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Efforts Continue to Help Cotton Farmers

Dan July 28, 2017 Cotton

The Senate Appropriations Committee’s FY 2018 agriculture appropriations bill contain a provision making cottonseed eligible for oilseed Price Loss Coverage or PLC payments in the 2014 farm bill. And as Tyron Spearman reports, the House agricultural appropriations bill for FY 2018 contains similar language.

Perdue Echoes Vilsack on Cottonseed Declaration

Dan May 26, 2017 Cotton, Industry News Release

Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue this week echoed his predecessor, telling U.S. House lawmakers the Department of Agriculture does not have the authority to declare cottonseed as an oilseed. Perdue carried the same message former Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack offered to lawmakers on the issue, as advised by USDA lawyers. Perdue was asked about the issue during a House Agriculture Appropriations …

All In For Citrus Podcast, April 2024
April was a busy month for citrus events. The Florida Citrus Show was held April 3 in Fort Pierce followed by the Florida Citrus Growers’ Institute in Avon Park on April 9. These events were a topic of discussion between All In For Citrus podcast host Frank Giles and Michael Rogers, director of the University […]
In Georgia Owari Trial, Yields Peaked in 2021
University of Georgia Extension agent Jake Price recently summarized yields for three recent seasons from Owari satsuma trees in a rootstock trial. Last year, 2023, was the last harvest year for data collection in the trial. Price reported that yield in the trial plot peaked in 2021 with a yield of about 20,300 pounds on […]