The cotton trade is something many are keeping an eye on right now. Mark Oppold reports weather conditions over the next few days may have a factor in this year’s crop. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding to Enhance Brahman GeneticsMay 15, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Production ResearchMay 8, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities to Develop Preliminary …
Helena Agri-Enterprises: Potassium Vital to Cotton Crop
By Will Jordan Farmers and industry experts gathered in Moultrie, Georgia last week for the Sunbelt Ag Expo Field Day. Helena Agri-Enterprises is conducting a trial on potassium products this year at the Sunbelt Ag Expo’s Darrell Williams Research Farm. Following five years of data collection from thousands of samples they found 68% of the cotton samples they studied to …
GCC to Host Mid-Year Meeting Next Week
By Clint Thompson The Georgia Cotton Commission (GCC) reminds producers and industry leaders that its mid-year meeting is scheduled for next Wednesday, July 26, at the Nesmith-Lane Conference Center in Statesboro. Taylor Sills, executive director of the Georgia Cotton Commission (GCC), highlighted what attendees can expect to learn about at next week’s meeting. “We’ve got a really good program put …
Tracking Cotton Futures
Today, Mark Oppold has a look at cotton futures and what traders are anticipating. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding to Enhance Brahman GeneticsMay 15, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Production ResearchMay 8, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities to Develop Preliminary Data For Future Grant ProjectsMay 1, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Critical Funding To Enhance Brahman GeneticsApril …
High Production Costs Won’t Ease Next Year
USDA’s first cost of production forecast for major field crops like corn, soybeans, wheat, cotton, rice, and others shows that input costs are expected to remain elevated into the next growing season. The costs will likely be at the third-highest level of all time and only slightly lower than the record high in 2022. While some input costs like fertilizer …
Looking Forward to August Crop Report
We mentioned yesterday that weather is top of mind right now for grain traders. And as Mark Oppold reports, many are also already looking forward to the monthly crop report coming out in August. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding to Enhance Brahman GeneticsMay 15, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Production ResearchMay 8, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities …
Cotton Disease Update: What Growers are Seeing in the Field
By Clint Thompson The Georgia Cotton Commission (GCC) and University of Georgia Extension Cotton Team remind growers that the time is now to take stock at what disease management strategies they should implement, now and into the future. “As we move into the next two, three or four weeks that’s when we need to be prepared. Will we need a …
Grain Trade Tracking Reports and Weather
Keeping up with the latest reports and of course the weather is top of mind right now for grain traders. Mark Oppold explains how those two factors could affect their actions. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding to Enhance Brahman GeneticsMay 15, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Production ResearchMay 8, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities to Develop Preliminary …
May Cotton Consumption Was Lowest on Record
A new report shows that cotton consumption this past May was the lowest on record. Mark Oppold has more details. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding to Enhance Brahman GeneticsMay 15, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Production ResearchMay 8, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities to Develop Preliminary Data For Future Grant ProjectsMay 1, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Critical …
Storms Aftermath: Replanting Cotton Now Not Feasible
By Clint Thompson The Georgia Cotton Commission and the University of Georgia (UGA) Extension Cotton Team caution growers against attempting a replant at this point in the calendar season. A two-week span of wind and rain in June impacted some of Georgia’s cotton crop. It devastated acres in some areas. However, producers should not attempt a replant; whether that is …