Cottonseeds could help reduce hunger and add new revenue for farmers. One researcher has been working for decades to make ...

Deltapine cotton varieties are growers’ best choice for proven genetics and traits in 2026.

Stan Hough, a missionary at the Brigham Young Home in St. George, shows off cotton that was grown on site. Each year, a small garden is planted with cotton, hearkening back to the reason "Utah's Dixie ...

Drought continues to tighten its grip across the Plains, and it’s forcing farmers in west Texas to make some very difficult decisions this growing season. Depleted soils, along with bleak forecasts ...

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 ...

In hopes of discovering ways to reinvent how cotton grows, botanists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have sent the plant to space. On Earth, gravity is the primary factor in a plant’s root ...

Cotton, and specifically cotton grown in the United States, offers brands and retailers and their customers a compelling ...

This story first appeared on Civil Eats. For years, organic cotton was a tough sell for the average American consumer. The consumers who did opt to pay extra for organic products tended to prioritize ...

SUMTER, S.C. — Cotton harvesting is underway around the rural areas of the Midlands, including in Sumter County. For a lot of famers this can be a team effort that requires other farmers like Glenn ...

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