Tuesday Cotton eNews

America's Heartland stands center stage in telling the story of American agriculture. As the only nationally broadcast program of its kind, America's Heartland connects consumers to America's agricultural communities.  Started in 2005, the Emmy-award winning series has become a flagship program on public television stations across the United States, and has sustained its audience each season.  It is also a primetime ratings success, airing three times a week on RFD-TV, the cable and satellite channel highlighting the rural American lifestyle.  The program has reached an important milestone:  broadcasting its 100th episode to audiences on Public Television and RFD TV. In addition to its weekly broadcasts, the America's Heartland website at www.americasheartland.org provides videos, educational materials and links to consumers who want to know more about the program and about agriculture in America.

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(Carolina-Virginia Farmer) They used to be such big pests in the South that songwriters chose them to be subjects for their lyrics.

(Southwest Farm Press) Dr. Jason E. Woodward, Texas AgriLife Extension Plant Pathologist, and Dr. Terry Wheeler, Research Plant Pathologist for Texas AgriLife Research at Lubbock, have posted updated 2010 cotton disease management recommendations and 2009 variety performance results on the Lubbock Texas AgriLife Extension Center website.

(Rapid City Journal) In 1950, one American farmer produced enough food to feed 20 people. Today, one farmer produces enough to feed 150 people, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said in Rapid City on Monday.

(fiber2fashion) -- The sharp drop in cotton prices in the previous years has led to a sharp drop in cotton production in South Africa, raising concerns within the textile sector.

(Natural Resource Report) NAWG joined a coalition of agricultural organizations Monday in filing a joint friend-of-the-court brief to the Supreme Court in support of the petitioners in Monsanto Co. v. Geertson Seed Farms.

(Farm Press) When surveys don't give you the overwhelming result you're looking for, there's only one thing left to do — cook your numbers.

LUBBOCK, Texas (UPI) -- U.S. government scientists say they've found a naturally occurring class of plant hormones called cytokinins can help increase cotton yields during droughts.