The Modern Cotton Story

Our extensive conversation with Dr. Cao of the University of Delaware covers a wide range of topics including how his students are taught to understand and incorporate sustainable and supply chain transparency into their course learnings, the challenges that students face when entering the workforce, and how university programs will adapt in the future to rapid changes in the global fashion indust...

Hear our insightful conversation with Dr. Little of North Carolina State University as we cover a wide range of topics including how his students ask about sustainably and, in turn, are taught to understand the importance of sustainable production in their coursework about textiles and apparel, as well as the role of transparency in supply chains. We also discuss the challenges students face when...

This week’s podcast is the first of a series entitled “Teaching Sustainability” where we will introduce a wide range of professors from higher education who educate today’s students at both the undergraduate and graduate school level about sustainability and transparency in the textile supply chain. Our extensive conversation with Dr. Freeman covers a wide range of topics including how his student...

Please join us for a wide ranging discussion about growing cotton with Jon Devine, Senior Economist at Cotton Incorporated. Our conversation with Jon covers a variety of topics including the recent USDA cotton supply & demand report, the challenges facing cotton in a competitive fiber market, the health of the cotton industry, the importance of U.S. cotton exports to the world, and much more. Host...

This week’s podcast is a special edition where we chat with leading global cotton economist and analyst, Dr. O.A. Cleveland, Professor Emeritus, Mississippi State University, about the state of the global cotton industry. Our wide-ranging conversation with Dr. Cleveland covers a variety of topics including the influence that weather plays on cotton prices and available supply, international demand...

So, please join us for a wide ranging discussion about growing cotton with Adam McLendon of Georgia-based McLendon Acres. Our conversation with Adam covers a variety of topics including the importance of multi-generational farming, the role of social media in framing what people know about cotton, a definition of sustainability, the value of traceability, and the benefits of apparel brands to spen...

Join us for a new “Farm Friday” podcast with Brian Rhodes of A&B Farms, who explains that “cotton farming is a very difficult business.” Learn more about growing cotton from Brian, a New York investment banker turned cotton farmer in Arizona. Hosted by Jennifer Crumpler, Fiber Development Manager and Manager of the e3 Sustainable Cotton Program from BASF, and interviewed by industry consultant Bob...

This week’s podcast is the next in a new series entitled, “Farm Fridays,” where we introduce leading American e3 cotton farmers, to you, our listeners. So, please join us for an informative and important discussion about growing cotton sustainably with Sledge Taylor, of Mississippi-based Buckeye Farms. Learn about what it takes to grow a quality cotton crop, along with the challenges of being a co...

This week’s podcast is the first of a new series entitled, “Farm Fridays,” where we introduce leading American e3 cotton farmers, to you, our listeners. So, please join us for an informative and important discussion about growing cotton sustainably with John Branton, of Louisiana-based Frogmore Farms. Learn about what it takes to grow a quality cotton crop, along with the various techniques used t...

This week’s podcast is the next of a new series entitled, “The Market for Cotton,” where we introduce leading economists, researchers and analysts from across the agriculture, textile, apparel and retail industries, to you, our listeners. So, please join us for an engaging and wide-ranging discussion about the textile and apparel industry, how farmers can interact with brands, and the importance o...

This week’s podcast is the next of a new series entitled, “The Market for Cotton,” where we introduce leading economists, researchers and analysts from across the agriculture, textile, apparel and retail industries, to you, our listeners. So, please join us for an informative discussion about the cotton, textile and apparel insurance business from Adam Rekerdres of leading insurer Rekerdres & Sons...

This week’s podcast is the next of a new series entitled, “The Market for Cotton,” where we introduce leading economists, researchers and analysts from across the agriculture, textile, apparel and retail industries, to you, our listeners. So, please join us for an informative discussion about the apparel markets with Matthijs Crietee, the experienced and well-known Secretary General of the influen...

This week’s podcast is the latest in a new series entitled, “The Market for Cotton,” where we introduce leading economists, researchers and analysts from across the agriculture, textile, apparel and retail industries, to you, our listeners. So, please join us for a terrific discussion about the global cotton, textile and apparel markets with Chris Kramedjian, the Director of Risk Management for Lu...

