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Cotton News

Data From New Trials Boasts Yield Boosts With Biologicals
Data From New Trials Boasts Yield Boosts With Biologicals

Two new studies from Locus Ag and Pivot Bio found the use of biological products consistently increased yields in a variety of crops across a range of growing conditions.

New Herbicide Registered for Use in Soybean, Cotton and Canola
New Herbicide Registered for Use in Soybean, Cotton and Canola

Zalo herbicide is registered for early to mid-post-emergence use to control a broad spectrum of broadleaf and grass weeds.

Court Rules Dicamba ‘Was Unlawfully Approved’ By EPA and Halts Use
Court Rules Dicamba ‘Was Unlawfully Approved’ By EPA and Halts Use

Forty million dicamba-tolerant soybean and cotton acres would be directly impacted by the ruling the U.S. District Court of Arizona in Tucson made Tuesday. EPA has not said when it will respond to the court's decision.

Big Strides for Small Microbes
Big Strides for Small Microbes

“These microbes are naturally occurring. They are on every plant that you would ever see, on the salad you eat, on the grass that you grow, on the trees that you look at, and everything in between,” Smith says.

No Dryland Crop to Harvest: West Texas Cotton Farmers Open Up About the Harsh Realities of 2023
No Dryland Crop to Harvest: West Texas Cotton Farmers Open Up About the Harsh Realities of 2023

West Texas is the largest cotton production area in the country, but after battling drought and heat, area farmers say the dryland crop is a failure, and the irrigated acres are only yielding half of normal.

Peanuts News

Big Strides for Small Microbes
Big Strides for Small Microbes

“These microbes are naturally occurring. They are on every plant that you would ever see, on the salad you eat, on the grass that you grow, on the trees that you look at, and everything in between,” Smith says.

Leigh Rubin
One small misstep for man...

One small misstep for man...

Farmer Welcomes Sesame Street to Promote Agriculture
Farmer Welcomes Sesame Street to Promote Agriculture

When Sesame Street knocked, Casey Cox threw open the door on her Georgia farm and grabbed an opportunity to take U.S. agriculture to a new audience.

Harvest Your Potential: Conservation Tillage And Irrigation Efficiency
Harvest Your Potential: Conservation Tillage And Irrigation Efficiency

Harvest your potential: How conservation tillage and increased irrigation efficiency for cotton and peanuts can boost your production potential.

Expect Commodities & Stocks to Find Balance
Expect Commodities & Stocks to Find Balance

Commodities are cheap compared to the recent rally in stocks. Analysts say they expect that to balance out at some point soon.

Rice News

2024 Top Producer of the Year Finalist PJ Haynie: Advocacy And Tenacity
2024 Top Producer of the Year Finalist PJ Haynie: Advocacy And Tenacity

No step is too big for Top Producer finalist, PJ Haynie. Deep family roots are the foundation of his farming legacy. 

2024 Top Producer Next Gen Award Winner: Finding Opportunities Between the Rows
2024 Top Producer Next Gen Award Winner: Finding Opportunities Between the Rows

Working and training with her mother, in 2019 Hallie Shoffner took the lead as CEO and continues to focus on growing the business, searching for opportunities in specialty crops and value-added production.

Students of the Game: Mississippi Farm Family Never Stops Learning
Students of the Game: Mississippi Farm Family Never Stops Learning

After moving the family farm from Canada to Mississippi in the 1970s, change became part of the family culture for the Jack family of Silent Shade Planting Company - winners of the 2023 Top Producer of the Year Award.

Hazard or Hysteria? Farmers Trigger Suburban Uproar
Hazard or Hysteria? Farmers Trigger Suburban Uproar

When a Tennessee farming family decided to build a small rice mill, they triggered a suburban uproar and social media war.

Visionary Farmer Shatters Agriculture’s Conventional Rules, Forges Chain of Success
Visionary Farmer Shatters Agriculture’s Conventional Rules, Forges Chain of Success

Steve McKaskle’s remarkable farming story hits frontline dicamba wars, commodity busts, organic vs. GMO melees, scientific breakthroughs, value-added victories, and incurable cancer.

Tree Crops News

Iconic Holiday Road Trip Stop Returns to Its Georgia Pecan Farm Roots
Iconic Holiday Road Trip Stop Returns to Its Georgia Pecan Farm Roots

A few decades back, stopping at a Stuckey's during a holiday road trip wasn't uncommon. Today the company is eyeing a business comeback by focusing on its farming roots and leveraging quality Georgia pecans.

California Walnut Board, Commission launch direct-to-consumer holiday campaign
California Walnut Board, Commission launch direct-to-consumer holiday campaign

With the aim of increasing walnut consumption this holiday season, the California Walnut Board and Commission have launched a direct-to-consumer marketing campaign highlighting the role walnuts play in festivities.

Despite challenges, almond crop anticipated to weigh in above 2022
Despite challenges, almond crop anticipated to weigh in above 2022

Almond crop production has kicked off this August with improved expectations that a heftier almond will offset the lowest almonds-per-acre-yield since 2009, according to a recent USDA report.

California almond acreage shrinks for first time in 25 years
California almond acreage shrinks for first time in 25 years

The reduction is due to orchards facing drought conditions and extreme weather, according to a recent report.

Consumers turn to nuts, dried fruit for healthy snacking
Consumers turn to nuts, dried fruit for healthy snacking

Nut and dried fruit suppliers and trade associations are launching memorable marketing campaigns designed to appeal to millennial and Gen Z shoppers who are strong snackers.