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Dec 16
Staplcotn Board Meeting, Greenwood, MS

 Jan 4-7
Beltwide Cotton Conferences, Marriott New Orleans & Sheraton New Orleans, New Orleans, LA

 Jan 13
Plains Cotton Growers, Inc. Quarterly Board Meeting , Lubbock, TX

 Jan 20-23
Southern Southeastern Annual Meeting, The Westin, Charlotte, NC

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2009 Annual Meeting Video

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Personal or business travel can be arranged using Trip Manager, the NCC's online travel service.

Ag Groups Join NCC to Convey Urgent Disaster Assistance Need
 The NCC has been joined by other national commodity organizations representing producers, processors and related agri-businesses in expressing strong support for the prompt passage of legislation to provide funding for emergency disaster assistance.

NCC Statement on Action by WTO Dispute Settlement Body
 The NCC submitted a statement today on the action taken by the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) Dispute Settlement Body brought by Brazil against the US export credit gaurantee program and portions of the US cotton industry. Also available is a summary of the arbitration decision.

Hardwick Tells Congress of Crop Distress
 NCC Chairman Jay Hardwick met with key Members of Congress and staff, including Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Lincoln (D-AR) and House Agriculture Committee Chairman Peterson (D-MN) to discuss a number of critical issues and concerns including disaster assistance.

NCTO Says Duty-Free Access to Cambodia Damages Textiles
 David Hastings, chairman of Mount Vernon Mills, urged the House Ways & Means Committee’s Subcommittee on Trade to keep in mind that the United States’ manufacturing sector is hurting badly and not to take action that could potentially cause further job losses in this country.

Letter Urges Andean Trade Preference Act Renewal (16k pdf)
 The NCC joined with multiple trade groups and apparel retailers on a letter to the chairmen and ranking members of the Senate Finance Committee and the House Committee on Ways and Means urging them to seek expeditious renewal of the Andean Trade Preference Act.

Textile Benefits Concerns Re: Bangladesh/Cambodia Conveyed (72k pdf)
 The NCC joined with 43 organizations from 28 trade preference countries and free trade areas on a letter to a House trade subcommittee expressing opposition to a proposal that has been made to extend new textile duty benefits to Bangladesh and Cambodia as part of that panel's review of trade preference rules.

Production Conference Aiming to Deliver Wealth of Information
 The 2010 Beltwide Cotton Conferences’ Cotton Production Conference program is nearly finalized and will feature the latest information on topics ranging from nitrogen application to nematode control.

SURE Fact Sheet Available
 A fact sheet and payment calculator is available for producers who can make manual applications at local FSA offices beginning Nov. 2, ’09 (estimated) for the Supplemental Revenue Assistance Program for ’08 crop losses.

 

Ag Secretary Vilsack Announces $1.7 Billion in CRP Rental Payments
 Agriculture Secretary Vilsack announced on Oct. 7 that USDA will distribute approximately $1.7 billion in Conservation Reserve Program rental payments to participants across the country in FY10.

Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Announces '10 DCP and ACRE Signup Begins
 Agriculture Secretary Vilsack announced on Oct. 7 that enrollment for the '10 Direct and Counter-cyclical Program (DCP) and the Average Crop Revenue Election (ACRE) program has begun and will continue through June 1, '10.

Safe Trucking Guide Now Available (246k pdf)
 The American Trucking Associations has developed the Manager’s Guide to Safe Trucking During Agricultural Planting and Harvest Season - a publication directed toward managers in the agricultural industry.

USDA Announces New Provisions For Marketing Assistance Loans and Loan Deficiency Payments – No Change for Cotton
 USDA officials said there is nothing in these regulations that change any of the existing cotton provisions.

NCC Offers Worksheets to Assist in AGI Calculations (Revised 3/3/09)
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 At the request of NCC, accountants with experience in agriculture have prepared worksheets for the purpose of allocating adjusted gross farm and non-farm income. The worksheets, provided for informational purposes only to NCC members, are intended to provide informal guidance to producers with respect to the adjusted gross income means tests contained in the Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008.

FR Notices on Key Farm Law Regulations
 On December 29, USDA published two long anticipated Federal Register notices (pdfs) on regulations regarding implementation of the 2008 farm bill. One pertains to farm program payment limitation and payment eligibility for '09 and subsequent crop, program and fiscal years. The second includes provisions implementing the direct and counter-cyclical payment program (DCP) for the '08-12 crop years and the Average Crop Revenue Election (ACRE) program payments for the '09-12 crop years. The ACRE regulation is final and the other is interim final and effective upon publication. However, as interim final, comments are to be solicited, and NCC is working on comments.

Cotton Program Changes for Loans, Loan Deficiency Payments, Upland Cotton, and Extra Long Staple Cotton (82k pdf)
 The Federal Register published the CCC's notice of its revising regulations as required by the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (the '08 Farm Bill) to administer loan and payment programs for upland cotton and extra-long staple (ELS) cotton producers and establishing new regulations to specify payment provisions for domestic users of upland cotton. The NCC posted its summary of selected provisions (Members Only).

Quality Loss Crop Disaster Program Signup Begins
 USDA announced that eligible farmers who suffered quality losses to their crops in recent years can enroll in the Crop Disaster Program 2005-2007 at local FSA service centers starting June 23, '08.

USDA Extends Sign-up Date For DCP and ACRE Programs
 Agriculture Secretary Vilsack announced that USDA has extended the sign-up deadline from June 1, to Aug. 14, '09, for both the Direct and Counter-cyclical Program and the forthcoming Average Crop Revenue Election Program.

Use of Certificates For 2009 Crop Clarified (20.7k pdf)
USDA issued a notice clarifying that commodity certificates will continue to be exchanged for a '09 crop marketing assistance loan commodity up to the individual loan maturity date for that '09 crop commodity.

USDA Publishes Online CRP Annual Report
 USDA on June 3 released the FY07 report on the nation's largest private lands conservation program, the Conservation Reserve Program.

USDA Moves AWP Calculation to Far East Quotes
 USDA has issued a final rule outlining the switch to Far East (FE) quotes for the purposes of determining the Adjusted World Price (AWP). The use of FE quotes better reflects cotton trade patterns and is necessitated by the pending elimination of North Europe quotes by Cotton Outlook. The change, which will be reflected in the announced AWP on Thursday, May 29, would allow the commencement of the 6-week blending period of current and forward quotes.

NCC Dispels Myths About U.S. Support to Cotton Farmers
 This NCC document summarizes several myths/facts regarding US support to cotton farmers, including the fact that US programs have not caused low cotton prices and hurt foreign growers.

NRCS Strategic Plan Now Available
"Productive Lands―Healthy Environment NRCS Strategic Plan 2005-2010" sets the direction for NRCS and describes the agency's conservation priorities and goals.

America's Heartland
 A weekly public television show that celebrates the miracle of American agriculture and the farm and ranch families that help make it possible is now in its fourth season.