Apr 16-17 American Cotton Producers Spring Meeting, Hyatt Regency DFW Airport, Dallas, TX
Apr 30-2 American Cotton Shippers Assoc. Annual Meeting, Ritz Carlton, Miami Beach, FL
May 2-5 National Cottonseed Products Assoc. Annual Meeting, Omni Amelia Island Resort, Amelia Island, FL
May 15 CALCOT Board of Directors Meeting, Bakersfield, CA
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USDA Announces ’14 Cotton Loan Rate Differentials (See Corrections Made on April 16)
USDA's Farm Service Agency announced on April 15 the '14-crop loan rate differentials, also referred to as loan rate premiums and discounts, for upland and extra-long staple cotton. On April 16, USDA re-released page 3 of the upland cotton tables, which includes corrected numbers for extraneous matter, strength, length uniformity and micronaire.
USDA Prospective Plantings
USDA’s March '14 Prospective Plantings Report indicates US producers intend to plant 11.1 million acres of cotton in '14/15, 6.7% more than the previous year.
USDA Prepares to Accept MAL and LDP Requests; Sets '14 MAL Loan Rates
USDA's Farm Service Agency (FSA) will begin accepting requests for marketing assistance loans (MALs) and loan deficiency payments (LDPs) for eligible '14 commodities. Notice of the authorization is published in today’s Federal Register.
Farm Bill Frequently Asked Questions
Following the series of farm bill education meetings, the NCC prepared a list of frequently asked questions on the The Agricultural Act of 2014.
Farm Bill Summary and Overview (click here)
This NCC-prepared document contains the basic preliminaries of The Agricultural Act of 2014 that passed out of the House/Senate Conference. The bill is subject to verification when legislative language is reviewed.
FSA Posts Farm Bill Fact Sheet
USDA's Farm Service Agency has created a fact sheet entitled, "What’s in the 2014 Farm Bill for Farm Service Agency Customers?" that includes highlights of The Agricultural Act of 2014 (the Act), also known as the 2014 Farm Bill.
'14 Upland Cotton Marketing Assistance Loan Rate Announced
Commodity Credit Corporation Executive Vice President Juan M. Garcia on Feb. 18 announced the marketing assistance loan rate for '14-crop base quality upland cotton is set at 52 cents per pound.
Cotton Newsline: April 16, 2014 In its April report, USDA projected 320,000 fewer bales for the 2013 US cotton crop, now seen at 12.9 million bales based on USDA's Cotton Ginnings report, released in March.
Cotton Newsline: April 11, 2014 Today we are talking with Craig Brown, Vice President of Producer Affairs for the National Cotton Council, as he shares a re-cap of the Farm Bill education meetings the Council held across the cotton belt to provide its members with a greater understanding of the new law and its provisions.
Cotton Newsline: April 9, 2014 In a recent testimony, Tom Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture, said there has been significant progress made on implementing the Agricultural Act of 2014, also known as the Farm Bill, which was signed into law in February.
