Cotton Newsline: February 8, 2012
Robbie Minnich Senior Government Relations Representative for the National Cotton Council says NCC Vice Chairman Chuck Coley, a Vienna, GA, producer, and American Cotton Producers Chairman Jimmy Dodson, Robstown, TX joined 12 other farm and commodity organizations in meetings to discuss policy priorities, to hear the perspectives of key policymakers and to work toward consensus on future US farm policy.
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Cotton Newsline: February 3, 2012
Acting Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services (FFAS) Michael Scuse announced today that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will conduct a four-week Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) general signup, beginning on March 12 and ending on April 6.
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Cotton Newsline: February 1, 2012
Robbie Seals, Director of the Grading Division with USDA AMS Cotton and Tobacco Programs says there were some regional differences in the quality of the 2011 U.S. cotton crop.
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Cotton Newsline: January 27, 2012
The National Cotton Council’s Environmental Task Force met in Washington, DC, to address pollinators and their impact on cotton pesticide registrations.
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Cotton Newsline: January 25, 2012
Field to Market, The Keystone Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture, has named Fred Luckey the first chairman of the alliance.
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Cotton Newsline: January 20, 2012
This year is the 60th year for the Mid-South Farm and Gin Show.
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Cotton Newsline: January 18, 2012
There was some excitement from cotton producers going into the 2011 season.
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Cotton Newsline: January 13, 2012
At the 2012 Beltwide Cotton Conferences Terry Townsend presented a long term economic outlook for the cotton industry.
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Cotton Newsline: January 11, 2011
Looking at the cotton market, Gary Adams, Vice President of Economics and Policy Analysis for the National Cotton Council, says the biggest question is with the overall demand situation.
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Cotton Newsline: December 28, 2011
Robbie Minnich, Senior Government Relations Representative for the National Cotton Council says the USDA announced Market Access Program (MAP) and Foreign Market Development (FMD) funding for FY12.
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Cotton Newsline: December 21, 2011
Earlier this month, the WTO held their regularly scheduled ministerial meeting in Geneva.
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Cotton Newsline: December 16, 2011
The Beltwide Cotton Conferences are a unique opportunity for all those in the cotton industry.
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Cotton Newsline: December 14, 2011
John Lindamood, producer on a family farm in Tiptonville, TN, produces cotton, corn, wheat and soybeans while also running a gin.
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Cotton Newsline: December 9, 2011
The National Cotton Council co-signed comments to the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to revise child labor regulations in agricultural and non-agricultural occupations, including regulations for determining and assessing civil penalties in child labor enforcement proceedings.
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Cotton Newsline: December 7, 2011
The House Energy & Commerce Committee voted favorably on H.R. 1633, the Farm Dust Regulation Prevention Act.
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Cotton Newsline: December 2, 2011
Robbie Minnich, Senior Government Relations Representative for the National Cotton Council says the Progressive Business Conferences conducted an audio conference on Thursday, Dec. 1, on EPA's “SPCC Program Requirements: Compliance Guidelines for Your Facility.”
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Cotton Newsline: November 30, 2011
There is an array of topics to be discussed in the workshops offered as part of the production conference at the Beltwide Cotton Conferences.
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Cotton Newsline: November 23, 2011
The General Session of the Beltwide Cotton Conferences will begin at 8 am Wednesday, January 4th.
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Cotton Newsline: November 18, 2011
The Agriculture Committees have been hard at work for several weeks working to come up with farm policy recommendations to forward to the Joint Deficit Committee.
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Cotton Newsline: November 16, 2011
Facing a severe time restriction and difficult budget and trade limitations, U.S. cotton producer leaders boldly guided the development of and industry-wide approval of dramatically new farm policy.
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Cotton Newsline: November 11, 2011
It appears that the U.S. agriculture industry will more than likely incur a cut of approximately 30% from the base line that CBO has provided.
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Cotton Newsline: November 9, 2011
The 2012 Beltwide Cotton Conferences begin Tuesday, January 3rd in Orlando, FL.
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Cotton Newsline: November 4, 2011
2011 was a tough year for Texas cotton growers.
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Cotton Newsline: November 2, 2011
The 2011 Beltwide Cotton Conferences are coming up, January 3rd through the 6th in Orlando, FL.
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Cotton Newsline: October 28, 2011
The Senate has had under consideration all week a mini-omnibus appropriations measure (the “minibus” H.R. 2112) that includes the FY12 agriculture appropriations measure.
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Cotton Newsline: October 26, 2011
The 2012 Betlwide Cotton Conference will be January 3rd through the 6th.
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Cotton Newsline: October 21, 2011
Rep. Neugebauer (R-TX) has introduced the Crop Risk Options Plan (CROP) Act, Robbie Minnich, Senior Government Relations Representative for the National Cotton Council, says this bill would amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act in order to provide producers with the opportunity to purchase an area-wide policy that would cover all or a portion of the deductible under their individual policy.
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Cotton Newsline: October 19, 2011
The EPA is looking to extend the Oil Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasure or SPCC deadline from November 10, 2011 to May 10, 2013 giving only farmers an 18 month extension to meet the guidelines.
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Cotton Newsline: October 14, 2011
The NCC issued a statement welcoming the news that the enabling legislation necessary for Congress to approve the US-Colombia Free Trade Agreement (FTA) was formally transmitted to Congress – saying the US cotton industry urges immediate approval of the legislation by the House and Senate.
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Cotton Newsline: October 12, 2011
China currency legislation has advanced in the Senate and Free Trade Agreements (FTA) are scheduled for votes in the House and Senate this week.
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Cotton Newsline: October 7, 2011
The NCC submitted comments to a Federal Crop Insurance Corp.
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Cotton Newsline: October 5, 2011
Robbie Minnich, Senior Government Relations Representative for the National Cotton Council, says the President sent a $4.4 trillion deficit-reduction plan to Congress.
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Cotton Newsline: September 30, 2011
The Cotton Foundation VISION 21 Project is funded by Monsanto and John Deere. The project included the participation of the National Cotton Council, Cotton Council International and Cotton Incorporated.
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Cotton Newsline: September 28, 2011
The dispute between LightSquared Inc. and global positioning system device manufacturers recently shifted back to Congress.
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Cotton Newsline: September 23, 2011
During the National Cotton Council’s Mid-Year Board meeting, the Board of Directors unanimously adopted a farm policy proposal.
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Cotton Newsline: September 21, 2011
Early room reservations for the ’12 Beltwide Cotton Conferences now can be made through Oct. 31 – as a special benefit for NCC and Cotton Foundation members only.
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Cotton Newsline: September 16, 2011
Robbie Minnich, Senior Government Relations Representative for the National Cotton Council, says as the harvesting and ginning season gets underway, ginners and warehousers are encouraged to make sure the software they use to assign bale tare weights is up to date.
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Cotton Newsline: September 14, 2011
The Senate Appropriations Committee has approved the FY12 agricultural appropriations bill.
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Cotton Newsline: September 9, 2011
EPA's Oil Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasure (SPCC) program requires farms and other regulated facilities to prepare a SPCC Plan to prevent oil spills into US waters.
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Cotton Newsline: September 7, 2011
USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) Administrator Bruce Nelson reminded producers about upcoming deadlines for disaster assistance.
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Cotton Newsline: September 2, 2011
Dale Thompson, Manager of Marketing and Processing Technology for the National Cotton Council, says country specific phytosanitary requirement information is moving from Purdue University's EXCERPT system to a new location on the Phytosanitary Certificate Issuance & Tracking (PCIT) website.
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Cotton Newsline: August 31, 2011
The National Cotton Council believes that sound farm policy is essential to the economic viability of the cotton industry.
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Cotton Newsline: August 26, 2011
With a very wet sprint in the Mid-South, many producers experienced delayed planting.
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Cotton Newsline: August 24, 2011
Environmental Issues continue to be an important focus of the National Cotton Council.
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Cotton Newsline: August 19, 2011
Environmental Issues continue to be an important focus of the National Cotton Council.
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Cotton Newsline: August 17, 2011
In its August crop report, USDA released their first survey based estimate for the 2011 US cotton crop.
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Cotton Newsline: August 12, 2011
Congress recently adjourned for its August recess leaving many outstanding issues to be addressed upon their return on September 6.
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Cotton Newsline: August 10, 2011
Rep. Nunes (R-CA) introduced the Agricultural Trade Facilitation Act.
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Cotton Newsline: August 5, 2011
The Producer Information Exchange Program or PIE Tour enables cotton producers to gain a new perspective in fundamental practices throughout the cotton belt by observing firsthand the unique ways their peers use new and existing technology.
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Cotton Newsline: August 3, 2011
The House Agriculture Committee's Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management, chaired by Rep. Conaway (R-TX) conducted a hearing to review programs authorized by Title I of the ’08 farm law and the Supplemental Revenue Assistance Payments (SURE) program.
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Cotton Newsline: July 29, 2011
The EPA mandated Oil Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasure rule requires that oil storage facilities with a capacity of over 1,320 gallons must make structural improvements to prevent spills.
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Cotton Newsline: July 27, 2011
Producers have until Friday, July 29, 2011, to apply for assistance for 2009 crop losses under the Supplemental Revenue Assistance Payments (SURE) Program.
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Cotton Newsline: July 22, 2011
he House of Representatives has been busy working to try and restrict some of the actions of EPA.
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Cotton Newsline: July 20, 2011
In its July report, USDA projects US ’11-12 cotton production at 16.00 million bales.
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Cotton Newsline: July 15, 2011
Earlier this year, a company by the name of Light Squared, proposed a new satellite based wireless broadband network.
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Cotton Newsline: July 13, 2011
Congressman Alan Nunnelee met with about 15 farmers and other businesspeople at the North Mississippi Research and Extension Station in Verona, MS.
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Cotton Newsline: July 8, 2011
The ongoing Doha negotiations within the WTO, continues to be monitored as effort is put forth to move forward on a “scaled back” agreement targeted for December of this year says Gary Adams, Vice President of Economics and Policy Analysis for the National Cotton Council.
