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.
Cotton Communicator™ Software
This software from Cotton Incorporated provides options to create Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) files from three different input file types. The EDI files can then be sent to cotton mills.
COTMAN
COTMAN is a crop information system that uses monitoring techniques to summarize crop development status, detect stress and assist with in-season management decisions.
Literature Review of Robotic Weeding
Non-herbicide, autonomous, mechanical weed control will be a critical component in future integrated weed management programs. This literature review surveys the progress made over the last decade (2010-2020) in weed management robotics.
Life Cycle Inventory & Life Cycle Assessment of Cotton Fiber & Fabric – Executive Summary 2016
This document provides an executive summary of the 2016 global life cycle assessment for cotton. It represents an a major update of a similar LCA conducted in 2010.
Factors to Consider in Selecting a Crop Insurance Policy
This publication helps producers understand the basics of crop insurance, what types of insurance are available in their area, and how to go about selecting what is right for their farming situation.
Crop Insurance for Cotton Producers: Key Concepts and Terminology
This publication helps producers understand the basics of crop insurance, what types of insurance are available in their area, and how to go about selecting what is right for their farming situation.
Cover Crops for Weed Control
This 6 minute video provides information on how cover crops can be useful in controlling herbicide resistant weeds. Produced by the University of Tennessee in 2018.
Cotton Today
The site highlights many of the positive efforts the cotton industry is making to continuously adopt more sustainable practices.
Crop Nutrition Library
This resource library covers fertility information for a number of crops, including macro- and micronutrients, application and management suggestions. This site is sponsored by Mosaic, a fertilizer manufacturer.
Cotton Natural Resource Survey: White Paper 2015
In order to better understand the challenges that U.S. cotton growers face and to develop technologies to address those challenges, the U.S. cotton industry conducted the Natural Resource Survey (NRS). U.S. cotton producers were surveyed to assess cotton’s impact on the environment, providing an effective means to understand farm inputs, production trends and grower concerns. […]
Cotton Natural Resource Survey: Executive Summary Report 2015
In order to better understand the challenges that U.S. cotton growers face and to develop technologies to address those challenges, the U.S. cotton industry conducted the Natural Resource Survey (NRS). U.S. cotton producers were surveyed to assess cotton’s impact on the environment, providing an effective means to understand farm inputs, production trends and grower concerns. […]
Cotton Incorporated Agricultural and Environmental Research
The Agricultural and Environmental Research Department provides resources related to agricultural economics, variety trials, cotton foliar diseases, tillage and more.