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NEWS Moving cotton harvest equipment into Louisiana is restricted without proper inspection August 10, 2022 For Immediate Release: August 10, 2022
Producer Abraham Castillo finishes cabbage harvest as he prepares to plant cotton, milo and a little more corn due to the price.
alffoto / iStock / Getty Images Plus Let's say I was still pretty young when the Boll Weevil Eradication Program came to our little corner of Georgia in the late 1980s. If you remember how it was to grow cotton prior to the successful purge of the notorious boll weevil, you probably have gray hair. I have gray hair, but let's say I was still pretty young when the Boll Weevil Eradication Program came to our little corner of Georgia in the late 1980s. I knew folks who worked the program in our area then and remember helping set and check those now-classic yellowish-gr...
Three added to Agricultural Hall of Fame The N.C. Agricultural Hall of Fame now has three new members following the induction of John Holman Cyrus, Fred N. Colvard and Marshall W. Grant. • Cyrus, of Raleigh, was a pivotal figure with regards to the state’s tobacco industry, serving for 37 years with the N.C. Department of Agriculture in various capacities, including Tobacco Program Administrator. In the early 1950s, Cyrus established an annual comprehensive tobacco market report. Later, he planned and developed a service program focused on improving quality and marketing pract...