The red dirt girl has returned to the farm holding a cotton sheet. The heirloom sheet’s white borders contain agriculture’s elusive full circle wrapped in a single farm package. The father-daughter ...

A field of a genetically modified variety of cotton called Bt Cotton with inbuilt insecticide resistance, in India. Cotton's environmental impacts are well-publicized (if not well-understood), ...

Fashion brands from high-end to high streets have introduced regenerative agriculture practices into their supply chains to boost sustainability. These farming practices work in harmony with nature.

The USDA Agricultural Research Service researcher has spent the last 26 years working with cottonseed and disease resistance.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Brooke Roberts-Islam is a London-based writer covering sustainability. Cotton, comprising a quarter of today's fashion, connects ...

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has introduced an initiative to revitalise the country’s cotton farming economy after US producers experienced five consecutive years of negative returns.

This new field robot developed by a Turkish cotton farmer is fully electric, fully autonomous, and could harvest as much as 20% more cotton from existing farms. The Afara’s inventor claims that ...

Darren Hudson says current prices still fall short of break-even for farmers, especially after factoring in basis and production costs. He estimates break-even at 78 to 83 cents, noting that even ...

Sustainability is a constantly moving target, particularly as consumers’ and brands’ environmental demands continue to grow. For cotton farmers, digitalization, technology, data and improved machinery ...