This week’s podcast is the next of a new series entitled, “The Market for Cotton,” where we introduce leading economists, researchers and analysts from across the agriculture, textile, apparel and retail industries, to you, our listeners. So, please join us for a terrific discussion about the global cotton, textile and apparel markets with Dr. Sheng Lu, the well-known and respected economist and A...

In this week’s podcast, we kick off a new series entitled, “The Market for Cotton,” where we will introduce a new group of speakers including economists, researchers and analysts from across the agriculture, textile, apparel and retail industries, to you, our listeners. So, please join us for a fascinating discussion about the global cotton markets with Kip Butts, a well-known and respected cotton...

Join BASF's Butch Roecker, Seed Advisor — Coastal Bend, Rio Grand Valley, Winter Garden, and Luke Etheredge, Regional Agronomist (South and East Texas) with an update on U.S. cotton planting, how growers are preparing their fields, and what makes the agriculture industry special. Hosted by Jennifer Crumpler, Fiber Development Manager and Manager of the e3 Sustainable Cotton Program from BASF, and...

Join Julia Hughes, President, U.S. Fashion Industry Council, Kim Glas, President & CEO, National Council of Textile Organizations, Auggie Tantillo, Textile Industry Consultant as they discuss key factors affecting the global trade of cotton, textiles, and apparel from the perspective of government policy. In a far-ranging conversation, they also discuss the affects of Covid on supply chains and in...

Join us for an enlightening and insightful discussion with Linda Trolinder, Senior Vice President, Research & Development — Seeds & Traits, as we explore how BASF’s research into cotton seeds and traits makes a difference in the clothes we wear every day. Hosted by Jennifer Crumpler, Fiber Development Manager and Manager of the e3 Sustainable Cotton Program from BASF, and interviewed by industry c...

Join us for a fascinating discussion about how BASF works with farmers to help them grow the best cotton possible with Cassidy Reeh, Agronomics Solutions Advisor for BASF, and Elizabeth Lague, Business Representative for BASF and cotton farmer. Hosted by Jennifer Crumpler, Fiber Development Manager and Manager of the e3 Sustainable Cotton Program from BASF, and interviewed by industry consultant B...

Last week, BASF announced the formation of the e3 Sustainable Cotton Grower Fund, a new initiative to acknowledge farmers throughout the United States for their efforts to grow cotton according to sustainable metrics. In this podcast, listen to Jennifer Crumpler, Fiber Development Manager and Manager of the E3 Sustain Cotton Program, as she explains how the grower fund works and how it benefits fa...

Join us for a fascinating discussion about the facts and data that make up BASF's e3 cotton program with Odessa Hines, External Affairs Manager, BASF Agricultural Solutions, for BASF North America. Hosted by Jennifer Crumpler, Fiber Development Manager and Manager of the e3 Sustainable Cotton Program from BASF, and interviewed by industry consultant Bob Antoshak.

Join us for a lively discussion about BASF's cottonseed program and the decisions farmers make in choosing seeds for planting with Hadley Howard, Product Manager, US Cottonseed, and Rachel Walters, Cottonseed Marketing Manager at BASF. Hosted by Jennifer Crumpler, Fiber Development Manager and Manager of the e3 Sustainable Cotton Program from BASF, and interviewed by industry consultant Bob Antosh...

Join us for an enlightening discussion about BASF's cotton business and future investment with Kelly Liberator, Technical Marketing Manager for Fungicides, and Kate Greif, Liberty Herbicide Product Manager at BASF. Hosted by Jennifer Crumpler, Fiber Development Manager and Manager of the e3 Sustainable Cotton Program from BASF, and interviewed by industry consultant Bob Antoshak.

Hear all the latest about the e3 sustainable cotton program from Jennifer Crumpler, Fiber Development Manager at BASF and Manager of the e3 Sustainable Cotton Program. Said Crumpler, “We have so many new things going on with the program in 2021.”

Listen to a unique discussion about cotton seeds, or what BASF’s cotton breeding team calls “Variety Advancement,” a topic that may be new to many in the textile supply chain. On today’s program is Cody Mills, U.S. Cotton Breeding Agronomist with BASF, and Cody Mull, also an agronomist with BASF. Hosted by Jennifer Crumpler, Fiber Development Manager and Manager of the e3 Sustainable Cotton Progra...