Cotton will be on parade Thursday during the annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade. Cotton Incorporated is sponsoring the Bountiful Harvest Cornucopia float and a new environmentally-themed television commercial will be featured during the parade broadcast. Report (1:00 mp3)
Cotton Growers Urged to Attend Beltwide Conference
The annual Beltwide Cotton Conference is coming up January 8-11 in Nashville, and growers across the Southeast are urged to attend. Â Report (1:10 mp3) To learn more log on to www.cotton.org
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Crop Reports Released
USDA’s National Agriculture Statistics Service released the November 1st crop estimates this morning, as Shiela Corley in Washington D.C. runs through the cotton numbers. Report (2:40 mp3) AL Report (1:30 mp3) GA Report (1:55 mp3) And when it comes to peanuts and other crops, Southeast Agnet’s Tyron Spearman has a rundown of those numbers. Report (1:40 mp3)
Senate Slows Farm Bill Work
Work on the 2007 Farm Bill slowed in the Senate Wednesday as lawmakers put it aside to take up other issues. Some amendments were introduced on Tuesday, including payment limitations. Report (1:30 mp3) Meanwhile, the AgJobs bill will not be included as an amendment to the farm bill, but there are several provisions that will help farmers transition to organic …
New Cotton Board CEO Talks About Research
Newly named Cotton Board president and CEO Drayton Mayers says research projects being done by Cotton Incorporated have benefits for both producers and consumers of cotton. Report (1:00 mp3)
New Voice on SE Agnet
You may hear a new voice on the network covering the “This Land of Ours” beat. She is Laura McNamara from Missouri and even though she is young, she has wide-ranging international experience as a broadcast and new media journalist. She has covered Missouri state politics for a statewide radio network, The Missourinet. She spent last summer working in Rome, …
Harvest Progress Continues
Overall, peanut harvest is still behind what’s normal for this time of year, while the cotton & corn harvest is ahead…..that is in some areas it is.   Report (1:00 mp3) USDA NASS
Cotton Harvest Report
According to USDA’s ag statistics service in Georgia, just 30 percent of the cotton was harvested as of Sunday, compared to 45 percent normal for this time of year, but some growers like Georgia Cotton Commission chairman Louie Perry of Moultrie are finished with their harvest. Report(1:00 mp3)