By John Perkins
Brazil’s equivalent of the USDA is projecting another record large soybean crop.
CONAB sees the bean crop at 162.003 million tons, expecting increases in both planted area and yield. That year-to-year rise is tied to strong demand for...
The United States is the global leader in cotton exports by value, holding a 33-percent share ($5.7 billion) of the global export market in 2021. U.S. cotton exports expanded to $8.9 billion in 2022 and, while U.S. cotton exports...
Source: USDA news release
The September 2023 Cotton and Wool Outlook report presents and discusses USDA's latest 2023/24 U.S. and world cotton supply and demand projections.
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This year, Cotton Incorporated celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Seal of Cotton trademark, an iconic logo that transformed cotton from an agricultural commodity into a globally recognized symbol of natural comfort, trust, and sustainability. As the identifying mark...
Mato Grosso, Brazil is globally a top producer of corn, soy, cotton, and corn ethanol. It is geographically large enough to encompass both Germany and Spain combined, and eight months of rain allows for two growing seasons, which produce...
Several cotton farmers and their families gathered in Lubbock, Texas, on March 30 to celebrate high-yield achievements as part of BASF's FiberMax One Ton Club, a long-standing tradition now in its 18th year. The club recognizes cotton farmers...
Source: USDA news release
The April 2023 Cotton and Wool Outlook report presents and discusses USDA's latest 2022/23 U.S. and world cotton supply and demand projections.
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U.S. retail cotton use--an estimate of cotton product usage by consumers--decreased 8 percent in 2022 to 9.1 billion pounds. This decline was realized after a nearly 30-percent surge in 2021 when U.S. retail cotton use rebounded from the effects...
Auto-steer and guidance system adoption on U.S farms increased sharply in the past 20 years, with use on more than 50 percent of the acreage planted to corn, soybeans, winter wheat, and cotton as of 2019, the most recent...
BASF's 2022 Stoneville Legacy Club, which celebrates growers' high yield achievements with Stoneville cotton, saw yet another record enrollment with 179 applicants. Thirty-four individuals qualified by harvesting yields in the top 10% of their states.
T&D Kohlleppel Farms of LaCoste,...