Production
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Taking Time To Reflect
As I write this column, Thanksgiving is looming next week. It also marks the first anniversary of my father’s passing.…
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Pickin’ & Grinnin’
If you’ve been following this column during the past season, you know that I have learned more about growing cotton…
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Early Plant Growth, Late Season Gains
Growers assess most crop inputs the same way – they want to know how it will affect their bottom line.…
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New Look, Same Focus
I’ll admit it. I got a chance to peek at Henry Gantz’ editorial in the front of this magazine before…
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Answering Opportunity’s Knock
Dusty Hoskyn was looking for a way to diversify his rice and soybean operation this past spring. When an adjacent…
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So You Want to Conduct Your Business as Usual? Think Again
Say you are a farmer and you grow cotton. What’s most important to you? Sure, you want to make money,…
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New Season Begins In Nashville
As we usher in a new cotton-growing season, my first trip for 2008 will be attending the National Cotton Council’s…
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New On-board, Module-building Cotton Pickers Are A Matter Of Necessity
The concept of mechanical cotton pickers goes to back to pre-Civil War days, believe it or not, but it remained…
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Woody Anderson
In the 1890s, the boll weevil crossed the Rio Grande River at Brownsville, TX. Within 10 years, it had infested…
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Make Time For A Tune Up
With irrigation likely the most costly input for over half of West Texas cotton production, having a system properly primed…