Cotton producers are being reminded that signup for the Cotton Ginning Cost Share (CGCS) program ends this Thursday, May 31. CGCS Sign-Up for Cotton Producers Ends Thursday Sponsored ContentFlorida Senator Shares Origins of Florida Cattle Enhancement BoardNovember 14, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsNovember 8, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Plays Critical Role To Extend ResearchNovember 7, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Funded Research Impactful for the Future of …
Everyone Take a Seat on the Cotton Roller Coaster
Over the past several months, outside influences on the cotton industry have felt like the Dahlonega Mine Train at Six Flags Over Georgia: ups, downs, dramatic twists, and lots of bumps along the way. Producers have seen proposed policies fail, others be implemented, a significant market uptick, one of the US’s largest overseas markets be closed then open again, and …
Georgia Cotton Commodity Commission Nominations Due May 31
The Georgia Agricultural Commodity Commission for cotton wants to remind producers that nominations to fill two board positions are due May 31. Richey Seaton, Georgia Cotton Commission executive director, has details on how to get a nominee information form. Georgia Cotton Commodity Commission Nominations Due May 31 Sponsored ContentFlorida Senator Shares Origins of Florida Cattle Enhancement BoardNovember 14, 2025CIR Agriculture …
Agri View: Crop Prospects
Everett Griner talks about the USDA forecast changes for the southeast in today’s Agri View. Everett gives his outlook of the report for the southeast, and his predictions of what is missing from the report. Crop Prospects The USDA Crop Planting Report came out back in late March. The portion I received only covered the Southeast. It prophesied some of …
Cotton Producers Reminded of May 31 CGCS Deadline
Cotton producers are being reminded that sign-up for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Cotton Ginning Cost Share (CGCS) program now runs until May 31, 2018. Under the program, which is administered by the Farm Service Agency (FSA), cotton producers may receive a cost share payment, based on a producer’s 2016 cotton acres reported to FSA multiplied by 20 percent …
Georgia Cotton Commodity Commission Accepting Nominations
The Georgia Agricultural Commodity Commission for cotton is accepting nominations to fill two board positions. Georgia Cotton Commission Executive Director Richey Seaton runs through the nomination requirements. Georgia Cotton Commodity Commission Accepting Nominations Sponsored ContentFlorida Senator Shares Origins of Florida Cattle Enhancement BoardNovember 14, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsNovember 8, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Plays Critical Role To Extend ResearchNovember 7, …
NCC: Farm Legislation Passage Much Needed
The National Cotton Council (NCC) is urging the U.S. House of Representatives to approve the Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018 without any damaging amendments to farm policy. NCC Chairman Ron Craft, a Plains, Texas, ginner, said that legislation, recently approved by the House Agriculture Committee, includes critically important policies for cotton producers and the entire U.S. cotton industry. He …
CGCS Sign-Up for Cotton Producers Changed to May 31
We told you earlier this week that the deadline to sign up for the Cotton Ginning Cost Share (CGCS) program was May 11. But, because of an error in a letter distributed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency stating May 31 was the deadline, the agency has decided to honor that date as the new deadline. So Reece …
Final 2017 Cotton Crop Numbers
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agriculture Statistics Service (NASS) has released the final production figures from the 2017 cotton crop. Bianca Pruneda, with NASS in Washington, D.C., reports the crop was up 22 percent from 2016. Final 2017 Cotton Crop Numbers Sponsored ContentFlorida Senator Shares Origins of Florida Cattle Enhancement BoardNovember 14, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsNovember 8, 2025Florida Cattle …
Twenty is This Week’s Magic Number for Cotton
If you want to know about cotton planting progress this week, think about the number 20. Stephanie Ho explains why. Twenty is This Weeks Magic Number for Cotton Image credit: Planting cotton in Bascom, FL. (Photo credit: J. Thompson, Northwest Extension District, UF/IFAS) Sponsored ContentFlorida Senator Shares Origins of Florida Cattle Enhancement BoardNovember 14, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsNovember 8, 2025Florida …