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Better Cotton will tackle the issues of climate action, traceability and data, and regenerative agriculture, at its annual conference.

LUBBOCK, Texas -- The cotton harvest is about to get underway in the Texas High Plains, the windswept region that grows most of the crop in the nations top cotton-producing state. But Barry Evans, like many others, has already walked away from more than 2,000 acres of his bone-dry fields.

LUBBOCK, Texas — The cotton harvest is about to get underway in the Texas High Plains, the windswept region that grows most of the crop in the nation’s top cotton-producing state. But Barry Evans, like many others, has already walked away from more than 2,000 acres of his bone-dry fields.

Drought and extreme heat have severely damaged much of the cotton harvest in the U.S., which produces roughly 35% of the world’s crop. Nowhere is this more apparent than the

LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) -- The cotton harvest is about to get underway in the Texas High Plains, the windswept region that grows most of the crop in the

The USDA says Texas farmers are likely to abandon nearly 70% of their spring planting.

One of many programs at the non-profit People Attempting to Help, or PATH, in Tyler, Texas, is one ...