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Cotton Newsline: July 6, 2011
In its June acreage report, USDA estimated 2011 US cotton plantings at 13.73 million acres.
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Cotton Newsline: July 1, 2011
Gary Adams, Vice President of Economics and Policy Analysis for the National Cotton Council, says in addition to weak yarn demand, there is growing concern among global cotton spinners over India’s willingness and ability to sell cotton yarn at sharply lower prices than comparable qualities from other countries.
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Cotton Newsline: June 29, 2011
According to the Journal of Commerce, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) will delay the release of its controversial new truck driver hours-of-service (HOS) rules until October.
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Cotton Newsline: June 24, 2011
The Agricultural Air Quality Task Force (AAQTF) recently held the organizational meeting of the 8th two-year term for the panel in Washington, DC.
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Cotton Newsline: June 22, 2011
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Gensler said that most of the agency's 51 proposed rules to implement the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act will be changed before they are submitted to a final CFTC vote.
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Cotton Newsline: June 17, 2011
Thursday, June 16, 2011, the House of Representatives passed the Fiscal Year 2012 Ag Appropriations Bill.
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Cotton Newsline: June 15, 2011
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson invited representatives of major commodity groups to a meeting at USDA.
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Cotton Newsline: June 10, 2011
Western lawmakers introduced legislation aimed at reducing environmental litigation.
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Cotton Newsline: June 8, 2011
Robbie Minnich, Senior Government Relations Representative for the National Cotton Council, says The House Financial Services Committee amended and subsequently passed legislation that would delay implementation of a major portion of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, until Sept. ’12.
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Cotton Newsline: June 2, 2011
The House Appropriations Committee advanced legislation Tuesday that would shave billions of dollars in agriculture spending and cut farm subsidies.
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Cotton Newsline: June 1, 2011
The Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee held its first ’12 farm bill hearing last week.
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Cotton Newsline: May 27, 2011
According to Robbie Minnich, Senior Government Relations Representative for the National Cotton Council, Senate Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry Committee Chairman Stabenow and nine other panel members expressed their concerns with the on-going budget negotiations in a letter to the president.
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Cotton Newsline: May 25, 2011
The 2011 crop year bale packaging specifications adopted by the National Cotton Council Joint Cotton Industry Bale Packaging Committee were approved by USDA for Commodity Credit Corp or CCC loan program purposes.
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Cotton Newsline: May 20, 2011
Due to the ongoing strong post-harvest demand for U.S. raw cotton, the National Cotton Council is increasing its emphasis on improving the flow of lint from the gin to the textile mill.
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Cotton Newsline: May 18, 2011
Several parts of the Cotton Belt are experiencing very disastrous planting seasons.
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Cotton Newsline: May 13, 2011
At a joint hearing of the House Committees on Agriculture and Natural Resources, members questioned officials of USDA, EPA, the Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS) and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) about the impact of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) on pesticide use.
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Cotton Newsline: May 11, 2011
The Agriculture Transportation Coalition (AgTC) reports that the railroads now have plans to spend millions of dollars to expand rail and port capacity.
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Cotton Newsline: May 6, 2011
Flooding remains a big concern in several states where days of rain have caused rising rivers to flood many areas along the Mississippi River and its tributaries.
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Cotton Newsline: May 4, 2011
The excess rain has put many farmers in the Mid-South behind schedule this planting season.
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Cotton Newsline: April 29, 2011
Eleven textile industry leaders from Turkey will tour the U.S. Cotton Belt on May 7-17.
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Cotton Newsline: April 27, 2011
As of April 24th, the latest USDA report that tracks cotton plantings are standing at 13 percent complete.
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Cotton Newsline: April 20, 2011
The National Cotton Council joined a letter with 11 other agricultural and commodity organizations to Senators urging them to co-sponsor S.700, which was introduced by Senators Stabenow of Michigan, Roberts and Moran of Kansas and Klobuchar of Minnesota.
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Cotton Newsline: April 15, 2010
After March of 2008, it was clear that all segments of the cotton industry were hurting.
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Cotton Newsline: April 13, 2011
On April 5 House Budget Committee Chairman Ryan, Republican from Wisconsin, released a comprehensive budget proposal for Fiscal year 2012.
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Cotton Newslinew: April 8, 2011
The cotton market appears to be on an uptick with prices steady around $2.
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Cotton Newsline: April 6, 2011
The National Cotton Council is deeply concerned by the extent of the cuts to commodity, conservation and nutrition programs proposed by House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, a Republican from Wisconsin.
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Cotton Newsline: April 1, 2011
A Louisiana delegation consisting of Jess Barr, Executive Vice President of the Louisiana Cotton and Grain Association, Brian Breaux, Associate Commodity Director for Louisiana Farm Bureau and four producers, traveled to Washington, D. C. to meet with their Congressmen and Senators as well as some of their Congressional Aids that work directly with agriculture issues.
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Cotton Newsline: March 30, 2011
Climate Variability was the topic Georgia Producer, Ronnie Lee was asked to speak about at an Agriculture Landscapes Forum, which was the last of six regional hearings conducted by the Farm Foundation on behalf of the Natural Resources Conservation Service.
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Cotton Newsline: March 25, 2011
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson visited California this week, where she met with state and local agriculture and business leaders
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Cotton Newsline: March 23, 2011
Following a 2010 agreement with EPA, Bayer agreed to phase out Temik®.
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Cotton Newsline: March 18, 2011
Last week, the House Committee on Agriculture held a markup on the Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act of 2011 (H.R. 872).
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Cotton Newsline: March 16, 2011
The House Committee on Agriculture held a hearing with EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson as the sole witness.
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Cotton Newsline: March 11, 2011
Resistance to agricultural pest control products, whether the pest is an insect or a weed, is a problem for the entire agricultural community.
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Cotton Newsline: March 9, 2011
WTO Director Generay Pascal Lamy has warned that time is running out for securing a breakthrough in the Doha Round of trade talks.
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Cotton Newsline: March 4, 2011
At the annual Agricultural Outlook Forum in Washington, D.C., USDA economists offered insights into their outlook for the 2011 cotton market.
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Cotton Newsline: March 2, 2011
A lot of research has been conducted to demonstrate effective weed management in a proactive way
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Cotton Newsline: February 25, 2011
Many farmers are dealing with challenges regarding herbicide weed resistance.
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Cotton Newsline: February 23, 2011
After three days of intense debate, the House was nearing completion of a $1.2 trillion Continuing Resolution (CR) to fund agencies and programs for the remainder of FY11.
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Cotton Newsline: February 18, 2011
The Cottonseed Pilot Endorsement for crop insurance arose from the producers inability to protect the potential income they receive from the co-product of cotton, cottonseed, on their farm, says Shawn Wade, Director of Communications for Plains Cotton Growers.
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Cotton Newsline: February 16, 2011
In its February crop report, USDA left the 2010’-11’ crop unchanged, however the world crop estimate was lower than the January report estimate.
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Cotton Newsline: February 11, 2011
In the previously enacted healthcare law, there is a provision that mandates the reporting of 1099s for any trade or business that pays $600 or more to a non-employee for services performed during the calendar year, beginning in 2012.
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Cotton Newsline: February 9, 2011
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that the next general signup for the Conservation Reserve Program, or CRP, will begin on March 14, 2011 and continue through April 15, 2011.
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Cotton Newsline: February 5, 2011
The National Cotton Council’s economist, Gary Adams, says a tight supply and demand situation coupled with continued pressure from competing crops for the coming year is consistent with cotton prices above historical norms.
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Cotton Newsline: February 5, 2011
The National Cotton Council mailed a survey mid-December 2010 to producers across the 17 Cotton Belt states asking for their intended 2011 cotton acres.
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Cotton Newsline: February 2, 2010
There are several challenges for cotton, both in existing markets and new markets.
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Cotton Newsline: January 28, 2011
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced Thursday that genetically modified alfalfa can be planted “without conditions.”
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Cotton Newsline: January 26, 2010
The 2010 cotton crop received some of the highest classing grades for color in years.
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Cotton Newsline: January 21, 2010
With a tight budget situation in Washington, a lot of pressure to cut farm program payments is expected.
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Cotton Newsline: January 19, 2010
At the recent Beltwide Cotton Conferences, Guy Collins, extension cotton agronomist for the University of Georgia, started his review of the 2010 cotton crop by saying that most farmers had a good start.
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Cotton Newsline: January 14, 2011
A house is full of cotton from the curtains, sheets and towels to the clothes in your closet.
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Cotton Newsline: January 12, 2011
Looking into 2011, Washington will be seeing many changes as a result of the elections in November 2010.
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Cotton Newsline: December 29, 2010
A number of national agriculture and livestock groups, including the National Cotton Council, have launched a coalition to facilitate joint efforts to counter several proposed EPA initiatives aimed at reducing nutrient pollution in waterways under the Clean Water Act (CWA).
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Cotton Newsline: December 22, 2010
The Beltwide Cotton Conference is only 2 weeks away, January 4th through the 7th in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Cotton Newsline: December 17, 2010
The Beltwide Cotton Conference general session is scheduled for Wednesday, January 5th at 8 am.
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Cotton Newsline: December 15, 2010
Senior Government Relations Representative for the National Cotton Council, Robbie Minnich, says the Senate voted on two forms of legislation that would repeal a new requirement that businesses file IRS Form 1099 whenever they pay more than $600 to an individual vendor.
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Cotton Newsline: December 10, 2010
The Betwide Cotton Conference is January 4th through 7th in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Cotton Newsline: December 8, 2010
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued a notice on October 19, 2010 announcing its intention to change its official interpretation of workplace noise exposure standards and enforcement.
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Cotton Newsline: December 3, 2010
The Beltwide Cotton Conference dates back to 1947.
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Cotton Newsline: December 1, 2010
If estate taxes are allowed to be reinstated at the beginning of 2011, with only a $1 million exemption and top rate of 55 percent, Taylor Slade, cotton and peanut producer in Williamston, NC says U.S. agriculture will be affected very negatively.
