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A group dedicated to all things cotton!
Interest:
Cotton, Precision Agriculture, Irrigation, Marketing, Agribusiness
Updated Oct 24, 2020
Though most of the organic cotton in the world comes from Asia, Texas in the USA is also a major producer. Although specific growing methods may vary based on region and farm size, there are general principles that can be applied throughout the world when it comes to growing organic cottonEconomicsThere are many reasons to grow cotton organically. The market share of organic cotton has grown from 1% in 2008 to 21% in 2018... However, by the third year, the yield was similar to conventional farms, in an Indian experiment, and the ROI of organic cotton was 25% higher, as production costs are less. Organic cotton growers in Texas also get yields similar to conventional farms, according to Textile Exchange, and the organic seeds cost only $70 per bag compared to $400 for GMO seeds...
Categories: Cotton, Organic Specialty Crops, Sustainable Agriculture
Updated Aug 7, 2020
The high-value returns from cotton as well as the higher costs of production should be ample incentives for adopting precision farming. The vagaries of climate change and its disruptions to the normal farm schedule only increases the value of this information technology for cotton. Climate Change is Altering Pest Attack PatternsIncreasing drought and extreme weather due to climate change are impacting cotton in unforeseen ways. The unpredictable changes in weather patterns aren’t just disturbing the environmental conditions needed for cotton crops... When wild plant hosts dry due to early drought, tarnished plant bugs (TPB) and stinkbugs move from them to cotton earlier than usual...
Categories: Cotton, Irrigation, Precision Agriculture
Updated Aug 9, 2020
Cotton is by far the most important fiber crop in the world. India is the largest producer of cotton followed by the US, where it is considered as a major cash crop playing a key role in the country’s agricultural and industrial economy... 500 pounds) of cotton in the year 2019. The cotton industry has seen radical changes over the decades regarding production capacity and value. All thanks to genetic engineering the Bt technology revolutionized the cotton industry and has led to unparalleled success...
Categories: Cotton
By Anonymous Member
Published Dec 1, 2020
What was your best cotton variety in 2020? Please note your location in your answer!
Categories: Cotton
Updated Feb 18
It's that time of year again where planting prep is on the brain. Soon, things will be waking up from the doldrums of Winter. ... At Tennessee's dryland OVT plots for Cotton the difference in lint yield was 156 lbs or $109/acre using a price of $. 70 cotton...
Job Title: President
About: My job includes senior commodity analyst and hedging manager; I provide tailored hedge strategies for producers and end users in many market sectors including the following: Grains, Energies, Metals, Livestock, Cotton; and make myself available to discuss implementation of these programs.
Interests:
Corn, Cotton, Soybeans, Wheat, Rice, Canola, Beef, Dairy, Swine, Marketing, Feeder Cattle
Business Title: Pat And Blake Rogers Farms
Job Title: Owner
About: I grow cotton, peanuts, soybeans, corn and wheat in the Pee Dee area of South Carolina.
Interests:
Corn, Cotton, Peanuts, Soybeans, Wheat, Sorghum, Cover Crops, Precision Agriculture, Irrigation, Timber, Marketing, Agribusiness
Business Title: Agri-Valley Irrigation
Job Title: Other Ag Professional, Ag Irrigation
About: Mike Wandzell is an Emmy-Award winning News Producer who left the TV industry to get back into Agriculture.
He worked in Agriculture in the cotton and almond business growing up.
Mike went to Fresno State, receiving a degree in Mass Communication.
After winning the Emmy in 2016 in Television, Mike got back into agriculture.
He now works in Irrigation California's Central Valley at Agri-Valley
Interests:
Corn, Cotton, Organic Row Crops, Crop Protection, Irrigation, Soil Health, Sustainable Agriculture, Apps, Precision Agriculture, Telemetry, Marketing, Agribusiness, Farm Management, Tools, Cover Crops, NRCS, Hemp, Orchard Crops, Organic Specialty Crops, Tree Nuts, Vegetables, Conservation Plans
By Darren Chan
Updated May 12, 2020
There are lots of Microbial fertilizer products in the market, many growers don’t know how to distinguish and choose the right products for crops. This article will tell you “Why we use Microbial fertilizer” & “Functions of different Microbial products. Why use Microbial Fertilizer ProductsIt’s a kind of product that the life activities of microorganisms make crops get a specific fertilizer effect. Microbial fertilizers products play an essential role in agriculture, not only in improving the supply of soil nutrients, but also in promoting crop growth, disease resistance, and stress resistance. After applying the microbial fertilizer in the soil, the “symbiotic effect of fungi and crops,” “nutrient coordination effect,” “biological nitrogen fixation effect” will occur between the fungus, crops, and soil ecological environment to ensure healthy growth and stability of the crops...
