Examines the needs for planning, production management, and marketing beyond those of conventional farms because of limitations imposed by the terms of organic certification and registration.

This publication discusses soil fertility practices that meet organic certification standards, weed management, and insect management including strategies for cutworm, cotton bollworm, tobacco budworm, pink boll- worm, armyworm, loopers, thrips, fleahoppers, lygus bugs, aphids, whitefly, spider mite, and boll weevil. Seedling disease, soil disease, foliar disease management and pre-harvest defoliation are also discussed. The publication concludes with sections on marketing organic cotton and the economics and profitability of organic cotton production. ATTRA Current Topic guide.