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Farmers are Planning For Cotton Harvest as They Plant Cotton

By on May 22, 2013 in cotton

Sometimes it takes me longer to get around to answering a question than it should. I recently saw some things about cotton planting and a light bulb went off reminding me I had promised to answer a few questions from my friend Kevin at The Cotton Boll Conspiracy. He asked: What’s the planting range for cotton [...]

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Fiber Quality Testing on Every Bale of US Cotton VIDEO

By on April 21, 2013 in ag awareness, cotton

When I was thinking about doing this, it was letters like Q, X and Z that made me wonder if I could really do it. The video I shot as I showed a friend around Memphis came to mind quickly. Although Steve had worked in cotton for years off and on, seeing how cotton was [...]

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Top Cotton Blogs You Should be Following

By on March 21, 2013 in cotton

When I tell people I write a bunch of blog posts about cotton, I frequently get a quizzical look or a blank stare. Then when I explain a bit more, that I have worked with cotton farmers for a long time and I enjoy sharing what I’ve learned. Seems some folks wouldn’t think you could [...]

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Cotton Plant 101: What do a cotton plant, blooms & bolls look like? VIDEO

By on September 26, 2012 in cotton

Last weekend as I drove through the Missouri Bootheel, I saw cotton fields at various stages of development. In fact, I found one field that had a lot of bolls on it and was still blooming too, so it gave me a chance to show a lot of the different stages of growth for cotton. [...]

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Cotton 101: Cotton Pickin’ Happy Sight to See! VIDEO

By on September 17, 2012 in cotton

Saturday I was driving down Interstate 55 toward Memphis to visit family. I wasn’t in a real rush so I decided to hop off the highway and shoot a few quick tutorial videos that I could put here on the blog. Got those cranked out and thought it would be a straight shot into Memphis. [...]

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Cotton 101: Impact of Irrigation / Drought on the Texas Cotton Crop (VIDEO)

By on July 30, 2012 in cotton

I giggle now and then when a farming friend somewhere tags me in a photo on Facebook. It’s especially interesting when it’s somewhere I haven’t been or someone I haven’t seen in a very long time. I’ve had photos of trucks, animals, fields and big rigs tagged as me. That’s what was running through my [...]

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Cotton 101: Facts about Cotton — The Crop & Products

By on September 8, 2011 in cotton

My friend Jasper Cunningham tweeted me one day asking me if I had some cotton facts on my blog. He seemed to enjoy several of the posts in my Cotton 101 series, especially the cotton dictionary, but I realized some quick and easy facts about cotton may be of interest too. Type of Plant Cotton [...]

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A Working Cotton Dictionary (Words Cotton Folks Use that May Confuse Others)

By on July 28, 2011 in cotton

aka Vocabulary the Way I’ve Heard Cotton Farmers & Other Experts Use It & How It Can Be Misunderstood If the title and subhead don’t point out this is not an academic endeavor, then let me say it outright. THIS IS NO ACADEMIC DICTIONARY ON COTTON. This is just a simple compilation of words that [...]

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