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The 2025 Georgia Quality Cotton Awards were presented at the 2026 Georgia Cotton Commission Mid-Year Meeting on July 29, 2026. The awards are co-sponsored by the Georgia Cotton Commission and Bayer Crop Science/Deltapine and administered by the University of Georgia (UGA) Cotton Team. Dr. Yangxuan Liu, extension economist at the University of Georgia, conducted the analysis. Dr. Phillip Roberts presented …
By Clint Thompson Dry weather, cotton jassid management, marketing strategies and regulatory processes – all are issues impacting the cotton industry. All were highlighted during Wednesday’s Georgia Cotton Commission’s Mid-Year Meeting and University of Georgia (UGA) Cotton Pre-Harvest Workshop. Taylor Sills, executive director of the Georgia Cotton Commission, discussed the event this year, which was held at the Nessmith-Lane Conference …
By Clint Thompson The Georgia Cotton Commission and Phillip Roberts, University of Georgia Cooperative Extension cotton entomologist, advise cotton growers that whitefly infestations are building earlier than normal on the state’s cotton crop this summer. “We’re seeing them on cotton now; not overly high numbers, but higher than normal populations of whiteflies on cotton. Being that we’re in mid-July, the …
By Clint Thompson Georgia cotton farmers started the season amid a prolonged drought. Those dry conditions have returned in recent weeks as the crop continues to make progress this summer. The Georgia Cotton Commission and Wes Porter, University of Georgia Professor in Crop and Soil Sciences, remind growers about the crop’s water needs at this point in the production season. …
By Clint Thompson The Georgia Cotton Commission (GCC) reminds the state’s growers and industry representatives that the commission’s Mid-Year Meeting and University of Georgia (UGA) Cotton Pre-Harvest Workshop is later this month, scheduled for July 29 at the Nessmith-Lane Conference Center in Statesboro. The commission requests that those interested in attending to pre-register by July 11 to assist with lunch …
By Clint Thompson Increased rains across South Georgia in recent weeks have prevented some cotton growers from completing much needed field work. The Georgia Cotton Commission and Camp Hand, University of Georgia (UGA) Extension cotton agronomist, caution producers about returning to a wet and soggy field too soon. That would make matters worse. “Try not to get out there too …
The Georgia Cotton Commission and Executive Director, Taylor Sills, remind growers about the Commission’s 2026 Mid-Year Meeting and University of Georgia Pre-Harvest Workshop, scheduled for Wednesday, July 29 at the Neesmith Lane Conference Center in Statesboro, Georgia. Pre-registration is free at georgiacottoncommission.org, though those interested in attending need to register by Saturday, July 11 to assist with lunch plans. The …
By Clint Thompson The Georgia Cotton Commission and executive director Taylor Sills remind Georgia cotton growers about the commission’s 2026 Mid-Year Meeting & University of Georgia Pre-Harvest Workshop, scheduled for Wednesday, July 29 at the Neesmith-Lane Conference Center in Statesboro, Georgia. Pre-registration is free at www.georgiacottoncommission.org, though those interested in attending need to register by Saturday, July 11 to assist …
The extended drought that impacted the southeast region meant some cotton growers were delayed in their plantings this year, which puts more pressure on producers with June planted cotton, says Camp Hand, University of Georgia Extension cotton agronomist. Hand and the Georgia Cotton Commission caution growers who have later planted cotton this year. “Cotton’s a very forgiving plant. Once you …
By Clint Thompson The extended drought that impacted the Southeast region meant some cotton growers were delayed in their plantings this year. That puts more pressure on producers with June-planted cotton, says Camp Hand, University of Georgia (UGA) Extension cotton agronomist. Hand and the Georgia Cotton Commission caution growers who have later-planted cotton this year. “The thing that we’ve got …
