Sustainability

‘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...

Back-to-School Resources For Educators As teachers and students alike get ready for back-to-school season, Cotton Incorporated has once again partnered with Young Minds Inspired (YMI), an educational site geared toward educators, to provide free cotton-themed curriculum and resources meant to...

Liquid Prep App Aims To Provide Accurate Data, Global Cost-Effectiveness In a joint effort, Texas A&M AgriLife Research and IBM are working to develop low-cost sensors and a smartphone app, aimed to provide farmers a new tool for making real-time decisions about when...

The National Cotton Council strongly encourages its cotton producer members to enroll their 2022 cotton crop in the U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol before the March 31, 2023, deadline. Why is Trust Protocol enrollment important? Launched in 2020, the Trust Protocol was...

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...

T he visionary cotton producers who formed the Cotton Research and Promotion Program in the 1960s knew that to stay relevant in our industry they had to come together to tell the story of U.S. cotton. Over the years, the story...

A Conversation With Louisiana Cotton Consultant Dr. Rogers Leonard The working relationship between cotton farmers and their consultants is based, in large part, on mutual respect and trust. Dr. Rogers Leonard, who operates Integrated Crop Consulting LLC in St. Joseph, Louisiana,...

⋅ 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...

Bringing Biodiversity And Sustainability Into The Equation Daily ⋅ BY CASSIDY NEMEC ⋅ ASSISTANT EDITOR When approached by Delta F.A.R.M. years ago, Michael and Doreen Muzzi of TKT Farms in Shaw, Mississippi, made a decision that would reap benefits for years to...

The U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol was accepted as an ISEAL Community Member following a rigorous and meticulous approval process and only eighteen months after the program’s launch. ISEAL is a global membership organization that supports credited sustainability systems in their...

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...

Judd Hill event focuses on production tactics and values beyond the field. June 13, 2022 ⋅ By Mary Hightower ⋅ A June 22 field day at the Judd Hill Foundation Farm near Trumann, will feature discussions on why sustainability is important not only...

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...

The 2020-21 U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol Annual Report reveals that this “made from scratch” system for sustainably grown U.S. cotton made significant progress in its first year. What is the Trust Protocol’s overall goal? This science-based sustainability initiative is delivering a...

It’s been nearly 90 years since the last “black blizzard” of the Dust Bowl swept through the Texas Panhandle, a harrowing storm of topsoil and dust that turned day to night and destroyed the livelihoods of countless frontier farmers....