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,...
For over 50 years, women in and around Cotton Incorporated lead the charge in providing resources and research needed to help companies develop and market superior, innovative and profitable products. The 2023 Women's History Month theme is Celebrating Women...
Source: USDA news release
The March 2023 Cotton and Wool Outlook report presents and discusses USDA's latest 2022/23 U.S. and world cotton supply and demand projections. This report also highlights U.S. retail cotton consumption changes in calendar year 2022.
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National Cotton Council economists point to a few key factors that will shape the U.S. cotton industry's 2023 economic outlook.
This past year can be characterized as a year with significant uncertainty and volatility in the global economy and the...
At this week's Beltwide Cotton Conferences, BASF sponsored two prestigious professional awards: Cotton Specialist of the Year and Cotton Marketer of the Year. Dr. Murilo Maeda, assistant professor and extension cotton specialist from Texas A&M University AgriLife Extension, in...