Marshall Hardwick is chatting with me from his truck, parked in front of his cotton field in Northeast Louisiana. After our call, he’ll begin harvesting the crop. Most years, he has no idea what the ...

Cotton growers are facing devastating losses and delays from Hurricane Helene just as harvest was beginning, marking the latest blow to profits in an already weak market. The storm ripped through the ...

Idalou may be known for cotton farming, but it offers much more than the cash crop West Texas is known for. It is also home to a 44-acre farm with an orchard, a vineyard, two greenhouses, vegetables ...

As the cotton harvest approaches, its success hinges on Bajans’ willingness to unify their economic potential and the historical weight of slavery—and the trauma they carry. The Bajan government, in ...

The Uzbek Forum’s findings from monitoring the 2023 cotton harvest point at some instances of forced labor when voluntary workers were scarce. Uzbek Forum for Human Rights (Uzbek Forum) today ...

Southwestern cotton growers are abandoning millions of parched acres that they planted in spring, prompting forecasts for the weakest U.S. harvest in more than a decade and sending prices sharply ...

Cotton futures shed 2.5% after U.S. agricultural officials raised their forecasts for this year's harvest above what traders had expected and said that lower exports, particularly to China, are ...