Texas Tech and the U.S. Department of Agriculture celebrated, signed agreements for, and broke ground on a new cotton classing facility set to go on the Tech campus. This is the first partnership ...

Texas Tech University and the U.S. Department of Agriculture recently cut the ribbon on a first-of-its-kind cotton classing facility on Texas Tech’s campus. The 30,000-square-foot facility, located ...

“Visiting Floyd was amazing. The building has much to offer and looks like an excellent learning environment,” said Martinez, standing with his wife near the spire that welcomes guests to Floyd Hall.

USDA was first directed to provide cotton classification services to producers of cotton under the Smith-Doxey Act of April 13, 1937 (Pub. L. 75-28). Therefore, the original classification of a cotton ...

With the High Plains cotton-growing region anticipating historic yields this season, the area cotton classing office may also grade a record number of bales. Kenny Day, area director of the Lubbock ...

The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is amending regulations pertaining to administrative and operational procedures for the classification of foreign-growth cotton. In anticipation that cotton ...

Memphis will play host to cotton buyers from 14 different countries next week for a primer on doing business here. Cotton Council International, the export promotion arm of the National Cotton Council ...

A near-record cotton crop is making its way to market. But before it gets there, the job of grading it so farmers can get top dollar falls to a small number of “classing” offices across the country.