Jim Steadman

1 week ago | cottongrower.com | Jim Steadman

This year reminds us that what happens tomorrow is much more important than what happened today. Even though cotton production is off to a very late and wet beginning across the Southeast and Mid-South, much of the Southwest has received very timely and beneficial rains. Better weather tomorrow offers the potential for a bigger and better crop. Yield, not price, will determine whether 2025 is a good or bad cotton year.

1 week ago | cottongrower.com | Jim Steadman

The National Cotton Council (NCC) strongly supports the Buying American Cotton Act introduced by Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS). In a statement released May 28, the organization says the forward-thinking legislation is designed to enhance the demand for U.S.-grown cotton and U.S.-manufactured cotton products through tax incentives. NCC Chairman Patrick Johnson, cotton producer from Tunica, MS, states, “The Buying American Cotton Act is transformative for our industry.

1 week ago | cottongrower.com | Jim Steadman

The world is witnessing knowledge economy and revival of manufacturing towards advanced products and technology. Knowledge creation and dissemination after proper review is an important protocol in technical publication. Multidisciplinary approaches are needed these days to develop products that cater to the needs of society.

2 weeks ago | cottongrower.com | Jim Steadman

Cotton enters the three-day Memorial Day weekend tied tightly to the narrow three-cent trading range experienced the past several weeks. Call it a four-cent trading range, and we can essentially stretch it out to a six-month trading range. Prices are begging to drift higher, but available supplies continue to meet all demand needs, thus holding prices within the narrow trading range. More of the same will continue into June’s supply demand report some two weeks away.

2 weeks ago | cottongrower.com | Jim Steadman

The U.S. cotton industry is disappointed with the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission’s report. In a statement issued May 22, the National Cotton Council notes that, for decades, the Environmental Protection Agency has subjected pesticides to rigorous review and eliminated those that were deemed unsafe. Current products have been tested and re-tested to protect the farmer, the environment, and the consumer.