Dryland cotton farmers continued to take it on the chin in 2024 after a record hot summer and little beneficial rainfall.

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 ...

Cotton prices in Kasese have plummeted from shillings 3,000 to 2,000, leaving farmers devastated. The development is on account of the bumper cotton harvest of about 17,000 bales compared to the ...

Cotton farmers have economic, environmental and agricultural reasons to want a better option for harvesting. Traditional mechanical harvesters can be up to 14 feet long and weigh more than 30 tons.

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 ...

Taylor County cotton farmers are glad to turn the page on 2024 — if for no other reason than in the hopes of a better harvest in 2025. So how did last year’s cotton crop fare? “Not good ...

Cotton and peanut acres surged in Arkansas during the 2024 growing season, but untimely rains likely cut into the quality of ...

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 ...

Over 50 square kilometers of cotton fields are producing a bountiful harvest season at a town in Toksun county of Turpan, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn ...

Pakistan's cotton production dropped to 5.6 million bales last season, marking the lowest output in 30 years, said the president of Pakistan-China Joint Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCJCCI ...

Uzbekistan's annual cotton harvest is getting under way, and once again rights activists are reporting cases of forced labour. Staff at state-owned companies are being driven out to the ...