Cotton is one of the most valuable crops grown in the U.S., with a harvest value of some US$7 billion yearly. It is cultivated across a crescent of 17 states stretching from Virginia to California and ...

With the slightest breeze, the raw, fluffy cotton seems to dance, tethered precariously to its nearly dried-up boll. Then a loud, lumbering harvester, driven by Armando Burruel, tears it from its husk ...

John Deere said it will spend $29.8 million to expand its Thibodaux plant, a move that will create 70 jobs and allow the company to shift cotton harvester manufacturing from China to the U.S. The new ...

The future of farming marches to a beat dictated by technology and efficiency—dual lords of increased return. Coley Bailey, a third-generation Mississippi grower, has hitched his 6,000-acre operation ...

John Deere is hoping to shake up the cotton harvesting technology of the future and part of the plan will include working with local high school students this month. The company's Thibodaux facility ...

GOMEL, 15 March (BelTA) – Gomel-based mechanical engineering company Gomselmash has successfully tested its cotton harvesters in Cameroon, Director of Gomselmash Regional Sales Department Yuri Rafeev ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Built in 1943, Old Red was one of the ...

This year, Louisiana farmers are harvesting their lowest acreage of cotton in state history. Years of poor markets, increased international competition, and synthetic alternatives have forced many to ...