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Cotton Newsline: November 24, 2010
A comprehensive deficit and debt reduction plan entitled, Restoring America’s Future, was released by the co-chairs of the Bipartisan Policy Center’s Debt Reduction Task Force.
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Cotton Newsline: November 19, 2010
Cotton Newsline: November 19, 2010
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Cotton Newsline: November 17, 2010
The Beltwide Cotton Conference serves as an umbrella for all disciplines of cotton production.
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Cotton Newsline: November 12, 2010
In its November report, USDA lowered the upland cotton estimate to 17.9 million bales.
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Cotton Newsline: November 10, 2010
The Cotton Consultants Conference at the Beltwide Cotton Conferences features presentations to help the cotton consultant and others involved in agronomic and pest management decision-making.
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Cotton Newsline: November 5, 2010
Producing a marketable cotton bale involves more than pressing, tying and bagging lint.
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Cotton Newsline: November 3, 2010
In the last several days the National Cotton Council, along with representatives of NCTO, ACSA and AMCOT, met with Administration officials regarding India’s cotton exports.
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Cotton Newsline: October 29, 2010
Coordinated by the National Cotton Council and cooperating partners, the 2011 Beltwide Cotton Conference will bring together individuals from all segments of the cotton industry.
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Cotton Newsline: October 27, 2010
USDA will soon publish an interim rule in the Federal Register to establish the Crop Assistance Program or CAP.
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Cotton Newsline: October 22, 2010
The Washington Post published an editorial regarding the U.S. cotton industry.
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Cotton Newsline: October 20, 2010
The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) announced the ranking period cut-off date for producer applications in NRCS’s Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) has been extended.
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Cotton Newsline: October 15, 2010
In its October crop report, USDA increased the 2010-2011 U.S. crop estimate by 30,000 bales from its September report.
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Cotton Newsline: October 13, 2010
Robbie Minnich, senior government relations representative for the National Cotton council, says Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced last week that during October, USDA will distribute approximately $1.9 billion in annual Conservation Reserve Program or CRP payments and $3.8 billion in final ’10 direct payments.
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Cotton Newsline: October 8, 2010
Earlier this year, the International Textile Manufacturers Federation released its “Cotton Contamination Survey 2009.”
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Cotton Newsline: October 6, 2010
Farmers are closely monitoring a longstanding and recurring debate over whether to clamp down on “rural fugitive-dust.”
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Cotton Newsline: October 1, 2010
The House of Representatives passed currency reform legislation before adjourning for a recess leading up to the November elections.
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Cotton Newsline: September 29, 2010
Leaders from throughout the global cotton industry are set to converge in California for the sixth biennial Sourcing USA Summit, hosted by Cotton Council International and Cotton Incorporated.
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Cotton Newsline: September 24, 2010
International Cotton Advisory Committee or ICAC is an intergovernmental body that organizes the representatives from member countries, countries that produce or use cotton around the word.
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Cotton Newsline: September 22, 2010
Blanch Lincoln and Ranking Member Saxby Chambliss have scheduled a Senate Agriculture Committee Hearing with Administrator Lisa Jackson of the EPA for this coming Thursday.
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Cotton Newsline: September 17, 2010
In its September report, USDA raised both mill use and export estimates.
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Cotton Newsline: September 15, 2010
USDA released updated estimates for both U.S. and world cotton production in its September crop report.
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Cotton Newsline: September 10, 2010
Research and extension entomologists from Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi & Tennessee worked with the National Cotton Council to give EPA representatives information regarding tarnished plant bugs and the high numbers they have encountered during the last three years.
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Cotton Newsline: September 8, 2010
Cotton breeders are often pressed for time having to cover numerous cotton plots in a short amount of time.
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Cotton Newsline: September 3, 2010
In Southwest Oklahoma researchers have been evaluating variable rate systems for harvest aids
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Cotton Newsline: September 1, 2010
Matt Coley, a Vienna, GA, cotton producer had an opportunity to speak with Natural Resources Conservation Service or NRCS Chief Dave White regarding resistant weeds such as pigweed while White was in Albany, GA, with Representative Bishop to discuss the Agriculture Water Enhancement Program.
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Cotton Newsline: August 27, 2010
Ranking Member Lucas of Oklahoma, along with six of his colleagues on the House Agriculture Committee, introduced H.R. 6087 companion bill to S 3735.
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Cotton Newsline: August 25, 2010
In its August report, USDA gave the full balance sheet for U.S. and world cotton production.
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Cotton Newsline: August 20, 2010
The 2009 growing season was the start of a study to look at non-conventional ways to apply conventional harvesting equipment at different stages of cotton crop maturity.
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Cotton Newsline: August 18, 2010
Senator Hagan of North Carolina and Senator Graham of South Carolina introduced to the Senate the Textile Enforcement and Security Act of 2010.
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Cotton Newsline: August 13, 2010
The National Cotton Council just completed this year’s Southeast Producer Information Exchange Program or PIE Tour.
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Cotton Newsline: August 11, 2010
Earlier this week the Congressional Quarterly Publication published a rather lengthy article on cotton.
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Cotton Newsline: August 6, 2010
Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Lincoln continues to work to move disaster assistance legislation for the 2009 crop losses through Congress.
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Cotton Newsline: August 4, 2010
The Supplemental Revenue Assistance Payments Program or SURE is a disaster program that was authorized in the 2008 Farm Bill.
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Cotton Newsline: July 30, 2010
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that a general sign-up for the Conservation Reserve Program or CRP will begin on August 2.
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Cotton Newsline: July 28, 2010
According to Robbie Minnich, senior government relations representative for the National Cotton Council, Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Blanch Lincoln has successfully identified a new legislative vehicle for a $2 billion ad hoc disaster aid package covering 2009 crop loses.
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Cotton Newsline: July 23, 2010
On June 4th the EPA published in the federal register a draft pesticide general permit.
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Cotton Newsline: July 21, 2010
As part of his initiative to double US exports in five years, President Obama said he wants to move on three free trade agreements (FTAs).
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Cotton Newsline: July 16, 2010
In its July report, USDA projects 2010-2011 U.S. cotton production to be 18.3 million bales, up 1.6 million bales from last month’s report.
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Cotton Newsline: July 14, 2010
On June 30 the House approved to overhaul financial services regulation.
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Cotton Newsline: July 9, 2010
The Natural Resources Conservation Service or NRCS recently announced a new Migratory Bird Habitat Initiative.
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Cotton Newsline: July 7, 2010
Manager of Marketing and Processing Technology for the National Cotton Council, Dale Thompson, says the bale packaging specifications for the 2010 crop year adopted by the Council’s Joint Cotton Industry Bale Packaging Committee have been approved by USDA for Commodity Credit Corporation loan program purposes.
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Cotton Newsline: July 2, 2010
In testimony before the House Agriculture Committee’s Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management, NCC Chairman Eddie Smith stressed that stable farm policy is essential for the US cotton industry.
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Cotton Newsline: June 30, 2010
Last week after a lengthy session, the House and Senate conferees agreed to a far-reaching overhaul of statutes governing financial markets.
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Cotton Newsline: June 25, 2010
Researchers have been testing the use of natural-fiber products such as cotton in remediating the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Cotton Newsline: June 23, 2010
Senior Government Relations Representative for the National Cotton Council, Robbie Minnich, says the Council is providing its cotton producer members with targeted conservation program information.
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Cotton Newsline: June 18, 2010
Agriculture Secretary Vilsack released the final draft of a new crop insurance Standard Reinsurance Agreement (SRA) which is the agreement between the federal government and the companies about how crop insurance is administered.
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Cotton Newsline: June 16, 2010
With the Gulf of Mexico oil spill reviving prospects for energy debate in the Senate this summer.
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Cotton Newsline: June 11, 2010
In 2007, the Supreme Court ruled that EPA had the authority under the Clean Air Act to regulate carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases, provided the EPA finds that such pollution endangers human health and the environment.
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Cotton Newsline: June 9, 2010
In 2006 the EPA put out a rule stating certain pesticide applications over or into waters would be exempt from permits under the Clean Water Act (CWA) as long as the FIFRA label was followed.
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Cotton Newsline: June 4, 2010
The Producer Information Exchange Program, or PIE, exposes producers to innovative production practices other than their own.
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Cotton Newsline: June 2, 2010
This is the 24th year of the Cotton Ginners School.
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Cotton Newsline: May 28, 2010
The Wall Street Journal ran an editorial May 21st related to the ongoing dispute between the United States and Brazil regarding the Cotton and Export Credit Guarantee Programs.
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Cotton Newsline: May 26, 2010
The WTO agricultural negotiating committee met this week in Geneva to discuss developments in the Doha round.
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Cotton Newsline: May 21, 2010
The Environmental Quality Incentives Program or EQIP is the largest program covering the most conservation practices.
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Cotton Newsline: May 19, 2010
There are a lot of programs and options offered by USDA to assist cotton farmers.
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Cotton Newsline: May 14, 2010
Robbie Minnich, senior government relations representative for the National Cotton Council says the final rule designating Kansas, Virginia and Florida as cotton-producing states for purposes of representation on the cotton Board was published in the Federal Register.
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Cotton Newsline: May 12, 2010
The International Textile Manufacturers Federation or ITMF does a survey every other year on cotton contamination.
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Cotton Newsline: May 7, 2010
Vice President of Producer Affairs for the National Cotton Council, Craig Brown, says the House Agriculture Committee scheduled field hearings to review U.S. agriculture policy in advance of the 2012 Farm Bill.
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Cotton Newsline: May 5, 2010
Representative Oberstar of Minnesota recently introduced the America’s Commitment to Clean Water Act, HR 5088, which would change the scope of the current Clean Water Act.
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Cotton Newsline: April 30, 2010
Eddie Smith, Chairman of the National Cotton Council, traveled to Washington D.C. this week to make contacts with key Congressional leaders and members of the Administration.
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Cotton Newsline: April 28, 2010
The Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee approved a bill designed to bring transparency to derivatives trading.
