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Cotton Demand on the Uptick; Trust Protocol Showcases Regen Results

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Making the Case for Cotton Over Man-Made Fibers

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Cotton Market Idles as Chinese Delegation Visits the White House

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How Soon Could BACA Become Law?

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O.A. Cleveland, Cotton Marketing Expert, Bids Farewell

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Uncle Sam Takes Aim at Building Cotton Demand

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A Closer Look at the Great American Cotton Plan

8

How to Handle the Tarnished Plant Bug in 2026

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Cotton’s Weather Market Has the Bulls on Parade

10

How the Strait of Hormuz Impacts Your Operating Margins

11

What We Know About the DOJ’s Fertilizer Investigation

12

North Carolina Producer David Dunlow Tabbed for 2026 Cotton Achievement Award

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Talking BACA with Congressman Greg Murphy

14

9 Million Acres? A Look at the NCC’s Numbers for 2026

15

A Closer Look at the New Dicamba Label

16

The Buying American Cotton Act Advances on Capitol Hill

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Everything You Need to Know About the Cotton Jassid for 2026

18

The Cotton Market Has 99 Problems but Tariffs Aren’t One

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What USDA’s $12 Billion Relief Package Means for Cotton

20

How Cotton Incorporated is Taking the Fight to Polyester on the Retail Shelf

21

Will Cotton Break Out of It’s Narrow Trading Window in 2026?

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Celebrating Our 200th Episode...and Jay Mahaffey, Too!

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Plant Not Plastic: Cotton Takes On Microplastics and Polyester

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Cotton Promotion Program Evolving for a Changed World

25

Talking Mid-South Cotton, Early Harvest, and Pests Old and New

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49 Meetings, 16 States, 6 Weeks

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Dr. Bill's Harvest Preparation Checklist

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Dissecting the Newly Proposed Dicamba Label and Next Actions

29

Reviewing Cotton's Current Research Programs and Priorities

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Examining the Big Beautiful Benefits for Cotton

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What's New in Cotton's Ag Tech Pipeline?

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Have Environmentalists Damaged Cotton Demand?

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West Texas Focus With an Eye on DC

34

Meet CCI's Liz Hershfield

35

How Are Tariffs Impacting Cotton Movement and Trade?

36

Ignore the Noise Around Tariffs, Focus Instead on Fundamentals

37

Button Up Farm Finances As Planting Nears

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Celebrating Cotton Achievement Award Recipient Ted Schneider

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Observations from the Mid-South Farm & Gin Show

40

Cotton's Agenda and New Leadership for 2025

41

Oh Deer! Tracking Cotton's Latest Big Pest.

42

Cotton's 2025 Outlook for the U.S., the World...and California

43

Cotton's New Year: What's Happened, What's New and What's Next for 2025?

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How Did Ag Retailers Stack Up in 2024?

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Cotton Companion: Discussing Cotton's Fortunes for 2025

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Cotton Companion: Beltwide Cotton Conferences Ready to Kick Off 2025

47

Time to Focus on Cover Crops

48

Weathering Multiple Storms

49

When Will We See a New Farm Bill?

50

Setting the Record Straight on Cotton Promotion

51

Making Sense of Cotton's Volatile Year

52

West Texas Optimism

53

Slumping Prices and the Million Acre Surprise

54

Weed Control's Latest Issues, Challenges and Opportunities

55

How Banned Cotton Still Muddies Cotton's Supply Chain Transparency

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ACSA's 100 Years Serving U.S. Cotton

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Looking at Precision Ag Adoption in Cotton

58

Riding Cotton's Price Roller Coaster - Again

59

Findings from Cotton's Antique Alley

60

Spotlight on the Cotton Foundation

61

Adjusting to New EPA Adjustments

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Honoring 2023 Cotton Achievement Award Recipient Bart Davis

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Facing Cotton's New and Continuing Challenges

64

Meet the 2023 Cotton Marketer of the Year

65

New Ag Tech in the Palm of Your Hand

66

Acreage Projections, Award Winners, and Hot Cotton Headlines

67

Wrapping Up 2023; Looking Ahead to 2024

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Never Slowing Down

69

Sliding Into 2024?

70

Finding New Life and New Uses for Old Cotton

71

Examining Soil Health’s Value to Cotton

72

How Unprecedented Politics Could Impact a New Farm Bill

73

Positive First Impressions

74

Heat, Hurricanes and Four-Legged Pests

75

August Puts the Heat on Cotton

76

What’s In the Climate Smart Cotton Program for You?

77

Looking at Cotton From Down Under

78

Tracking This Season’s Weed Challenges

79

Bulls, Bears and Texas Cotton

80

Navigating Cotton’s Crazy Market

81

2023 Planting: A Grower’s Perspective

82

New Technology and Cotton Production

83

Unpacking the Current Cotton Market

84

Humble Advice for U.S. Cotton

85

Building Trust in the Protocol Process

86

Lone Star Leadership for the NCC

87

Is Cotton a Convenient Scapegoat for Supply Chain Woes?

88

2023 Cotton Outlook: ”Live” from the Beltwide Cotton Conferences

89

Starting 2023 with an Award and a Cotton Acreage Projection

90

Wrapping Up 2022: New Varieties and a 2023 Market Preview

91

Deciphering Regulatory Challenges Impacting Cotton

92

Getting a Mid-South Report

93

Cotton’s Tricks and Treats for 2022

94

What’s Bugging Cotton?

95

During a Drought, Farming Simple is Simply Better

96

Milestones, Markets...and Some Maybes for 2023

97

What Does the Inflation Reduction Act Mean for Cotton?

98

How Soil Health Programs Benefit Cotton Growers

99

What’s Next After Cotton’s Price Adjustment

100

How Cotton Incorporated Keeps Your Cotton in High Demand