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Growers considering a shift from cotton to sorghum should put the pencil to it once more. With futures prices steadily over 80 cents per pound and early gin contracts offering nice premiums, irrigated cotton could mean $200 or more in return per acre....More

Recent upticks in cotton prices and recent precipitation across a good portion of cotton country may have moved the a few acres back into the cotton column. But a lot of uncertainty remains, according to cotton specialists....More

New cotton product is important for homeland security....More

Have U.S. cotton producers been too hasty in their plans for wholesale shifts to grain this season? That’s a question many were asking after listening to Joe Nicosia, executive vice president, Louis Dreyfus Commodities, speaking at an ag update meeting at the Mid-South Farm and Gin Show....More

Which cotton varieties do you plant this year? Here's a look at the latest new varieties from major seed companies in the Southeast, Mid-South and Southwest....More

The U.S. cotton industry has a lot at stake in the debate over writing a new farm bill, but U.S. cotton producers have more to lose than other U.S. commodity groups if Congress fails to address one overriding issue....More

Growers and crop consultants across the Cotton Belt now have a new and freely accessible resource to “focus on” this year. Focus on Cotton, a crop management resource that features monthly webcasts from noted experts in the cotton industry, is now online....More

Even though William Carlton, Jr., (Junior to his friends) wasn’t raised on a farm, something about the challenges and opportunities of making a living from the soil always appealed to him....More

About this time each year, Southwest cotton specialists remind farmers that the most important decision they will make for the coming cotton crop is determining which varieties to plant. It’s just as true this year as ever, says Texas AgriLife Extension Cotton Specialist Mark Kelley, located at the Lubbock Research and Extension Center....More

Woods Eastland, board chairman of Staplcotn Cooperative Association and Staplcotn Discount Corporation in Greenwood, Miss., is the recipient of the 2012 Harry S. Baker Distinguished Service Award. He was honored Feb. 10 during the National Cotton Council’s 2013 annual meeting in Memphis, Tenn....More

Among all the unanswered questions about the farm bill, one thing is certain: farmers will operate under the 2008 law through 2013. That means they get a direct payment on eligible crops....More

James F. “Jimmy” Dodson, a Robstown, Texas, cotton producer, was elected National Cotton Council (NCC) chairman for 2013. Named during the NCC’s annual meeting held in Memphis on Feb. 8-10, he served as the NCC’s vice chairman in 2012 and succeeds producer C.B. “Chuck” Coley, a Vienna, Ga. A third generation farmer, Dodson...More