Categories: Agribusiness, Cotton, Organic Row Crops
Job Title: President
About: My job includes senior commodity analyst and hedging manager; I provide tailored hedge strategies for producers and end users in many market sectors including the following: Grains, Energies, Metals, Livestock, Cotton; and make myself available to discuss implementation of these programs.
Interests:
Corn, Cotton, Soybeans, Wheat, Rice, Canola, Beef, Dairy, Swine, Marketing, Feeder Cattle
Business Title: Pat And Blake Rogers Farms
Job Title: Owner
About: I grow cotton, peanuts, soybeans, corn and wheat in the Pee Dee area of South Carolina.
Interests:
Corn, Cotton, Peanuts, Soybeans, Wheat, Sorghum, Cover Crops, Precision Agriculture, Irrigation, Timber, Marketing, Agribusiness
Business Title: Agri-Valley Irrigation
Job Title: Other Ag Professional, Ag Irrigation
About: Mike Wandzell is an Emmy-Award winning News Producer who left the TV industry to get back into Agriculture.
He worked in Agriculture in the cotton and almond business growing up.
Mike went to Fresno State, receiving a degree in Mass Communication.
After winning the Emmy in 2016 in Television, Mike got back into agriculture.
He now works in Irrigation California's Central Valley at Agri-Valley
Interests:
Corn, Cotton, Organic Row Crops, Crop Protection, Irrigation, Soil Health, Sustainable Agriculture, Apps, Precision Agriculture, Telemetry, Marketing, Agribusiness, Farm Management, Tools, Cover Crops, NRCS, Hemp, Orchard Crops, Organic Specialty Crops, Tree Nuts, Vegetables, Conservation Plans
Business Title: AgFuse LLC
Job Title: Other Ag Professional, Administrator
About: AgFuse is a social media network created specifically to connect farmers and agriculture professionals throughout the world.
Interests:
Corn, Cotton, Peanuts, Soybeans, Wheat, Vegetables, Rice, Canola, Sorghum, Beef, Dairy, Poultry, Swine, Cover Crops, Ag Policy, Precision Agriculture, Organic Row Crops, Irrigation, Timber, Marketing, Agribusiness
Job Title: Farmer, Landowner
Interests:
Corn, Cotton, Peanuts, Soybeans, Wheat, Beef, Poultry, Swine, Cover Crops, Ag Policy, Precision Agriculture, Irrigation, Marketing, Canola, Organic Row Crops, Rice, Sorghum
Job Title: Crop Consultant
Interests:
Corn, Cotton, Organic Row Crops, Wheat, Crop Protection, Crop Scouting, Fertility, Soil Health, News, Agribusiness, Human Resources, Succession Planning, Cover Crops, Hemp, Tree Nuts, Vegetables
Business Title: Maschio Gaspardo North America
Job Title: Precision Agriculture Specialist
About: Providing quality equipment across North America.
Interests:
Canola, Corn, Cotton, Organic Row Crops, Peanuts, Rice, Sorghum, Soybeans, Wheat, Fertility, Soil Health, Sustainable Agriculture, Precision Agriculture, Projects, Purchasing, Shops, Conservation Easements, Conservation Plans, Cover Crops, NRCS, Hemp, Orchard Crops, Organic Specialty Crops, Tree Nuts, Vegetables, Homesteading, Horses, Hunting, Timber, Tobacco
Business Title: Markets And Markets
Job Title: Crop Consultant, Other Ag Professional
Interests:
Cotton, Organic Row Crops, Rice, Soybeans, Wheat, Dairy, Feed, Grass-Fed Livestock, Poultry, Specialty Livestock, Crop Protection, Crop Scouting, Fertility, Irrigation, Soil Health, Sustainable Agriculture, Ag Commentary, Marketing, News, Agribusiness, Hemp, Organic Specialty Crops, Vegetables
Business Title: AgNet West Radio Network
Job Title: Other Ag Professional, Ag Media
Interests:
Cotton, Beef, Dairy, Grass-Fed Livestock, Crop Protection, Irrigation, Precision Agriculture, Cover Crops, NRCS, Hemp, Orchard Crops, Organic Specialty Crops, Tree Nuts, Vegetables
Public
A group dedicated to all things cotton!
