Cotton Grower editors Beck Barnes and Jim Steadman debate a potential corporate merger, discuss recent acreage reports and markets with Dr. Don Shurley, and recap news of interest…including clothing made from beer?!

Cotton Grower editors Beck Barnes and Jim Steadman recap the cotton industry’s latest headlines, and host a lengthy discussion about how shifting Chinese cotton policy is impacting prices.

Cotton Grower editors Jim Steadman and Beck Barnes discuss President Obama’s pollinator policy, Cotton Belt planting progress and the conditions that took Texas from drought to flood. Extension economist Dr. Don Shurley joins to talk about the cotton market.