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Cotton Newsline: April 23, 2010
To position itself for the 21st Century, the U.S. cotton industry is examining itself from field to fabric.
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Cotton Newsline: April 21, 2010
USDA has announced some changes to the fees that will be charged for use of the Export Credit Guarantee Program also known as the GSM – 102 program.
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Cotton Newsline: April 16, 2010
The National Cotton Council joined together with other national agriculture organizations in cosigning a letter to Senate Majority Leader Reid and Senate Republican Leader McConnell regarding the possible reinstatement of the estate tax in 2011.
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Cotton Newsline: April 14, 2010
In a letter to Agriculture Secretary Vilsack, NCC Chairman Eddie Smith stressed the importance of preserving the agricultural baseline budget.
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Cotton Newsline: April 9, 2010
Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee Chairman Lincoln and Ranking Member Chambliss along with 28 Senators, sent a letter expressing appreciation for the Risk Management Agency or RMA’s willingness to reconsider its previous proposals as the Standard Reinsurance Agreement or SRA renegotiation proceeds.
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Cotton Newsline: April 7, 2010
Brazil had announced some weeks ago their intentions of retaliation in the ongoing trade dispute.
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Cotton Newsline: April 01, 2010
The USDA released their March Prospective Plantings report for the 2010-11 U.S. cotton season.
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Cotton Newsline: March 31, 2010
Senators Saxby Chambliss of Georgia and Pat Roberts of Kansas, ranking member and senior member of the Agriculture Committee, respectively, sent a letter to the President opposing budget cuts to farm programs in a tough economy.
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Cotton Newsline: March 25, 2010
The chairmen of six major commodity organizations – cotton, corn, soybeans, wheat, grain sorghum and rice – were called to Washington today to meet with Agricultural Secretary Tom Vilsak and EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson.
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Cotton Newsline: March 24, 2010
The National Cotton Council submitted letters to the chairmen and ranking members of the Senate and House Appropriations Committee’s on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies.
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Cotton Newsline: March 19, 2010
The USDA numbers indicate that at the beginning of the marketing year there were approximately 62 million bales of cotton stock globally.
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Cotton Newsline: March 17, 2010
Executive Director of Cotton Council International, Allen Terhaar, says President Obama announced that the US is setting a goal of doubling its exports with in five years.
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Cotton Newsline: March 12, 2010
Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack announced that USDA will issue approximately $121 million in partial 2009 crop counter-cyclical payments to producers with upland cotton and peanut base acres enrolled in USDA’s Direct and Counter-cyclical Payment program.
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Cotton Newsline: March 10, 2010
In retaliation to an arbitration panel finding rendered in 2009, President of Economics and Policy Analysis for the National Cotton Council, Gary Adams, says that Brazil announced approximately 100 products on which they are going to impose higher tariffs.
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Cotton Newsline: March 5, 2010
The Joint Cotton Industry Bale Packaging Committee announced at its 43rd annual meeting that the ’09 bale packaging specifications had been modified.
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Cotton Newsline: March 3, 2010
This year will mark the 23rd year of the Ginner Schools.
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Cotton Newsline: February 26, 2010
Senator Dianne Feinstein of California has targeted the Senate jobs bill in an attempt to guarantee more water for struggling farmers in California’s San Joaquin Valley, regardless of restrictions imposed by the Endangered Species Act or ESA.
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Cotton Newsline: February 24, 2010
The National Cotton Council expressed concern that the Supreme Court’s determination to allow a clearly incorrect lower court decision to stand would have significant negative repercussions on US agriculture.
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Cotton Newsline: February 19, 2010
Each year, some taxpayers receive a CCC-1099-G from the Internal Revenue Service.
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Cotton Newsline: February 17, 2010
The National Cotton Council along with American Farm Bureau and other Agriculture groups filed a petition with the Supreme Court asking for a rehearing of the NCC verses EPA case in the 6th circuit court of appeals.
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Cotton Newsline: February 12, 2010
In a letter to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, The National Cotton Council recommended that USDA make the determination of the advance counter-cyclical payment (CCP) for ’09 upland cotton on February 26th after the release of the Agriculture Prices report.
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Cotton Newsline: February 10, 2010
President Obama issued his fiscal year 2011 budget proposal to congress last week.
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Cotton Newsline: February 6, 2010
The National Cotton Council has prepared their annual economic outlook for the 2010 US and global cotton markets.
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Cotton Newsline: February 5, 2010
Each year the National Cotton Council conducts a survey of producers to determine acreage intentions for the coming season.
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Cotton Newsline: February 3, 2010
The National Cotton Council joined more than 130 agriculture interest organizations in communicating their support for the Murkowski Resolution of Disapproval.
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Cotton Newsline: January 29, 2010
Executive Vice President of the Agriculture Council of Arkansas, Don Alexander, expresses his appreciation to Senators Lincoln and Chambliss for cosponsoring the Murkowski Resolution of Disapproval.
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Cotton Newsline: January 27, 2010
Larry McClendon, producer from Mariana, Arkansas says there has been a lot of anxiety regarding the proposal allowing the EPA to have authority over and input on Cap & Trade & Climate Change issues.
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Cotton Newsline: January 22, 2010
The National Cotton Council was joined by 137 other commodity and agricultural organizations in declaring support for Senator Lisa Murkowski’s introduction of a resolution opposing EPA’s current plan to regulate carbon dioxide and other green house gases.
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Cotton Newsline: January 20, 2010
Up until the late 90s there were two primary herbicides being used, gramoxone and roundup then there was a transition into almost exclusively using roundup.
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Cotton Newsline: January 15, 2010
As the cotton industry heads into 2010, it appears that the worst of the economic downturn is over, says Vice President of Economics and Policy Analysis for the National Cotton Council, Gary Adams as he points out the upward trend in prices during 2009, gaining between 20 to 25 cents over the course of the year.
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Cotton Newsline: January 13, 2010
Jimmy Webb, producer in Leary, Georgia has used the Environment Quality Incentives Program, or EQUIP, on his farm for the past five years.
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Cotton Newsline: December 30, 2009
In 2008 a problem was identified in the areas of South Texas that never get a freeze to kill the cotton
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Cotton Newsline: December 23, 2009
Through the CRP program there is an opportunity to participate in the field border, or buffer program.
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Cottton Newsline: December 18, 2009
This week, the Senate Commerce Committee passed rail reform legislation known as the Surface Transportation Board or STB reauthorization bill.
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Cotton Newsline: December 16, 2009
There was some concern about the loss of access by U.S. mills to competitively priced cotton when the step two program was ruled in violation of our commitments and removed from the farm bill.
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Cotton Newsline: December 11, 2009
Senior Agriculture Specialist at Capital One Bank, Leo Nelson, said Louisiana cotton producers, after enduring Hurricanes Ike and Gustav in 2008, were hit again in 2009 with above average rainfall at harvest causing substantial costs to this season’s cotton crop.
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Cotton Newsline: December 9, 2009
Due to the late harvest delays over much of the cotton belt, Bill Robertson, Beltwide Cotton Conference Coordinator says they have extended the conference registration to December 23.
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Cotton Newsline: December 4, 2009
Yesterday, Representatives Travis Childers of Mississippi and Marion Berry of Arkansas introduced legislation to provide emergency disaster assistance to the Mid-South, Southwest and neighboring states due to mounting financial losses due to the devastating weather conditions.
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Cotton Newsline: December 2, 2009
The area along the Gulf Coast in Texas had a late start in boll weevil eradication.
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Cotton Newsline: November 25, 2009
The southeast portion of the cotton belt has completed boll weevil eradication and Louisiana only trapped 18 weevils this year.
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Cotton Newsline: November 20, 2009
In August, the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) Arbitration Panel in the Brazil case came down with finding on damages awarded to Brazil on both the U.S. cotton program and the U.S. export credit guarantee program.
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Cotton Newsline: November 18, 2009
NCC recently submitted comments to USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Services or NRCS regarding the Conservation Stewardship Program or CSP.
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Cotton Newsline: November 13, 2009
There are several markets developing with the use of cotton nonwovens.
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Cotton Newsline: November 11, 2009
Last week, NCC Chairman Hardwick, met with key Members of Congress and staff, including Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Lincoln and House Agriculture Committee Chairman Peterson along with the USDA’s Farm Service Agency staff.
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Cotton Newsline: November 6, 2009
Joe Steiner, a vice president for the American Soybean Association, had the opportunity to travel to Lubbock, TX to participate in the Multi Commodities Exchange Program or MCEP tour.
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Cotton Newsline: November 4, 2009
The H2-A program was established to help the domestic agriculture industry find workers outside the United States.
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Cotton Newsline: October 30, 2009
The Mid-South and parts of the Southeast have had an unusually large amount of rain this fall.
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Cotton Newsline: October 28, 2009
Farmers across the Mid-South and parts have been dealt a major blow by this year’s weather conditions.
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Cotton Newsline: October 23, 2009
Harvest delays are significant, and in some instances unprecedented, across all of the Mid-South and selected states in the Southeast.
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Cotton Newsline: October 21, 2009
Harvest delays are significant, and in some instances unprecedented, across all of the Mid-South and selected states in the Southeast.
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Cotton Newsline: October 16, 2009
Excessive rainfall in September and October has deterred harvest efforts in the Mid-South and portions of the Southeast.
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Cotton Newsline: October 14, 2009
The USDA just released their October estimate for the U.S. cotton crop.
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Cotton Newsline: October 9, 2009
USDA announced a new initiative to improve water quality and the overall health of the Mississippi River Basin.
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Cotton Newsline: October 7, 2009
The Farm Service Agency or FSA recently informed the county FSA offices of a delay in direct final payments for certain farm organizations.
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Cotton Newsline: October 2, 2009
Since 1914, freight railroads have been exempt from antitrust regulations, allowing them to seek clearance for mergers or rate changes from the Surface Transportation Board.
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Cotton Newsline: September 30, 2009
A new Food & Drug Administration or FDA rule was issued and took effect on September 8.
