Whitefly populations are unusually high in Georgia cotton fields this season, making early detection and management essential.

During a July 25 Senate Ag Committee hearing, NCC representatives reinforced the reasons why cotton needs to be included as a Title I commodity in the next farm bill.

Eleven Southwest cotton producers will visit farming operations in Georgia the week of July 30 as part of the NCC’s 2017 Producer Information Exchange Program.

Six educational presentations from the Ginners School in Stoneville, MS are now available through the Focus on Cotton online series from the Plant Management Network and Cotton Incorporated.

Opinions differ on where December futures prices may go. But there’s no doubt that Mother Nature holds the key to forthcoming price activity.

More than 100 federal legislators recently signed letters to President Trump calling for relief for the cotton industry. Cotton Grower editors talk with Reece Langley, NCC Vice President, Washington Operations, about what this means for the cottonseed designation, ginning cost-share, and a host of other issues. We’ll also examine the whirlwind of Mid-South state regulations for dicamba.

Several key cottonseed policy provisions are included in the FY18 Agriculture Appropriations bill approved July 20.

A new webcast on effective management of herbicide-resistant common ragweed has been added to the Focus on Cotton online series from the Plant Management Network and Cotton Incorporated.

A bipartisan block of 135 Senators and Representatives are urging support, through USDA, to operate the Cotton Ginning Cost Share Program on a continuing basis, beginning with the 2016 crop year.

Mississippi State entomologists offer bollworm treatment suggestions based on what has been seen in fields to date and the Bt technologies used.

Tennessee Weed Specialist Larry Steckel has walked hundreds of drift-damaged soybean fields in the past few weeks. He shares some opinions about possible reasons for the problem.

In the latest episode of the Cotton Companion, Cotton Grower editors Beck Barnes and Jim Steadman discuss USDA's somewhat befuddling Acreage Report, as well as lingering dicamba issues in the Mid-South.

The cotton invert continues, as both the U.S. and Australian crops are oversold.

Bollworm damage to cotton and grain sorghum is ramping up across parts of Texas.

The July USDA crop production and supply and demand estimates report was not bad, but prices continue to show no improvement.

The Missouri Department of Agriculture has lifted its ban on new dicamba formulations after developing Special Local Need labels and restrictions for their use.

Cotton Incorporated’s Kater Hake urged India producers to find new applications and functionalities for cotton and textile production.

Southeast cotton producers say latest technologies from PhytoGen help protect yield and quality.

Missouri became the second state to ban dicamba on July 7, as drift complaints continue to build in the Mid-South. Now Tennessee has put new rules in place, as well.

A projected decrease in U.S. cotton production and an anticipated increase in India’s production highlight USDA’s WASDE cotton report for July.