Four to five months after that rain fell, you can see where it did land based upon the cotton that was fit for harvest.

China’s purchases of American cotton have cratered in early 2025 as weak domestic consumption and trade uncertainty weigh on ...

The Regenerative Cotton Standard by the Aid by Trade Foundation (AbTF), which was launched in Tanzania at the end of November ...

Big cotton is in the harvest cards, according to USDA’s latest report. Low commodity prices for corn, grain sorghum and soybeans pulled in more cotton acreage in 2017, and the numbers are ...

The future of farming marches to a beat dictated by technology and efficiency—dual lords of increased return. Coley Bailey, a third-generation Mississippi grower, has hitched his 6,000-acre ...

As the cotton harvest approaches, its success hinges on Bajans’ willingness to unify their economic potential and the historical weight of slavery—and the trauma they carry. The Bajan ...

In Arizona, cotton yields are five times higher than ... Across the state, 10 gins run after the harvest is over. Last year, they wrapped nearly 250,000 bales of natural fiber, which is sold ...

Uzbekistan is one of the few cotton-growing countries that has not mechanized the cotton harvest and continues to rely on manual labor to pick cotton. In 2014, the Government of Uzbekistan decided to ...

Post-harvest data from the region indicates the ... potential of RCS to enhance the resilience and sustainability of the cotton sector. The RCS initiative has been positively received within ...

Brazil expects to increase shipments by more than 22%, Abrapa said this week, with the institution firm on obtaining a record harvest. Most of the cotton produced in Brazil is planted after the ...

The 2024 harvest saw a shortage of pickers, government backtracking on positive legislation, and issues stemming from the cotton cluster system; problems rooted in continued state efforts to ...