In hopes of discovering ways to reinvent how cotton grows, botanists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have sent the plant to space. On Earth, gravity is the primary factor in a plant’s root ...

Witness the mesmerizing journey of a cotton plant's life cycle in this captivating time-lapse video, spanning 205 days from ...

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For years, organic cotton was a tough sell for the average American consumer. The consumers who did opt to pay extra for organic products tended to prioritize food, and the markup on cotton just ...

Urban growth has paved over many cotton fields, pushing them out of Maricopa County to other parts of Arizona. In Arizona, cotton yields are five times higher than a century ago as farmers learn to ...

Red Land Farms got its start in 1980, but in recent years, they have extended its business to “Red Land Cotton,” which offers ...

Discover how a daring Natchez family smuggled Egyptian cotton seeds in ostrich eggs, sparking an agricultural revolution that made Natchez a global cotton powerhouse.