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Cotton Newsline: September 25, 2009
The 2010 Beltwide Cotton Conference will be January 4th through the 7th in New Orleans, Louisiana.
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Cotton Newsline: September 23, 2009
The tarnished plant bug has become the primary insect pest of cotton in the Mid-South region of the Cotton Belt.
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Cotton Newsline: September 18, 2009
In its September crop report, USDA left U.S. mill use unchanged at 3.5 million bales.
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Cotton Newsline: September 16, 2009
In its September crop report, USDA estimated a 2009-10 US cotton crop of 13.44 million bales, up 230,000 bales from the August report.
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Cotton Newsline: September 11, 2009
There have been changes in the chairmanship of some of the Senate Committees following the death of Senator Ted Kennedy.
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Cotton Newsline: September 9, 2009
A link to the “Contamination Free Cotton: Keep it Clean and Pure” PowerPoint presentation has been added to the National Cotton Council’s Quality Preservation web page.
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Cotton Newsline: September 4, 2009
The National Cotton Council’s Chairman, Jay Hardwick, recently submitted a letter to Commodity Futures Trading Commission, or CFTC, Chairman Gary Gensler requesting the status of an ongoing investigation within the CFTC of the events in the future markets that occurred in March 2008.
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Cotton Newsline: September 2, 2009
The WTO Arbitration Panel has released their decision regarding the ongoing dispute between the U.S. and Brazil involving the Export Credit Guarantee program and portions of the US cotton program.
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Cotton Newsline: August 28, 2009
The 2010 Beltwide Cotton Conferences will be held January fourth through the seventh at Marriott New Orleans and Sheraton New Orleans Hotels in New Orleans, Louisiana.
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Cotton Newsline: August 26, 2009
The USDA recently released their first survey based estimate of the 2009 US crop.
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Cotton Newsline: August 21, 2009
In November 2006, the Environmental Protection Agency, or EPA, issued a final rule which allowed pesticide applications on or near water to be exempt under certain circumstances from National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System or NPDES permits.
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Cotton Newsline: August 19, 2009
Texas cotton producer leadership, primarily working through Plains Cotton Growers, recently developed a cottonseed insurance pilot program.
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Cotton Newsline: August 14, 2009
The Conservation Stewardship Program or CSP program is new in the 2008 farm bill, replacing the Conservation Security Program.
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Cotton Newsline: August 12, 2009
The Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) was notified that the Arbitration Panel’s findings in the Brazil case would not be released until August 31, 2009.
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Cotton Newsline: August 7, 2009
Last week the House passed Food Safety bill HR 2749.
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Cotton Newsline: August 5, 2009
In addition to the traditional Direct and Counter Cyclical Commodity Program, or DCP, Congress created the Average Crop Revenue Election Program, or ACRE, in the 2008 Farm Bill.
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Cotton Newsline: July 31, 2009
Recently the House of Representatives passed climate change legislation commonly known as the Waxman/Markey Bill.
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Cotton Newsline: July 29, 2009
Senator Feingold introduced S-787, the Clean Water Restoration Act which would replace the term Navigable Waters in the Clean Water Act.
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Cotton Newsline: July 24, 2009
The impacts of a greenhouse gas cap-and-trade program on U.S. agriculture have been the source of significant debate during the legislative discussions surrounding the American Clean Energy and Security Act or Waxman/Markey bill
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Cotton Newsline: July 22, 2009
USDA has announced that 760 million dollars from the Supplemental Appropriations Act is now available for approved but previously unfunded USDA direct farm ownership and operating loans nationwide.
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Cotton Newsline: July 17, 2009
The drastic decline in cotton acreage the last few years means fewer bales for cotton gins to process.
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Cotton Newsline: July 15, 2009
Last week the House passed the fiscal year 2010 agricultural spending bill.
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Cotton Newsline: July 10, 2009
The producer information exchange program exposes producers to innovative production practices in regions different that their own.
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Cotton Newsline: July 8, 2009
USDA has released its June acreage report.
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Cotton Newsline: July 1, 2009
The University of Tennessee Extension Service has been collecting in field data to help determine the efficiencies of both the Case IH and John Deere on-board module builders.
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Cotton Newsline: June 26, 2009
This week, Jay Hardwick, Chairman of the National Cotton Council and Newellton, Louisiana producer testified before the House Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management to share views on USDA’s implementation of the 2008 farm law.
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Cotton Newsline: June 24, 2009
As herbicide resistant weeds continue to spread across the cotton belt, the National Cotton Council has been working to provide resources for producers on how to prevent the occurrence of these weeds on their farms.
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Cotton Newsline: June 19, 2009
For years, cotton gins have used moisture restoration systems to add back moisture to the lint as it goes through the gin. The aggressive use of some of these systems has caused an increase in wet bales and a need for improved cotton-moisture sensors.
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Cotton Newsline: June 17, 2009
There are many incentives for producers to incorporate conservation tillage into their management options.
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Cotton Newsline: June 12, 2009
The process used to create nonwoven toxic chemical decontamination wipes recently received a patent from the U.S. Patent and Trademark office.
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Cotton Newsline: June 10, 2009
The 6th Circuit Court has granted a stay of its January 7, 2009 decision.
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Cotton Newsline: June 5, 2009
When farmers experience a disaster like flooding or drought, what can they count on to help them through it? Up until recently, only the kindness of Congress in the form of adhoc disaster assistance.
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Cotton Newsline: June 3, 2009
The National Cotton Council joined with other agricultural organizations this week to send a statement to congress in support of the Senate moving forward on comprehensive rail legislative efforts.
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Cotton Newsline: May 29, 2009
As producers plant their crop this spring they need to pay close attention to the weeds in their fields.
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Cotton Newsline: May 27, 2009
Entomologists across the Cotton Belt are reviewing spider mite threshold recommendations.
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Cotton Newsline: May 22, 2009
One of the changes included in the 2008 farm bill was the ending of the use of certificates for the redemption of marketing assistance loans.
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Cotton Newsline: May 20, 2009
Spider mites, as a problem pest for cotton, have become dramatically worse over the last four years.
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Cotton Newsline: May 15, 2009
Cotton has always been a very attractive crop for pests. Dr. Gus Lorenz, Extension Entomologist with the University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service talks about the factors causing a shift in insect pressure.
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Cotton Newsline: May 13, 2009
This week USDA released the final 2008 U.S. cotton crop estimates.
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Cotton Newsline: May 8, 2009
Herbicide resistance is becoming an issue across the cotton belt. Growers regardless of where they are located need to be aware of what’s going on in their fields.
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Cotton Newsline: May 6, 2009
The 2009 Specifications for Cotton Bale Packaging Materials were approved by USDA’s Commodity Credit Corporation.
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Cotton Newsline: May 1, 2009
Verticillium Wilt is a soil born fungus which lives in the soil and infects the cotton plant through the roots and basically clogs the vascular system of the plant as it develops.
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Cotton Newsline: April 29, 2009
Base Acres determines how many acres on a farm are eligible for Direct and Counter Cyclical payment programs.
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Cotton Newsline: April 24, 2009
Crop insurance is an important risk management tool for cotton producers, every bit as important as any other production input.
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Cotton Newsline: April 22, 2009
The Average Crop Revenue Election program or ACRE was introduced as an alternative to the traditional Direct and Counter Cyclical Payment program in the 2008 Farm Bill.
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Cotton Newsline: April 17, 2009
USDA’s Agriculture Marketing Service or AMS is proposing to raise the user fee for 2009 crop cotton classification services from $2.00 per bale to $2.20 per bale.
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Cotton Newsline: April 15, 2009
Gary Adams, Vice-President of Economics and Policy Analysis for the National Cotton Council says the cotton program will receive additional attention with the expected conclusion of the arbitration phase of the Brazil-U.S. dispute in the World Trade Organization (WTO).
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Cotton Newsline: April 8, 2009
The 6th Circuit Court of Appeals’ ruling in January stated that any pesticide application from which any residue makes its way into the "waters of the U.S." are required to obtain a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit or NPDES permit.
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Cotton Newsline: April 3, 2009
The National Cotton Council has worked diligently in preparation for the upcoming budget debate to convey opposition to farm program cuts included in President Obama’s budget proposal and any efforts to re-open the 2008 farm law.
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Cotton Newsline: April 1, 2009
USDA released their 2009 Prospective Plantings Report this week.
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Cotton Newsline: March 27, 2009
In 2006, The Environmental Protection Agency, or EPA, completed the re-registration eligibility decision under the Food Quality Protection act or FQPA for Furadan.
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Cotton Newsline: March 25, 2009
Secretary Vilsack announced that USDA and the IRS have begun efforts “to ensure that high income individuals and entities who request USDA payments meet income limits set forth in the 2008 Farm Bill.”
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Cotton Newsline: March 20, 2009
Earlier this year the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated EPA’s 2006 rule which had exempted pesticides applied near or into waters from National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System or NPDES permits if applied in accordance with the FIFRA label.
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Cotton Newsline: March 18, 2009
USDA’s World Agriculture Supply and Demand Estimate for March is projecting lower mill use and increased exports for the 2008/09 US Cotton crop.
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Cotton Newsline: March 13, 2009
In late December of 2008 USDA issued regulations that were to implement the 2008 farm law changes in payment eligibility, adjusted gross income means test and the determination of “actively engaged” in farming.
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Cotton Newsline: March 11, 2009
Last summer the National Cotton Council with assistance from Cotton Council International and the National Council of Textile Organizations distributed two mill surveys.
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Cotton Newsline: March 6, 2009
The Joint Cotton Industry Bale Packaging Committee met this week to review test programs for bale packaging materials.
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Cotton Newsline: March 4, 2009
2007 was the first year in Texas history that agriculture contributed over 100 billion dollars to the state’s economy.
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Cotton Newsline: February 27, 2009
President Obama’s proposed budget for USDA fails to recognize the work recently completed by Congress on the 2008 Farm Bill.
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Cotton Newsline: February 25, 2009
The Cottonseed Treatment Trials were started in 1936 to evaluate fungicide seed treatments for the control of seedling diseases.
