CI launches new sustainability Web site 

Jun 17, 2009

Cotton Incorporated has launched a new sustainability-oriented Web site: http://CottonToday.cottoninc.com....

Weather takes out more cotton acres 

Jun 15, 2009,

By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Weather extremes have forced higher than expected abandonment and prevented plantings in cotton fields from Texas to the Carolinas so far this spring....

Southeast growers struggle with cotton yields 

Jun 11, 2009,

By Roy Roberson
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Cotton acreage in the Southeast is expected to take a dip again in 2009, leaving many growers with difficult decisions....

Increasing population boosts cotton demand 

Jun 11, 2009,

By Ron Smith
Farm Press Editorial Staff

By the year 2050, the world population will have increased by some 3 billion souls, up to 9 billion people inhabiting this planet. ...

Cotton weed control systems compared 

Jun 10, 2009,

By Paul L. Hollis
Farm Press Editorial Staff

As producers in central Alabama have continued or begun to grow conventional cotton, specialists with the state’s Extension system have conducted trials to compare these systems with the Roundup Ready system....

Planting delays impact on corn, rice crops 

Jun 10, 2009,

By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Planting delays in the Delta and eastern Corn Belt are expected to reduce yields for corn and rice, according to USDA’s June 10 Crop Production Report. ...

Alabama growers stick with conventional cotton 

Jun 9, 2009,

By Paul L. Hollis
Farm Press Editorial Staff

The conventional has become the unconventional, at least for some cotton producers in central Alabama who are bucking the trend and planting conventional cotton varieties....

Furrow diking pays in Southeast 

Jun 8, 2009,

By Dennis O'Brien
United States Department of Agriculture

Furrow diking not only saves water, but reduces irrigation costs to a point where it makes economic sense, according to Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists....

Jerry West farms through good, bad times 

Jun 4, 2009,

By Roy Roberson
Farm Press Editorial Staff

I was 11 years old, and it was tobacco barning season, and we got up early that morning taking out tobacco. ...

Cotton Council sets P.I.E. tours 

Jun 4, 2009

The National Cotton Council has scheduled dates and locations for the 2009 Producer Information Exchange (P.I.E.) program....

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