Pima Cotton Growing at Bingham Farm
The first blossoms for the year are forming in the cotton. This is early for us for them to appear compared to other years. This flower is from our organic pima cotton.
In the Vineyards and the Farm, June 2, 2020
June 2nd update from the vineyard, garden, and hemp planting at Bingham Family Vineyards.
Mixed Desires for Rain
Yes, our organic row crops are in need of rain, but we also need to test the grapes in our vineyards to see if they are ready for harvesting. Grape harvest looks like it will start earlier the year than it usually does.
Putting faces on agriculture, our tour with Ted Cruz
As a senator Ted Cruz is interested in Texas, and for a few days he is getting a closer look at Texas agriculture which is a large part of the Texas economy and many Texans way of life. Today Cruz visited Meadow Co-op Gin, then to our farm and vineyards. Later in the...Texas organic cotton farmers to receive Organic Leadership Award | OTA
Thanks to a pioneering group of forward-thinking farmers, organic cotton production in Texas has expanded from virtually nothing in the early 1990s to over 20,000 acres in 2015, making the Texas High Plains the largest organic cotton-growing region in the United...
Vincent Manufacturing in Little Falls, New York uses our organic cotton
Here is an interesting look at one of our organic cotton buyers who buys our cotton through Texas Organic Cotton Marketing Cooperative. They manufacture cotton material to be used in furniture and bedding specializing in recycled cotton and in organic cotton. Fourth...
2013 Farm Family of the Year
Yesterday was the Terry County Soil & Water Conservation District annual farm tour. This organization and the farmers in our area value the conservation of our land and water. We hope to pass to our children and the next generation land that is in better condition...
Tractors in the Mud
We had wonderful rains Thursday night. With our land so parched and dry this was a wonderful blessing from God. But the results of the rains lead to the need for all six of our big tractors to be needed to run all day today to sand-fight the row crops. When the ground...
Edible Austin
We’re still here. Just chugging away on the farm. Edible Austin’s spring issue has an article about our family written by Jessica Dupuy. Here are some pictures that Amanda Grace took for the article. Not much to see in the fields this time of year, but...