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Cotton Newsline: February 20, 2009
Vision 21 is a comprehensive effort of the National Cotton Council, Cotton Council International and Cotton Incorporated aimed at gaining critical information about cotton’s position and potential in the market place.
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Cotton Newsline: February 18, 2009
The projections for the 2009 economy have become more discouraging.
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Cotton Newsline: February 13, 2009
Each year the National Cotton Council conducts a survey of producers to determine acreage intentions for the coming season.
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Cotton Newsline: February 11, 2009
The Food Quality Protection Act that was passed in 1996 drastically changed the way EPA is required to register pesticides.
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Cotton Newsline: February 6, 2009
This week the National Cotton Council joined other commodity and general farm organizations in submitting comments to USDA expressing concern for the payment limitation and payment eligibility interim rule.
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Cotton Newsline: February 4, 2009
At the end of 2008 USDA published an interim rule to implement the 2008 Farm Bill farm program payment limitation and eligibility provisions for the 2009 and subsequent crop years.
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Cotton Newsline: January 30, 2009
With the high cost of fertilizers cotton producers are concerned about the cost of production relative to returns.
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Cotton Newsline: January 28, 2009
USDA has spent the past three years working with cotton ginners across the cotton belt to determine the cost of ginning cotton.
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Cotton Newsline: January 23, 2009
A conservation plan is where a farmer works with their local conservation services official, or a qualified professional recognized by National Resource Conservation Services, or NRCS, to find out what resource issues are affecting their farm.
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Cotton Newsline: January 21, 2009
In the last four or five years the overall impact of insects has been fairly low.
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Cotton Newsline: January 16, 2009
In the 2008 Farm Bill, funding for the Environmental Quality Incentives Program, or EQUIP, was increased by more than three billion dollars over ten years.
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Cotton Newsline: January 14, 2009
USDA is estimating 12-point-7 million bales for the 2008 cotton crop.
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Cotton Newsline: December 19, 2008
The Director General of the WTO announced that there will not be a ministerial in 2008.
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Cotton Newsline: December 17, 2008
The Advancing Cotton Education or ACE website was created to provide a single access point for cotton management practices.
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Cotton Newsline: Decemer 12, 2008
The National Cotton Council joined major commodity and farm organizations urging immediate release of farm law regulations.
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Cotton Newsline: December 10, 2008
The National Cotton Council is in the early stages of getting ready to send out the Planting Intentions Survey for 2009 and what was planted in 2008 for cotton as well as other crops.
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Cotton Newsline: December 5, 2008
According to Dr. Kelly Tindell, Research Entomologist at the University of Missouri Delta Center, one of the big reasons for this problem with spider mites is the use of neonicotinoid insecticides.
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Cotton Newsline: December 3, 2008
The Beltwide Cotton Conferences were designed as an educational resource for producers, consultants and university researchers.
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Cotton Newsline: November 21, 2008
Important USDA regulation was issued that went into effect on October 31.
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Cotton Newsline: November 19, 2008
Ways producers can reduce energy costs for their irrigation systems.
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Cotton Newsline: November 14, 2008
USDA’s Commodity Credit Corporation or C.C.C. announced interest rates for November 2008.
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Cotton Newsline: November 12, 2008
Cotton acreage in 2008 saw another major decline as it dropped to 9-point-2 million acres.
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Cotton Newsline: November 7, 2008
Last week USDA announced the release of the regulations necessary to implement the new farm law’s cotton program provisions.
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Cotton Newsline: November 5, 2008
The 2009 Beltwide Cotton Conference is in San Antonio January fifth through the eighth.
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Cotton Newsline: October 31, 2008
The Cotton Consultant’s conference was started last year as part of the annual Beltwide Cotton Conferences.
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Cotton Newsline: October 29, 2008
A system has been developed for converting an existing pivot to a variable rate irrigation system.
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Cotton Newsline: October 24, 2008
Cotton Incorporated and The Missouri State Support Committee funded a project to evaluate genotypic variation in early vigor of cotton.
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Cotton Newsline: October 22, 2008
Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer has announced that the final counter-cyclical payment rate for the ’07 crop of upland cotton is 6.43 cents per pound.
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Cotton Newsline: October 17, 2008
Remote sensing and “on-the-go” equipment mounted sensors are the two most studied precision technologies for determining nitrogen needs in cotton.
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Cotton Newsline: October 15, 2008
USDA has published the October cotton crop report.
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Cotton Newsline: October 10, 2008
Based on interpretation of the language in the Research Title of the 2008 Farm Bill, land grant universities may have to compete for research funding.
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Cotton Newsline: October 8, 2008
The most important step in nematode management is proper diagnosis and quantification of soil populations.
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Cotton Newsline: October 3, 2008
This week Congress passed a bill to suspend the 10-acre rule for one-year.
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Cotton Newsline: October 1, 2008
The use of gin waste as a component in erosion control products, building products, composites and laminates represents an opportunity to dramatically increase the value of cotton gin waste.
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Cotton Newsline: September 26, 2008
About 85 percent of the cotton acres in Texas are either eradicated or functionally eradicated.
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Cotton Newsline: September 24, 2008
14.9 million acres of U.S. cotton are post boll weevil eradication and 1.45 million acres are currently under eradication.
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Cotton Newsline: September 19, 2008
USDA has published the September cotton crop report.
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Cotton Newsline: September 17, 2008
The 2009 Beltwide Cotton Conferences will be held January fifth through the eighth at Marriott Rivercenter and Riverwalk Hotel and Grand Hyatt Hotel in San Antonio, Texas.
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Cotton Newsline: September 12, 2008
The USDA’s Commodity Credit Corporation approved the 2008 specifications for Cotton Bale Packaging Materials.
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Cotton Newsline: September 10, 2008
The USDA-AMS Cotton Program first offered Module Averaging to the cotton industry as a means to improve the accuracy of HVI strength readings.
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Cotton Newsline: September 5, 2008
A National Cotton Council leadership team visited China this year.
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Cotton Newsline: September 3, 2008
Earlier this summer we completed the compliance phase of the WTO Brazil-U.S. Cotton Case.
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Cotton Newsline: August 29, 2008
The pink boll worm program began in the El Paso, Trans Pecos zone of West Texas.
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Cotton Newsline: August 27, 2008
In 1994 Texas Started its boll weevil eradication program in a few zones and has been adding zones since that time.
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Cotton Newsline: August 22, 2008
Memphis-based EWR, Inc. in cooperation with the flow committee of the National Cotton Council is introducing an enhancement of its electronic receipt process with the aim of promoting a more streamlined, accurate and cost effective process for establishing bale shipping order load dates.
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Cotton Newsline: August 20, 2008
After finding resistant marestail in his fields, Stewart Weaver, Cotton producer in Edmonson, Arkansas says he had to revert back to some old practices.
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Cotton Newsline: August 15, 2008
There are many factors that continue to affect the cotton market.
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Cotton Newsline: August 13, 2008
In its August crop report, USDA estimated a 2008- 2009 U.S. crop of 13.8 million bales.
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Cotton Newsline: August 8, 2008
EPA announced it is taking action to revoke food tolerance for residues of carbofuran.
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Cotton Newsline: August 6, 2008
Cotton incorporated’s agricultural research division facilitates progress in the profitability of cotton production.
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Cotton Newsline: August 1, 2008
The 2008 Farm Bill includes several new disaster programs.
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Cotton Newsline: July 30, 2008
The Doha negotiations of the World Trade Organization collapsed this week.
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Cotton Newsline: July 25, 2008
Trade Ministers are in Geneva this week in an effort to reach an agreement in the ongoing DOHA round of negotiations.
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Cotton Newsline: July 23, 2008
Update on Boll Weevil Eradication Program.
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Cotton Newsline: July 18, 2008
Cotton Incorporated is asking cotton producers across the Cotton Belt for assistance and participation in an anonymous online Natural Resource Survey.
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Cotton Newsline: July 16, 2008
The United States’ government farm programs benefiting America’s cotton farmers have attracted considerable attention and criticism in recent years.
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Cotton Newsline: July 11, 2008
America’s farmers will receive up to $1.5 billion in 2008 advance direct payments.
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Cotton Newsline: July 9, 2008
In 1982, over five thousand cotton gins were in operation in the U.S. Each produced around twenty-five-hundred bales.
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Cotton Newsline: July 2, 2008
The Pink Bollworm Program in the United States now encompasses Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and California.
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Cotton Newsline: June 27, 2008
Secretary of Agriculture, Ed Schafer, announced this week that the signup would begin for the 2008 Direct and Counter-Cyclical Program.
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Cotton Newsline: June 25, 2008
The Producer Information Exchange Program kicks off its 20th year this week with cotton producers from the Mid-South traveling to Arizona and California.
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Cotton Newsline: June 20, 2008
This week the President vetoed the completed version of the 2008 Farm Bill.
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Cotton Newsline: June 11, 2008
Crop rotation was not a common practice for Steve Stevens, an Arkansas producer.
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Cotton Newsline: June 6, 2008
The National Cotton Council will be holding forty-five educational meetings to review key provisions of the New Food, conservation and Energy Act of 2008.
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Cotton Newsline: June 4, 2008
This week the Appellate Body of the World Trade Organization released their decision regarding the Compliance Case filed against the United States by Brazil.
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Cotton Newsline: May 30, 2008
In the export market there has been a container and a vessel space crisis that has affected the export of raw cotton.
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Cotton Newsline: May 28, 2008
There were many obstacles for farmers in 2007. One of the biggest challenges in 2007 was moisture.
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Cotton Newsline: May 23, 2008
Within hours of the President vetoing the Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008 the House and Senate overrode it.
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Cotton Newsline: May 21, 2008
With the John Deere on-board module building system removal of the wrap on the round modules may require modifications at the gin.
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Cotton Newsline: May 16, 2008
Congress passed the Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008 by a strong majority.
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Cotton Newsline: May 14, 2008
One of the most exciting things to happen in cotton harvesting and handling is the new on-board module building system. Ed Barnes, Director of Agriculture research at cotton incorporated, says they are developing a science based evaluation on these systems.
