Coley Bailey, a third-generation Mississippi grower, has hitched his 6,000-acre operation behind John Deere’s out-of-the-gate CP770 cotton picker—potentially the most proficient cotton ...

In line with the mold-breaking pattern, a new cotton picker and cotton stripper are the latest offering, significantly touted as “the most productive cotton harvesters ever built by John Deere.” ...

The 2024 harvest saw a shortage of pickers, government backtracking on positive legislation, and issues stemming from the cotton cluster system; problems rooted in continued state efforts to ...

China’s purchases of American cotton have cratered in early 2025 as weak domestic consumption and trade uncertainty weigh on ...

evaluate the ex-ante social impact of the policy to mechanize cotton harvesting on cotton pickers and vulnerable private farmers; and (ii) identify ways to mitigate the policy’s potential negative ...