Resource Directory

Tap directly into the extensive research library of Cotton Incorporated. Here, you can filter your results by category, sort them by date and select your preferred media type to streamline the resources you see.

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May 5, 2025

Access Free Vegetation Index and Other Data for Your Field

View a satellite derived vegetation index for you field from 2021 to present and also access other data for that field.  Other data available includes growing degree days, soil properties, and estimates of root zone moisture.  The site is in development by the Digital Ag Technologies Lab with support from Cotton Incorporated.

May 1, 2025

Managing Plant Population in Cotton

High seed costs have made selecting the correct plant population even more important in recent years. This paper uses several different plant population studies conducted with different varieties and environments to provide a summary of how plant population can impact cotton yields.

April 1, 2025

State Variety Trial Data

Access performance data from 17 states that conduct cotton variety trials. Performance data includes lint yield, fiber quality traits and other important agronomic traits.

April 1, 2025

Planting and Harvesting Capacity in Cotton Production

This brief document is designed to provide cotton producers and researchers with estimates of planting and harvesting machine capacities. Different variables and scenarios are evaluated and explained to assist with determining the number of acres that can be planted and/or harvested in a given year.

March 27, 2025

Large-Plot Variety Trial Data Visualization and Access

Cotton variety results are provided from on-farm large-plot variety trials. These trials are conducted by the Extension Cotton Specialists with the cooperation of growers within each state.  The link goes to a tool that allows you to visualize the data for selected years and locations and also provides the ability to download data for your […]

March 19, 2025

Cotton Seedling Diseases

This online resource from the University of Tennesee provides information about specific diseases that commonly affect cotton seedlings.

March 11, 2025

Life of a Module Through Data

Hear details on the use of RFID in cotton production in this 2-hour seminar presented at the 2025 Midsouth Farm and Gin Show. The video includes tips for growers on the use of John Deere’s operation center, experiences of two ginners using RFID for module tracking, gin software companies support for the technology, and how […]

November 19, 2024

Keep it clean – plastic contamination prevention.

Contamination from plastic can have a range of serious and costly effects, and it can arise from something as simple as a plastic bag floating through a cotton field during harvest.  It can also have negative environmental impacts as discussed in this two page document.

September 25, 2024

Cover Crop Species Selector

This USDA funded website allows you to select three goals for the cover crop and will then recommend various cover crops that best match those goals based on your location, cash crop, and soil type.  It takes less than 5 minutes to enter the required information and get a recommendation.  The site currently supports all […]

August 12, 2024

Hurricane Preparation and Recovery in the Southeastern United States: Cotton Producers Guide

This guide is to help Southeastern U.S. cotton producers  build resilience to, prepare for, and recover from hurricane impacts.  It is a PDF hosted on the USDA Climate Hub site.

August 8, 2024

Proper Moisture at Harvest for Cotton Stored in Round Modules

This brochure reminds producers of the importance of harvesting cotton at proper moisture content (less than 12%) and what the potential costs are if they do not. The brochure also discusses how to determine when it is safe to harvest if a moisture meter is not available.

August 4, 2024

Securing Round Modules for Transport

The National Cotton Ginners recommends these safe tie-down procedures for transporting round modules.