Interest:
Cotton, Precision Agriculture, Irrigation, Marketing, Agribusiness
Public
Here’s a place to spread the word concerning announcements and insights that the whole ag industry may be interested in.
Interest:
Corn, Cotton, Peanuts, Soybeans, Wheat, Vegetables, Rice, Canola, Sorghum, Beef, Dairy, Poultry, Swine, Cover Crops, Ag Policy, Precision Agriculture, Organic Row Crops, Irrigation, Timber, Marketing, Agribusiness
Public
Nut Garden is a company specializing in providing nutritious nuts and a variety of imported high-quality dried fruits and grains with quality and origin certificates.
Address: A75/18 Bach Dang, Ward 2, Tan Binh, HCMC
Tel: 0901862795 - 0901862796
https://www.vuonhat.com/
Interest:
Canola, Corn, Cotton
Public
Devoted to highlighting the great people and companies in agriculture who impact our industry and feed the world.
Interest:
Canola, Corn, Cotton
Public
A group dedicated to providing information on crop fertility and soil qualities.
Interest:
Corn, Cotton, Peanuts, Soybeans, Wheat, Cover Crops, Fertility, Soil Health, Sustainable Agriculture, Conservation Easements, Conservation Plans, NRCS
Public
The latest news on the innovative technology in the agricultural industry
Interest:
Corn, Cotton, Peanuts, Soybeans, Wheat, Vegetables, Rice, Canola, Sorghum, Beef, Dairy, Poultry, Swine, Cover Crops, Ag Policy, Precision Agriculture, Organic Row Crops, Irrigation, Timber, Marketing, Agribusiness
Public
TerraStride Pro\\\'s online mapping platform improves your marketing and closes more listings
Interest:
Corn, Cotton, Peanuts, Soybeans, Wheat, Vegetables, Rice, Canola, Sorghum, Beef, Dairy, Poultry, Swine, Cover Crops, Ag Policy, Precision Agriculture, Organic Row Crops, Irrigation, Timber, Marketing, Agribusiness
Public
All about organic agriculture
Interest:
Corn, Cotton, Peanuts, Soybeans, Wheat, Vegetables, Rice, Canola, Sorghum, Beef, Dairy, Poultry, Swine, Organic Row Crops
Public
California and Arizona real farm radio, providing current, relevant, and interesting agriculture news. We are proud to serve the agriculture community. AgNet West is based in California.
Interest:
Corn, Cotton, Canola
Updated Oct 24, 2020
Though most of the organic cotton in the world comes from Asia, Texas in the USA is also a major producer. Although specific growing methods may vary based on region and farm size, there are general principles that can be applied throughout the world when it comes to growing organic cottonEconomicsThere are many reasons to grow cotton organically. The market share of organic cotton has grown from 1% in 2008 to 21% in 2018... However, by the third year, the yield was similar to conventional farms, in an Indian experiment, and the ROI of organic cotton was 25% higher, as production costs are less. Organic cotton growers in Texas also get yields similar to conventional farms, according to Textile Exchange, and the organic seeds cost only $70 per bag compared to $400 for GMO seeds...
Categories: Cotton, Organic Specialty Crops, Sustainable Agriculture
Updated Aug 7, 2020
The high-value returns from cotton as well as the higher costs of production should be ample incentives for adopting precision farming. The vagaries of climate change and its disruptions to the normal farm schedule only increases the value of this information technology for cotton. Climate Change is Altering Pest Attack PatternsIncreasing drought and extreme weather due to climate change are impacting cotton in unforeseen ways. The unpredictable changes in weather patterns aren’t just disturbing the environmental conditions needed for cotton crops... When wild plant hosts dry due to early drought, tarnished plant bugs (TPB) and stinkbugs move from them to cotton earlier than usual...
Categories: Cotton, Irrigation, Precision Agriculture
Updated Aug 9, 2020
Cotton is by far the most important fiber crop in the world. India is the largest producer of cotton followed by the US, where it is considered as a major cash crop playing a key role in the country’s agricultural and industrial economy... 500 pounds) of cotton in the year 2019. The cotton industry has seen radical changes over the decades regarding production capacity and value. All thanks to genetic engineering the Bt technology revolutionized the cotton industry and has led to unparalleled success...
