ROBSTOWN, Tex. - When Charles Niemann started farming in 1960, he knew the threat of the cotton boll weevil made his livelihood risky. He treated his fields in South Texas with pesticide every few ...

Conservative, southern Democrats were sometimes called Boll Weevils in the 1930s and 1940s. They backed much of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s economic agenda. But they opposed desegregation.

State cotton farmers. set to receive rebate. Arkansas farmers will receive a $1 per acre cash rebate for reported 2024 cotton acres registered with the state's Boll Weevil Eradication Program.

ENTERPRISE Ala. (WTVY) - Today marks the 105th birthday of the original Boll Weevil Monument in downtown Enterprise. The Pea River Historical Society hosted a birthday celebration for the monument ...

Before the appearance of the boll weevil, the American cotton crop had reached 16,000,000 bales in one season. The demand for cotton has been good for the past two years, but so serious have been ...

An Alabama town honors the boll weevil 04:52. In the center of Enterprise, Alabama, there's an intersection honoring an insect. "We are one of the few cities in the world where you have, in the ...

So the boll weevil brought ruin to Enterprise, but in a roundabout way, it also sparked a revival. Today, the boll weevils become the town mascot. And some of these things you just can't unsee.