This coming Thursday is the deadline to purchase crop insurance for the upcoming growing season, as Tyron Spearman has this reminder. Â Report (:30 mp3)
Closing Date Nears for Crop Insurance
Tyron Spearman reminds growers that the deadline is nearing to purchase crop insurance for the upcoming growing season. Â Report (1:00 mp3)
CCI Director from Georgia
Cotton Council International held its annual board of directors meeting last week in Memphis where directors were seated for this year and re-elected to the board was Jimmy Webb of Leary, Georgia. Report (1:00 mp3)
New CCI President
Robert S. Weil, II, a Montgomery, AL, cotton merchant, was elected 2008 president of Cotton Council International (CCI), the National Cotton Council’s export promotions arm. Weil is CEO of Weil Brothers-Cotton, Inc. He is a former NCC delegate and serves on the NCC’s Doha Strategy Task Force, International Trade Policy Committee and Farm Policy Development Task Force, among others. He …
Peanut & Cotton Payments Coming
Secretary of Agriculture Ed Schafer also announced that partial peanut and cotton 2007 counter-cyclical payments will soon be sent out. Tyron Spearman has the details.  Report (1:10 mp3)
NCC Releases Planting Intentions Survey
U.S. cotton producers intend to plant 9.5 million acres of cotton this spring, down almost 12 percent from 2007, according to the National Cotton Council’s 25th Annual Early Season Planting Intentions Survey released last week at the council annual meeting. Read more here. Report (1:00 mp3)
UGA Holds Economic Outlook Conferences
Economic Outlook Conferences were recently held by the University of Georgia across the state and Tyron Spearman gives us the scoop on it. Tyron also tells us about an announcement which will be made by the USDA later this month.  Report (1:15 mp3)
Peanuts Will Determine Cotton Acres
At the Georgia Cotton Conference last week, UGA cotton economist Don Shurley provided a look at how cotton might fare compared to other crops this year. Report (1:00 mp3)
GA Congressman Skeptical of Farm Bill Passage
Congressman Jack Kingston of Georgia told growers at the Georgia Cotton Conference last week that he’s skeptical about getting a farm bill finalized. Report (1:00 mp3)
GA Agribusiness Council Atlanta Mtgs Draw Ag & Political Leaders
This week’s Annual Meeting and Legislative Breakfast events hosted by the Georgia Agribusiness Council in Atlanta drew a good crowd of the state’s agriculture leaders, numerous lawmakers and legislative staffers. One of the big news items of the day is the announcement by GA Governor Sonny Perdue that some of the watering restrictions in Georgia will be relaxed, for now …