Categories: Cotton
Updated Feb 18
It's that time of year again where planting prep is on the brain. Soon, things will be waking up from the doldrums of Winter. ... At Tennessee's dryland OVT plots for Cotton the difference in lint yield was 156 lbs or $109/acre using a price of $. 70 cotton...
By Darren Chan
Updated May 12, 2020
There are lots of Microbial fertilizer products in the market, many growers don’t know how to distinguish and choose the right products for crops. This article will tell you “Why we use Microbial fertilizer” & “Functions of different Microbial products. Why use Microbial Fertilizer ProductsIt’s a kind of product that the life activities of microorganisms make crops get a specific fertilizer effect. Microbial fertilizers products play an essential role in agriculture, not only in improving the supply of soil nutrients, but also in promoting crop growth, disease resistance, and stress resistance. After applying the microbial fertilizer in the soil, the “symbiotic effect of fungi and crops,” “nutrient coordination effect,” “biological nitrogen fixation effect” will occur between the fungus, crops, and soil ecological environment to ensure healthy growth and stability of the crops...
Categories: Agribusiness, Cotton, Organic Row Crops
Updated Apr 9
You hear the same advice all around during times like this: “The farmers who will survive and thrive during tough times are low-cost producers. ” For the most part, this is very good advice. Farmers are inundated with a number of questionable inputs and, during the toughest of times, it’s not hard to see areas where we can cut rates or cut out products completely. However, there’s one input that I would urge you to continue to use vigilantly. Don’t cut the rates and definitely don’t eliminate this...
Categories: Agribusiness, Corn, Cotton
By Darren Chan
Published Apr 11, 2019
Damages of nematodesNematodes attack plant roots, stems and leaves. They are a major group of crop pathogens and cause worldwide losses estimated at about US$120 billion every year. They inhabit the soil and damage the roots of plants, weakening their ability to absorb water and nutrients. The symptoms of these damages include stunting, yellowing of plant leaves, and loss of plant vigour. Nematodes rarely killing plants directly, But they will affect plant growth and yields greatly...
Categories: Agribusiness, Cotton, Soybeans
By Darren Chan
Updated Apr 9
With the progress of society and the increasingly developed science and technology, there has been a lot of pollution in the environment in which we live, and the land we live in is now devastated. Therefore, we must take measures to carry out soil remediation and control soil pollution. Soil problems will become an important part of the environmental protection cause in the future. Then there are problems. How do we solve these problems? As a farmer, we should understand the countermeasures...
Categories: Agribusiness, Cotton, Crop Protection
By Owen Taylor
Published Sep 7, 2020
Producers could be without 3 primary over-the-top dicamba products in 2021 if a critical court ruling holds. Essentially, the decision banned dicamba, which strips away the main feature in dicamba-resistant technology – dicamba itself. Even before the 2020 crop wrapped up, many farmers and their crop advisors already were considering their Plan B – a weed management approach for 2021 that omits dicamba altogether. So, what will go into these Plan B’s?We posed that question to 12 consultants in 10 states across the Midwest, Midsouth, Southeast and Southwest. How will they and their clients formulate an approach in a year without the herbicide?Click here to learn about their potential approaches for the coming crop year...
By Darren Chan
Published Dec 17, 2019
What's Organic FertilizerNowadays, as the level of modernization of agriculture is getting higher and higher, sustainable agriculture is an important global issue. Organic food is receiving more and more attention. According to the trend, organic fertilizers are becoming the first choice for many people. Widely used for vegetables (tomatoes, lettuce, cucumber), fruits (strawberries, grapes, citrus), Cash crops (grass, flowers, cannabis)Organic Fertilizer DefinitionOrganic fertilizer is also called “farm manure... Cottonseed MealCottonseed Meal is a rich source of nitrogen and a small amount of phosphorus and potassium...
Categories: Agribusiness, Organic Row Crops, Wheat
By Anonymous Member
Published Dec 1, 2020
What was your best cotton variety in 2020? Please note your location in your answer!
Categories: Cotton
By Anonymous Member
Published Mar 7, 2020
By Jerry Smith
Published Mar 10, 2020
Categories: Cotton, Peanuts, Cover Crops
By Anonymous Member
Published Apr 8, 2020
Is there a lot of benefit to letting cover crops grow a tremendous amount of vegetation prior to terminating them or do the risks of increased planting difficulty make it not worth the trouble?
Categories: Corn, Cotton, Cover Crops
By Jerry Smith
Published Jul 16
Categories: Corn, Cotton, Crop Scouting
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