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Hayden Panettiere is the latest face, form and voice to promote cotton’s role as a versatile textile fiber....More

U.S. cotton growers and ginners need to prevent contamination that can cause bales to be rejected and tarnish an outstanding reputation....More

U.S. cotton acreage looks to take a big hit from 2012, despite a March increase in price....More

Four beekeepers and five anti-pesticide groups have filed a lawsuit against the EPA for allegedly failing to protect pollinators from neonicotinoid pesticides....More

China, the top cotton-producing country in the world at 16 billon pounds per year, first introduced Bt cotton in 1997. For the first decade, Bt cotton was highly effective against both cotton bollworm and pink bollworm in China. Recently, however, early signs of resistance to Bt cotton have been detected in caterpillars collected from the field, and growers may have to increase the use of insecticide if resistance evolves further....More

Growers, consultants, and other industry professionals who missed the CMS, held in Tunica, Miss., can now view and listen to the presentations from the comfort of their own homes—at any day and time they like....More

The U.S. cotton industry has a lot at stake in the debate over writing a new farm bill, but U.S. cotton producers have more to lose than other U.S. commodity groups if Congress fails to address one overriding issue. Besides providing a much-needed safety net for an industry that is reeling from a greater-than-50-percent reduction in cotton prices over the last two years, policymakers also face the challenge of ultimately settling the WTO case filed by the government of Brazil nearly a decade ago....More

DNA herbicides are most effective when applied and mechanically incorporated with a light disk or field cultivator prior to listing and bed formation....More

University of Arizona Extension Weed Specialist Bill McCloskey has confirmed the first case of resistance of Palmer amaranth (pigweed), Amaranthus Palmeri, to the herbicide glyphosate (Roundup)....More

“The American Family Economic Protection Act” would eliminate sequestration (across-the-board cuts) in 2013. The legislation would replace the savings achieved through sequestration with provisions that reduce spending in agriculture and defense programs by a total of $55 billion and would raise revenue by $55 billion....More