USDA’s first Crop Progress report of the season was released earlier this week. It revealed U.S. growers are running behind planting this year’s cotton crop. One meteorologist says drought may be a ...

Use integrated pest management to minimize damage from insects, diseases and weeds, and to improve grades of cotton. Select ...

While experts recommend planting cotton from May 1 to June 5, Kansas State University extension agronomist Logan Simon said variables like germination rate, soil and air temperatures more ...

Many cotton growers face a critical decision over the next few weeks: whether to switch some acreage to wheat, soybeans or other crops because of the significantly higher market prices for those ...

I was up in Natchitoches last year and picked up a tuft of cotton from one of the plants on the edge of a cotton field. I kept it on my desk for a while, and recently, I planted the seeds that were in ...

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - The snow that fell across the South Plains is giving the 2024 cotton crop a better start. That’s because it’s adding much needed moisture to the soil ahead of planting season.

LAMB COUNTY, Texas (KCBD) - In Lubbock County, farmers are currently working hard to get cotton in the ground before the end of late planting Monday. Some producers on the South Plains are now looking ...

It’s easy to spot Caleb Wertz’s fields along the farmland east of Las Animas. About half of the Wertz family’s land is ...