USDA’s National Agriculture Statistics Service (NASS) released its 2017 planted acreage reports, and Bianca Pruneda with USDA/NASS in Washington, D.C. says cotton acreage across the country is up 20 percent from last year.
Cotton Industry Seeking Help for Producers
We told you last week that leaders in the cotton industry continue to try and find ways to help producers who are seeing trying times right now. One of those ways is asking agribusinesses who depend on the economic impact of cotton to sign on to a letter that will be sent to the White House. Time is running out …
Wiping Out Bacteria with Nanoparticle-Cotton Fibers
Shoe liners that protect from harmful bacteria or bandages that treat wounds are some of the potential uses for a new technology developed by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists. ARS materials engineer Sunghyun Nam developed an inexpensive, effective and environmentally friendly method to kill bacteria by creating silver nanoparticles inside cotton fibers. For more than a century, clothing and medical supplies have …
Cotton Industry Depends on Export Programs
Many folks from all aspects of agriculture were on hand for Farm Bill listening session last Saturday in Gainesville, Florida, including some representing the cotton industry. One of those was Ben Evans, a cotton farmer and ginner from Douglas, Georgia. He presented information to members of the House Agriculture Committee about the importance of export programs to the cotton industry.
Efforts Continue to Help Cotton Producers
Cotton producers not only here in the Southeast, but across the country are seeing trying times. And according to Georgia Cotton Commission Executive Director, Richey Seaton, that is why leaders in the industry continue to look at ways to help. To sign on to the letter going to the White House, click here.
Agri View: Who Invented the Cotton Gin?
Everett Griner talks about who was the real inventor of the cotton gin in today’s Agri View. One of the largest crops we grow in this country is cotton. It is also one of the most exported crops we grow. How much cotton do you suppose farmers would plant if we didn’t have Eli Whitney’s invention? The …
Another Decline in Global Cotton Ending Supply Estimates
Consumer demand worldwide means cotton ending stocks could be reduced for the fourth consecutive year. Rod Bain has the story.
Cotton and Peanut Crop Nearly Planted
Planting of the nation’s cotton crop is nearing completion. As of this past Sunday, 92 percent of the crop was in the ground. And according to USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey, a sizeable percentage of the crop looks good at this time. In Alabama, 97 percent of the cotton crop has been planted as of this past Sunday, which …
Cotton Research and Promotion Program to be Beneficial to Cotton Producers and Importers
Third Party Review Shows Strong Returns to Program Stakeholders The 1996 Farm Bill requires the Cotton Research & Promotion Program (the Program) conduct an independent, third-party evaluation of the Program’s effectiveness every five years. The most recently executed evaluation reflected very well on the Program’s effectiveness. In summary, the analysis found strong, positive returns to cotton producers and importers as …
Looking at World Cotton Supply/Use Picture
If projections prove true, the new crop of U.S. cotton being planted will be larger than last season and will bring lower prices. USDA World Outlook Board Chairman, Seth Meyer, says world cotton consumption in this next crop year, at almost 116 million bales, will exceed projected production of 113 million bales.