In the 14 states that make up the U.S. cotton belt, the unmistakable racket of mechanical cotton pickers filled the air last week. It was harvest time for the crop that reigned supreme in the South ...

Nagpur: Cotton growers, who were pinning hopes on the govt to buy their produce at the minimum support price (MSP) after rates in the open market crashed, are stuck in a digital quagmire. Cotton ...

LAHORE: Cotton, long regarded as the backbone of Pakistan’s economy, today stands at a critical crossroads. On one hand, the latest report of the Pakistan Cotton Ginners Association (PCGA) offers ...

Cotton producers are already struggling with high input costs and low commodity prices, but now an invasive pest is making its way across the southeastern United States and inching closer to the High ...

ATLANTA — The Georgia Department of Agriculture is warning about a new invasive pest that is quickly spreading across the state. Georgia Agriculture Commissioner Tyler Harper is warning cotton ...

Nagpur: The ‘muhurat' for cotton season started on a bearish note, with farmers receiving Rs1,500 below the minimum sale price (MSP). Against the MSP of Rs8,110 a quintal, cotton was sold at Rs6,500-7 ...

In India’s cotton belt of Vidarbha, the monsoon months of July and August are busy. Farmers across the districts of western Vidarbha in Maharashtra plant the cotton crop, readying them for harvest in ...

LAHORE: Pakistan has experienced a 30 per cent decrease in its overall cotton production compared to the same period last year, with only 594,000 bales of raw cotton reaching ginning factories ...

A severe outbreak of leafhopper pests, commonly known as jassids, in the cotton fields of North India could significantly impact the country's already declining cotton production. A recent field ...

After years of struggling with pest-infested Bt cotton and shrinking profits, a section of farmers in Punjab are turning back to a traditional crop with a modern promise — indigenous desi cotton — to ...

Kansas cotton fields are entering the critical squaring phase, so Kansas State University agronomist Logan Simon and entomologist Anthony Zukoff say timely scouting will be essential to protect yield ...

GRAPEVINE, Texas — Grapevine knows how to move an historic house. For the second time this summer, the North Texas city successfully relocated an historic home across town. This time, on Tuesday, it ...