost tripled in the past five years in the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service District 1, which covers the 22 northernmost counties in the Panhandle. Dr....

Want A Snack? Pass The Cottonseed

It is simply amazing how many products count on some part of the cotton plant to make them complete. For example, cotton linters are used to help give ice cream body and are also used to make hot dog...

Robert Royal : SCGA’s President Wants Cotton Stability

EDITOR’S NOTE: Robert Royal is a farmer-ginner in Midnight, Miss., and is currently serving as president of the Southern Cotton Ginners Association. In this in-depth interview with Cotton Farming magazine, he discusses a wide range of issues confronting the...

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