By Emmy Powell
Communications Specialist

Texas farmers in the Cotton Incorporated Texas State Support Program recently approved funding to support 48 research projects.

“The committee is comprised of cotton producers who represent each growing region in Texas,” Brant Wilbourn, Texas Farm Bureau associate director of Commodity and Regulatory Activities, said. “The producers review all proposals and determine which projects accomplish their research priorities.”

The committee approved over $1 million in research to be conducted in the 2025 growing season.

The funding is a combination of state and regional dollars based on the most recent five-year average of the state’s assessments made to the Cotton Board.

Additional projects will be conducted throughout the state and cover both statewide and regionally important research topics.

Funding was awarded to researchers at Texas Tech University, West Texas A&M University, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension and Texas A&M AgriLife Research.

Research will be conducted at on-farm sites with the help of local producer co-ops and university research locations.

“Texas cotton producers have benefited greatly from past research funded by the Texas State Support Program and will continue to see benefits as the newly funded projects are completed,” Wilbourn said.

Cotton Incorporated’s State Support Programs were developed to improve the demand for and profitability of cotton. Each state’s committee supports projects covering a broad range of topics that include genetic improvement/breeding, pest control, fertilization and irrigation management, marketing and economics, production systems and harvesting and ginning.