The 2024 harvest saw a shortage of pickers, government backtracking on positive legislation, and issues stemming from the cotton cluster system; problems rooted in continued state efforts to ...

There have been some cotton pickers devised bef ore the one which is the subject of our illustration, but none of them were self-acting, all requiring to be turned by a crank, or some other ...

The John Deere CP770 cotton picker, manufactured in Ankeny, has emerged as winner of the 2025 Coolest Thing Made in Iowa competition. “Dedicated employees ...

The 2024 harvest saw a shortage of pickers, government backtracking on positive legislation, and issues stemming from the cotton cluster system; problems rooted in continued state efforts to ...

A good cotton picker, pacing himself for a day’s work in the field, averages from 18 to 35 lb. an hour. But last week’s pickers were after something more than a day’s pay.

Azerbaijan’s cotton industry has re-emerged as a way for the government to diversify its economy away from oil and gas. But climate change is making life in the fields tougher than ever for workers.