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Cotton Newsline: May 9, 2008
The House and Senate Conferees have concluded work on the 2008 farm bill. Congress expects to vote on the bill next week.
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Cotton Newsline: May 7, 2008
After cotton has been harvested it is usually formed into a module and covered with a tarp until it can be transported to the gin.
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Cotton Newsline: May 2, 2008
The farm bill is moving closer to completion but today is the deadline for another extension.
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Cotton Newsline: April 30, 2008
Friday the principal negotiators of the farm bill reached a compromise on the funding for the bill.
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Cotton Newsline: April 25, 2008
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission held a forum this week to discuss agricultural futures markets.
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Cotton Newsline: April 23, 2008
Danny Keiser, Executive Director for the Arkansas Boll Weevil Eradication Program gives an update.
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Cotton Newsline: April 18, 2008
The House and Senate unanimously consented to another short term extension of the farm bill.
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Cotton Newsline: April 16, 2008
In a largely party-line vote, the House amended its rules to postpone consideration of a free-trade agreement with Colombia.
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Cotton Newsline: April 11, 2008
Under the Bush Administration’s proposed fiscal year 2009 budget, the USDA Cotton Ginning Laboratory in Lubbock, Texas is slated for closure.
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Cotton Newsline: April 9, 2008
The e -Xtension website is a national initiative that every land grant university in the country has signed on to.
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Cotton Newsline: April 4, 2008
The Cotton Ginners School was started 22 years ago to educate gin employees about basic equipment operation, maintenance and safety.
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Cotton Newsline: April 2, 2008
USDA released their 2008 Prospective Plantings Report this week.
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Cotton Newsline: March 28, 2008
Sign-up for the Conservation Security Program has been announced.
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Cotton Newsline: March 26, 2008
As of March 25 the Commodity Credit Corporation has implemented new software that denies storage credits for yard-stored upland cotton.
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Cotton Newsline: March 19, 2008
Congress passed another one month extension of current farm legislation effective through April 18 to allow more time to develop consensus on new legislation.
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Cotton Newsline: March 14, 2008
Congress was hoping to have an agreement on new farm bill legislation before the deadline this weekend.
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Cotton Newsline: March 12, 2008
The National Cotton Council is coordinating four advanced training workshops to increase cotton producers’ and consultants’ awareness of best management practices.
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Cotton Newsline: March 7, 2008
WTO negotiations may overshadow the U.S. cotton industry’s two-year effort on delivering sound policy in new farm legislation.
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Cotton Newsline: March 5, 2008
The current cotton surplus is almost 9 million bales which is the second largest in the last 20 years.
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Cotton Newsline: February 29, 2008
With Congress back in session this week the farm bill conference negotiations are continuing.
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Cotton Newsline: February 27, 2008
With the recent crop shifts across the cotton belt, university researchers are concerned two different crops with the same B.t. technology could affect insect populations.
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Cotton Newsline: February 22, 2008
Agriculture committee members from the House and Senate spent the past week negotiating a budget number for the farm bill.
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Cotton Newsline: February 20, 2008
The National Cotton Council has serious reservations regarding the Peterson-Goodlatte farm bill package announced by House Agricultural Committee Chairman Collin Peterson.
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Cotton Newsline: February 15, 2008
2007 was a tough year. Cotton acreage had a 14 percent decrease and weather conditions for most of the cotton belt were extreme.
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Cotton Newsline: February 13, 2008
The National Cotton Council has completed their annual survey to determine how many acres producers will be planting to cotton.
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Cotton Newsline: February 8, 2008
2007 was an extreme year for plant bugs in the Mid-South.
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Cotton Newsline: February 6, 2008
USDA has announced that eligible farmers who suffered crop losses that occurred prior to December 31, 2007 can now apply to receive disaster payments.
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Cotton Newsline: February 1, 2008
Since 1979, entomologists have been looking at how insect damage affects the overall production and cost of a cotton crop.
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Cotton Newsline: January 30, 2008
With Congress back in session the next task is coming to an agreement on farm bill legislation.
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Cotton Newsline: January 25, 2008
90 percent of the cotton crop has been classed.
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Cotton Newsline: January 23, 2008
In December, the World Trade Organization Compliance Panel made public its decision in the Brazil – U.S. cotton case.
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Cotton Newsline: January 18, 2008
World cotton production will need to rise in 2008 in order to meet the rising global demand for fiber.
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Cotton Newsline: January 16, 2008
As the 2007 cotton crop moves from the field to market, U.S. producers are going to rely heavily on export markets.
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Cotton Newsline: January 4, 2008
The Performance and Standards Task Force is responsible for improving the flow of cotton from field to fabric.
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Cotton Newsline: December 28, 2007
The World Trade Organization's Compliance Panel made its final ruling on Brazil's case against U.S. cotton subsidies.
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Cotton Newsline: December 21, 2007
This week Congress approved an omnibus spending package that included a short term extension of all the provisions of the 2002 farm bill.
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Cotton Newsline: December 19, 2007
Late last week the Senate finished debated the farm bill.
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Cotton Newsline: December 14, 2007
Cotton Council International works along side the National Cotton Council to promote U.S. cotton in the international markets.
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Cotton Newsline: December 12, 2007
The Senate resumed debate on the Farm Bill Tuesday.
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Special Edition Cotton Newsline: December 7, 2007
The Senate returned to debate on the 2007 farm bill on Friday under an agreement that up to 40 amendments could be considered – 20 from each side of the aisle.
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Cotton Newsline: December 7, 2007
Right now the sales of U.S. cotton exports are slower than hoped.
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Cotton Newsline: December 5, 2007
Start watching your mailbox for information on the final program for the 2008 Beltwide Cotton Conferences.
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Cotton Newsline: November 30, 2007
The Joint Cotton Industry Bale Packaging committee sanctions experimental and compatibility test programs so companies can test new bale packaging products.
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Cotton Newsline: November 28, 2007
Advancements in technology is helping cotton researchers speed up the plant breeding process in terms of developing new cotton varieties and putting biotech traits that cotton producers want into varieties faster.
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Cotton Newsline: November 21, 2007
Friday’s Senate vote to limit the farm bill debate and number of amendments fell five votes short.
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Cotton Newsline: November 16, 2007
The Senate has finished up its second week of debate on the Farm Bill.
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Cotton Newsline: November 14, 2007
Universities used to spend years collecting data on conventional cotton varieties, but since the introduction of biotechnology new varieties are coming to the market so fast that university researchers are only getting to collect one or two years of data before the varieties are released.
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Cotton Newsline: November 9, 2007
The USDA’s November Crop Production Report is forecasting a four percent increase over last month’s report with 18.9 million bales for all U.S. cotton.
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Cotton Newsline: November 7, 2007
Researchers across the cotton belt are working together on a multi-state project re-evaluating thresholds for plant bugs.
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Cotton Newsline: November 2, 2007
As the list of weeds that are showing resistance to herbicides continues to grow, researchers are looking for better options to control weeds.
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Cotton Newsline: October 31, 2007
Traditionally, in Southeast Missouri 38 inch row spacing is the standard row width for cotton. Dr. Joe Henggeler, Irrigation Specialist for the University of Missouri Delta Center, took on a project this year to look at how different row spacings affect yield.
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Cotton Newsline: October 26, 2007
The Senate Agricultural Committee passed its version of the 2007 Farm Bill reauthorization this week.
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Cotton Newsline: October 24, 2007
Producers and industry members from across the cotton belt attend the Beltwide Cotton Conferences to learn about the latest industry innovations that can help enhance their profitability.
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Cotton Newsline: October 19, 2007
The Doha Round of the WTO talks are still moving forward in Geneva.
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Cotton Newsline: October 17, 2007
USDA has published the World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates for October.
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Cotton Newsline: October 12, 2007
USDA published the October Crop Production Report today.
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Cotton Newsline: October 10, 2007
The 2008 Beltwide Cotton Conference is only a couple months away and Bill Robertson, Coordinator for the conferences says this year they are introducing a new workshop as part of the program.
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Cotton Newsline: October 5, 2007
The Senate Finance Committee met late yesterday to mark-up their portion of the 2007 Farm Bill.
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Cotton Newsline: October 3, 2007
The Agriculture Transportation Coalition paired with the Chamber of Commerce to assemble a Focus Group to explore the importance of transportation to agribusinesses and supply chains.
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Cotton Newsline: September 28, 2007
The latest round of WTO talks took place in Geneva last week and cotton is still being singled out.
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Cotton Newsline: September 26, 2007
With the excessive heat and lack of rainfall in parts of the cotton belt this year, some researchers have intensified their biotechnology work.
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Cotton Newsline: September 21, 2007
USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service or APHIS has been working to streamline the process for requesting and tracking phytosanitary certificates.
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Cotton Newsline: September 19, 2007
The 2008 Beltwide Cotton Conferences will be held January eight through the eleventh at the Opryland Resort and hotel in Nashville, Tennessee.
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Cotton Newsline: September 14, 2007
Cotton that is not well protected from the elements loses quality and value as it waits to be ginned.
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Cotton Newsline: September 12, 2007
The Extension Service gets frequent calls from land owners who don’t live in the farming communities and are seeking unbiased information about production practices.
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Cotton Newsline: September 9, 2007
The House passed version of the farm bill contained similar conservation provisions as current law but funding is going to be the biggest hurdle.
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Cotton Newsline: September 5, 2007
The Cotton Leadership Program, administered by the National Cotton Council’s Member Services department graduated its 24th class.
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Cotton Newsline: August 31, 2007
Monsanto has several projects in their research pipeline that they hope will provide value to producers.
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Cotton Newsline: August 29, 2007
The drought is taking its toll on the cotton industry. The hardest impact is being felt in the Southeastern part of the U.S.
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Cotton Newsline: August 24, 2007
From drought to floods, the weather has taken its toll on the crops this year.
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Cotton Newsline: August 22, 2007
As commodity shifts occur across the cotton belt there is a shift in insect pressure as well.
