Jim Steadman

1 week ago | cottongrower.com | Jim Steadman |O.A. Cleveland |Don Shurley |Larry Stalcup

The USDA Commodity Credit Corporation has announced the 2025-crop loan rate differentials for upland and extra-long staple cotton. The differentials, also referred to as loan rate premiums and discounts, were calculated based on market valuations of various cotton quality factors for the prior three years.

1 week ago | cottongrower.com | Jim Steadman |O.A. Cleveland |Don Shurley |Larry Stalcup

The BASF FiberMax One Ton Club honored 56 qualifying cotton growers and their families during its annual banquet in Lubbock, TX, on Apr. 3. Now in its 20th years, the One Ton Club recognizes cotton farmers who produce yields of one ton or more during a given year using FiberMax cotton varieties. All three FiberMax cotton varieties introduced for the 2024 growing season (FM 765AX, FM 868AXTP and FM 823AXTP) were used by farmers who achieved this year’s One Ton Club status.

1 week ago | cottongrower.com | Jim Steadman

The market gave cotton a bit more footing this past week as price activity returned to trading fundamentals as opposed to the news media’s chaotic presentation of tariffs and the resulting Wall Street knee jerk activity. The real picture for old crop cotton prices shows the nearby May contract continuing to dip as it approaches first notice day, while the July and December contracts attempt to ease higher. Similar activity should be experienced in the coming month to six weeks.

1 week ago | cottongrower.com | Bill Robertson |Kylie Kitten |Jim Steadman |O.A. Cleveland

Two years ago, during the University of Georgia Cotton and Peanut Field Day in Tifton, Georgia Extension Cotton Specialist Camp Hand began surveying growers about the growing whitetail deer problem that was wreaking havoc on yields and causing significant crop losses.

2 weeks ago | cottongrower.com | Jim Steadman |O.A. Cleveland |Don Shurley |Larry Stalcup

URBN is the latest global brand to join the U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol. The company’s portfolio features global consumer brands including Urban Outfitters, Anthropologie, Free People, FP Movement, and Nuuly. Joining the Trust Protocol underscores URBN’s dedication to environmental and social responsibility, including its goal of sourcing 100% of its cotton from responsible sources by 2027 and ensuring that 60% of all direct-sourced raw materials come from responsible sources by the same year.