There is nothing more sustainable or more down to earth than growing cotton in Alabama, according to Alabama Cooperative Extension System Cotton Agronomist Steve Brown. The cotton plant is still growing in much the same way as it did 200 years ago. The crop’s resilience throughout history has earned it a reputation for sustainability and secured a permanent rotation in the state.
Read MoreThe NCC is seeking $15.73 million for the APHIS Cotton Pests Account (a $1 million increase) for aggressively completing boll weevil eradication in Texas’ Lower Rio Grande Valley. Sufficient funding
was requested so the FSA can make up to $30 million in loans to eligible producer-controlled organizations carrying out eradication activities. The NCC requested a $1 million increase directed to ARS for research on cotton seed bug control and level funding for research aimed at controlling cotton blue disease, cotton leafroll dwarf virus and other exotic pathogens.
The Cotton Consultant of the Year (CCOY) Award recognizes a consultant who has made great contributions to the cotton industry through outstanding customer relations, leadership and innovation.
The prestigious award, sponsored by Syngenta and Cotton Farming magazine, celebrates its 42nd anniversary this year. Nominees are voted on by former CCOY winners.
Read MoreWe have been terribly, terribly dry, but over the past six days (from July 5) we’ve gotten pretty good rain everywhere. There were some isolated areas that didn’t get enough, but overall, it was a very beneficial rain.
Read MoreCotton Incorporated’s Blue Jeans Go Green denim recycling program has been around since 2006, offering consumers a way to give their old denim new life by transforming it into something new. Since the program’s inception, more than four million pieces of denim have been recycled, diverting more than 2,100 tons of denim from landfills.
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreWhile cotton planting is underway, if not complete, across farms throughout the Cotton Belt, in Washington D.C. and within commodity groups, conversations are igniting about the next farm bill.
Read MoreIt has been quite a journey to have been a part of the most evolutionary period in cotton insects. I began my career as part of the new U.S. Department of Agriculture-Extension cotton IPM educational initiative in 1972 when boll weevils were the dominant cotton insect in Alabama.
Read MoreThe U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol has been approved as a standard for sustainable cotton by Siegelklarheit, an initiative of the German Federal Government. By helping consumers to better understand environmental and social labels, Siegelklarheit wants to contribute to more sustainable purchasing decisions.
Read MoreCotton planting in Louisiana is nearing the end. We might still have a few growers trying to finish planting and/or replanting, but for the most part, I’d say we’re about 98% complete.
Read MoreThe U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol announced streamlined, three-year grower enrollment for the 2022 through 2024 crops. The new process is designed to be quick, easy and efficient, thereby allowing grower member cotton to enter the supply chain sooner.
The Trust Protocol’s mission is to bring quantifiable, verifiable goals and measurement to key sustainability metrics of U.S. cotton production with a vision where full transparency is a reality and continuous improvement to reduce our environmental footprint is the central goal.
Read MoreIn any ‘normal’ crop year, replanting costs play a substantial role in estimating the additional production cost per unit (bushel). However, inflationary pressures and input price volatility observed since the fall of 2021 have cut into expected profit margins for 2022.
Read MoreLouisiana cotton planting is nearly complete. The state is expected to nearly double its acreage this year because of good cotton prices, and the high cost of nitrogen fertilizer has some farmers switching acres from corn to cotton. LSU AgCenter reporter Craig Gautreaux has this report.
Read MoreThe U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol announced that grower participation for the 2021/22 crop doubled since the program’s pilot last year.
Read MoreDuring the next several weeks, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will conduct two major mid-year surveys, the June Agricultural Survey and the June Area Survey.
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