The Cotton Companion

Episode 50 – Real. Comfortable. Wrangler (and U.S. Cotton).

Cotton Grower Editors Jim Steadman and Beck Barnes discuss crop progress and a new dicamba volatility study. Roian Atwood, Director of Sustainability for Wrangler stops by to discuss his brand’s recent marketing efforts that support U.S. cotton.

Episode 49 – Disaster Relief and the Personal Side of the Trade War

Cotton Grower Editors Jim Steadman and Beck Barnes discuss the recent disaster relief legislation passage, as well as a new turn in the market facilitation program. Tennessee cotton merchant Jim Nunn drops in to discuss relationship building with Chinese buyers despite the ongoing trade disputes.

Episode 48 – Trade Wars and the Market Facilitation Program

Cotton Grower Editors Jim Steadman and Beck Barnes talk about cotton’s turn in the spotlight of the ongoing Chinese trade dispute, including audio from Beck’s national television debut. Later, the guys discuss the rollout of the second round of Market Facilitation Program payments.

Episode 47 – #Plant19 Progress and Forces Impacting Prices

Cotton Grower Editors Jim Steadman and Beck Barnes talk planting conditions from across the Cotton Belt. Dr. Don Shirley drops in to examine the bears and bulls of cotton.

Episode 46 – Cleveland On the Cotton Market; Cotton Sustainability in 2019

Cotton Grower Editors Jim Steadman and Beck Barnes talk cotton sustainability. Dr. O.A. Cleveland drops in to examine the bears and bulls of cotton.

Episode 45 – Three Crop Protection Tips; Nicosia on 2019 Pricing and Fundamentals

Cotton Grower Editors Jim Steadman and Beck Barnes talk crop protection in the wake of a mild, wet Spring. The Cotton Grower gang presents a segment of the Economic Update speech given by Joe Nicosia at the Mid-South Farm and Gin Show.

Episode 44 – Nicosia On Rising Competition from Brazil

The Cotton Grower gang presents a segment of the Economic Update speech given by Joe Nicosia at the Mid-South Farm and Gin Show. Editors Jim Steadman and Beck Barnes discuss busted brackets and Cotton Belt schools in the NCAA Tourney.

Episode 43 – Nicosia Takes Stock of the Market

The Cotton Grower gang presents a segment of the Economic Update speech given by Louis Dreyfus’s Joe Nicosia from the Mid-South Farm and Gin Show. Editors Jim Steadman and Beck Barnes discuss the 2018 Cotton Achievement Award.

Episode 42 – 2019 State of Cotton

Cotton market analyst Dr. Don Shurley joins the podcast to talk about the state of the industry heading into planting season. Editors Jim Steadman and Beck Barnes discuss the NCC’s 14.5 million acre planting projection.

Episode 41 – How the Trade War Could Impact Prices for Years to Come

Cotton market analyst Dr. John Robinson joins the podcast to talk about the trade war’s effect on cotton prices. Cotton Grower editors Beck Barnes and Jim Steadman discuss the rapid adaption of auxin weed technologies.