Cotton is one of the most valuable crops grown in the U.S., with a harvest value of some US$7 billion yearly. It is cultivated across a crescent of 17 states stretching from Virginia to California and ...
One of the early adopters of on-board, module-building pickers, Andrew Burleson is now self-sufficient when it comes to harvesting cotton. He’s also planting more of it. In 2008, Burleson bought a ...
(CNN) — Authorities across the United States are investigating after racist text messages – some with references to “slave catchers” and “picking cotton” reminiscent of the country’s painful and ...
An Oct. 5 Instagram post (direct link, archive link) shows two photos, one of President Joe Biden and another of a man holding an armful of cotton in a field. “Joe Biden is offering Black people ...
Southeast Texas—Hi y’all. We’re picking cotton. All four machines are running. This is a fantastic day. The field we are currently harvesting is picking fairly poor. It’s yielding about 0.8 bales an ...
Everyone loves cotton: it’s soft, durable and it breathes. But there’s cotton – and then there’s organic cotton. And there are some very good reasons to choose organic, even if a) it’s often not as ...