Remembering Stewart Doan
Earlier this month, agriculture lost one of its best goodwill ambassadors, and for those of us in the ag media business, we lost a dear friend. Stewart Doan, senior editor for Agri-Pulse Communications, was a farm broadcaster who seemed to know everybody connected with agriculture. He was everywhere and traveled on a fast track covering [...]
Drought Persists Throughout Texas
Nobody is hitting the panic button just yet. There is still time for some needed rainfall in Texas that would end a long drought and give hope to cotton farmers in all regions of the state. But, as we roll into the month of May, the clock is definitely starting to tick. Several weeks ago [...]
Trip To Lubbock Proves Rewarding
Another spring trip to Lubbock, Texas, has come and gone – and we salute the Texas Cotton Ginners’ Association and Plains Cotton Growers for conducting two informative events. Maybe it seems as if we repeat ourselves in talking about these meetings every year, but there is no denying their importance to our magazine. Such was [...]
Industry Unites On Crucial Issues
One fact was apparent last week after attending two consultant meetings and the Mid-South Farm & Gin Show in Memphis. No matter where you turned, there was another recommendation on how farmers should deal with weed resistance this year. Any farmer who doesn’t have a strategy for combatting this problem can’t blame the industry for [...]
All Roads Lead To Mid-South Show
It’s hard to believe but in a matter of weeks it will be time for one of the highlights of the 2012 cotton meeting schedule – the Mid-South Farm & Gin Show in Memphis, Tenn. Actually, it will be more than a two-day trade show on March 2-3 at the Cook Convention Center. You might [...]
Busy Times After 2012 BWCC
By the time many of you read this, everybody will have returned home, unpacked suitcases and sorted through a lot of notes after the recent trip to the Beltwide Cotton Conferences in Orlando. It was an excellent meeting with an estimated attendance of around 2,200. Considering that most school kids headed back to the classroom [...]
Farm Bill Scenario Changes Again
Just when we thought the Farm Bill was headed for a fast- track conclusion, here comes yet another change in plans. The Super Committee dedicated to deficit reduction simply couldn’t come to an agreement, and now the fast-track Farm Bill heads back to a traditional debate in Congress. Even though we have to applaud Sen. [...]
Farm Bill Moving On A Fast Track
Remember the days when it would take the better part of two years for a new Farm Bill to become the law of the land? The Ag Committees in the House and Senate would lay out an ambitious long-range plan, involving field hearings across the country. Then, every commodity organization would submit suggestions on what [...]
Remembering A Meeting With Gov. Perry
We certainly don’t try to endorse presidential candidates here at Cotton Farming. We figure that farmers can make thoughtful decisions in these matters – whether it’s a presidential election or a race at the local level. However, as we continue to witness the Republican presidential debates and wonder who will finally emerge next summer as [...]
Drought Takes Its Toll In Texas
Is there a way to grasp the enormity of the drought in Texas and Oklahoma? Unless we live in those two states, we can’t begin to understand what is happening to farmers there. The media reports simply can’t tell the whole story. A person has to walk through a field that hasn’t had appreciable rainfall [...]
