When it comes to growing cotton, success starts before a single seed is planted. Many growers focus on managing cotton after it has emerged, but successful management begins below the surface and ...

Soil temp, moisture and crusting can make or break emergence. Learn how to reduce early-season risk and protect yield from ...

Experience the remarkable journey of a cotton plant in this detailed time-lapse video. Follow the cotton plant’s entire life ...

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 ...

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 ...

I was a teenager in the 1970s and just beginning my love affair with rural Arkansas. During visits to my grandparents' home in Des Arc, I enjoyed going on long drives by myself through the Grand ...

CARPIO, N.D. — North Dakota is famous for its variety of some 20 commercial crops. Now, you can add peanuts and cotton. Well — on a very small but commercial scale. Marvin Baker is an organic produce ...