Your cotton fields might benefit from several kinds of winter cover crops which can control erosion, manage nutrients, and improve soil health, including a crimson clover cover crop or even a vetch ...

Cotton undertakes an incredible journey, from the day the farmer sows the seed into the soil to when the fiber is incorporated into a pair of blue jeans or bed sheets and placed on a retail store rack ...

Fifth-generation Colorado farmer Caleb Wertz harvests his cotton on their family farm in Hasty, Colo., on Friday, Nov. 14, 2025. This is the second season Wertz has grown cotton. (The Gazette, ...

CRDC's Innovation Call is funding 11 projects aimed at reducing pesticide use, optimising nitrogen use, and better managing ...

This represents a 44% increase in fall cover crop adoption on corn-for-grain fields between 2016 and 2021. The growth in adoption of cover crops on cotton fields is similar, with a 46% increase ...

Temperatures in the 80s and 90s are welcomed this week across West Texas and the Texas Panhandle, as growers seek the “open fall” that helps finish the cotton crop. Hot temperatures and a few storms ...

TAHOKA, TX – South Plains farmers hope to alleviate low cotton prices by growing sunflowers. Since April, Jason Bass has planted and grown sunflowers in his cotton fields. This gave his fields a bit ...

STARKVILLE, Miss.—Does climate change have an impact on the quality of cotton? Mississippi State scientists hope to answer that question with a new way to monitor the environmental impacts on the cash ...

TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - Right now, multiple states are battling a tiny insect that’s threatening cotton crops in our country, including here in Texas. The Texas A&M Agrilife Extension says it is ...