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Cotton Newsline: August 17, 2007
A group of Sunbelt growers had the opportunity to see agricultural production, processing and business operations in North Dakota last week as part of the Multi-Commodity Education Program.
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Cotton Newsline: August 15, 2007
The Multi-Commodity Education Program was launched last October when producers from the Midwest and Far West traveled to North Carolina to observe cotton production and processing and other agricultural operations.
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Cotton Newsline: August 10, 2007
“Orchestrating Your Opportunities” is the theme for the 2008 Beltwide Cotton Conferences set for January eight thru the eleventh at the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center in Nashville, Tennessee.
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Cotton Newsline: August 8, 2007
With limited acres for producing corn for ethanol, researchers have spent years looking at other resources.
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Cotton Newsline: August 3, 2007
New mandatory weekly reporting of the warehouse’s cotton flow started in January. All warehouses are required to complete the weekly cotton flow report through an electronic reporting system.
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Cotton Newsline: August 1, 2007
As energy prices continue to increase, biofuels are moving to the forefront as an alternative source.
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Cotton Newsline: July 27, 2007
Speaking at the Southern Cotton Ginners Association meeting in Baton Rouge, Dr. Gary Adams, chief economist at the National Cotton Council, said the Council supports the House Agriculture Committee approved farm bill.
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Cotton Newsline: July 25, 2007
With the Farm Bill debate starting on the House floor this week, several commodity organizations have joined forces to protect current farm programs.
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Cotton Newsline: July 20, 2007
The payment limit package included in the House Agricultural Committees Farm Bill begins with direct attribution.
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Cotton Newsline: July 18, 2007
The 2007 Farm Bill is being debated in the House Agricultural Committee this week.
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Cotton Newsline: July 13, 2007
The National Cotton Council has been working with USDA-APHIS and Ecuador to eliminate the fumigation of boll weevils in compressed cotton in Ecuadorian ports.
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Cotton Newsline: July 11, 2007
The Producer Information Exchange Program fosters valuable communication between cotton producers.
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Cotton Newsline: July 6, 2007
USDA’s crop condition report for the week ending July 1 shows the overall cotton crop across the belt as reasonably good.
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Cotton Newsline: June 29, 2007
USDA published the June cotton acreage report this morning - the lowest it’s been since 1989.
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Cotton Newsline: June 27, 2007
Insect pressure has been a constant battle in the Delta this year.
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Cotton Newsline: June 22, 2007
The House Agricultural Subcommittee for General Farm Commodities and Rick Management this week unanimously adopted a five-year extension of current law as the basis for the commodities title of the 2007 farm legislation.
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Cotton Newsline: June 19, 2007
The House Ag subcommittee on General Commodities and Risk Management today voted unanimously to extend the 2002 farm bill's commodity title rather than make the changes in target prices and loan rates for crops proposed by Agriculture Chairman Peterson.
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Cotton Newsline: June 15, 2007
As the legislative process continues for the Farm Bill it’s important to have an industry consensus.
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Cotton Newsline: June 13, 2007
USDA June Supply & Demand Report
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Cotton Newsline: June 8, 2007
The 2007 Cotton Leadership Class is headed to Washington D.C. next week to learn about policy development and implementation.
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Cotton Newsline: June 6, 2007
This week the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency approved a natural refuge option for all areas where Bollgard II cotton is grown except states and counties where pink bollworm is a significant pest.
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Cotton Newsline: June 1, 2007
The National Cotton Council’s Cotton Leadership Program seeks to identify potential industry leaders and provide them developmental training so they can represent the industry at the local, regional and state level.
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Cotton Newsline: May 30, 2007
One of the most popular fabrics around the world has a new performance feature that protects the wearer from wet conditions.
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Cotton Newsline: May 25, 2007
This week the House Agricultural Subcommittee on conservation, credit, energy and research approved its draft proposals for several farm bill titles that were under their jurisdiction.
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Cotton Newsline: May 23, 2007
Cotton Incorporated, the research and marketing company for U.S. upland cotton, has created a specially engineered finish to improve the wear of durable press cotton garments.
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Cotton Newsline: May 18, 2007
Chairman of the House Agricultural Committee, Collin Peterson, held a press conference on Thursday to talk about the reauthorization of the Farm Bill.
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Cotton Newswline: May 16, 2007
The National Cotton Council joined several other commodity and livestock groups in sending a letter to the Chairman and Ranking member of the House and Senate Ag Committees as well as the Chairman and Ranking member of the House and Senate Subcommittees on Conservation.
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Cotton Newsline: May 11, 2007
Researchers across the Cotton Belt have been trying to determine the impact plant bug numbers have on cotton yield.
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Cotton Newsline: May 9, 2007
Endure, is a new textile finish developed to prolong the life and look of cotton products for the home.
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Cotton Newsline: May 4, 2007
The Arkansas Scheduler program was developed by the University of Arkansas in the early 1980’s to help producers with irrigation timing.
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Cotton Newsline: May 2, 2007
Determining Weed Resistance
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Cotton Newsline: April 27, 2007
The Senate Agricultural Committee held hearings this week focusing on testimony from general farm and commodity-specific organizations, including a focus on farm programs and the commodity title of the farm bill.
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Cotton Newsline: April 25, 2007
When transgenic varieties became available producers had to change the way they managed their weeds and insects.
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Cotton Newsline: April 20, 2007
On August 31, USDA announced that beginning in January 2007 cotton warehousemen would be mandated to provide weekly reports showing the bales made available for shipment.
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Cotton Newsline: April 18, 2007
USDA's Farm Service Agency recently issued new notices to county offices detailing cotton transfer procedures and more fully describing anticipated charges upon forfeiture.
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Cotton Newsline: April 13, 2007
As the U.S. cotton industry is trying to find its place in the world market it needs to meet the competition head on.
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Cotton Newsline: April 11, 2007
Arid West Texas is known for its low rainfall which makes conserving rainfall critical for cotton production.
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Cotton Newsline: April 6, 2007
For Mississippi County producer David Wildy, irrigation has become a crucial part of his operation.
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Cotton Newsline: April 4, 2007
USDA's March Prospective Plantings Report
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Cotton Newsline: March 30, 2007
In testimony before the House Ag Committee on Wednesday, John Pucheu, Chairman of the National Cotton Council, reaffirmed the Council’s recommendation that new farm legislation be patterned after the basic provisions of the 2002 farm bill.
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Cotton Newsline: March 28, 2007
Senator Grassley introduces amendment for payment limitations again.
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Cotton Newsline: March 23, 2007
Using renewable fuels to make the cotton industry self-sufficient.
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Cotton Newsline: March 21, 2007
The Senate budget Committee has passed its version of the fiscal year 2008 Budget Resolution.
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Cotton Newsline: March 16, 2007
Testing for removing cotton stickiness caused by insects.
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Cotton Newsline: March 14, 2007
This week the Senate Appropriations Committee will take up the supplemental appropriations bill.
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Cotton Newsline: March 9, 2007
The Joint Cotton Industry Bale Packaging Committee approved two new woven polypropylene bags.
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Cotton Newsline: March 7, 2007
National Cotton Council signs letter urging congress to promptly consider and pass the free trade agreements recently concluded and signed with Colombia and Peru.
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Cotton Newsline: March 2, 2007
Beginning in 2007, on a voluntary basis, all approved manufacturers of bale packaging materials and importers of burlap will have to provide a Certificate of Analysis to users of their packaging products when requested.
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Cotton Newsline: February 28, 2007
Congressional leaders have advised the administration that they intend to add a disaster assistance package to the emergency supplemental appropriations measure providing funds for the war.
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Cotton Newsline: February 23, 2007
U.S.Cotton Targeted Again by the WTO
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Cotton Newsline: February 21, 2007
Secretary of Ag Mike Johanns recently testified before the House Agricultural committee to answer questions about the administrations 2007 farm bill proposal.
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Cotton Newsline: February 16, 2007
2006 Fiber Quality
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Cotton Newsline: February 14, 2007
In order to answer concerns raised by international mills over the fiber quality of U.S. cotton, several U.S. researchers are participating in a new broad initiative.
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Cotton Newsline: February 9, 2007
The total losses from insect pests in the 2006 cotton crop was at an all time low in the U.S.
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Cotton Newsline: February 7, 2007
2007 Cotton Economic Outlook
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Cotton Newsline: February 2, 2007
2007 Cotton Planting Intentions
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Cotton Newsline: January 31, 2007
The Congressional Budget Office has presented the January budget baseline.
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Cotton Newsline: January 26, 2007
With the 110th Congress now in session, both the democratic and the republican caucuses have selected members for the various committees that operate within the House of Representatives.
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Cotton Newsline: January 24, 2007
USDA researchers are investigating possible effects outdoor storage and bale coverings may have on fiber and textile quality.
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Cotton Newsline: January 19, 2007
During the 2007 Beltwide Cotton Conferences, Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns told attendees that market access will be key to a successful Doha round.
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Cotton Newsline: January 17, 2007
A 10-member delegation representing U.S. cotton producers, ginners, merchants and warehousemen participated in the 2006 China Leadership Exchange Program established by the National Cotton Council along with the China Cotton Association.
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Cotton Newsline: January 5, 2007
Topics being presented during the Precision Cotton Workshop at the 2007 Beltwide Cotton Conferences.
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Cotton Newsline: January 3, 2007
The Cotton Museum is housed inside the historic Memphis Cotton Exchange Building. Calvin Turley believes this was the ideal location to capture the history and culture of the cotton industry.
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Cotton Newsline: December 20, 2006
Johanns to Address 2007 Beltwide Cotton Conferences.
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Cotton Newsline: December 15, 2006
Senate Confirms Keenum for USDA Post.
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Cotton Newsline: December 13, 2006
When the 110th Congress convenes in January for its first session there will be a lot of work to do
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Cotton Newsline: December 8, 2006
The 2007 Planting Intentions survey will be arriving in mailboxes soon.
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Cotton Newsline: December 6, 2006
Tuesday the Senate support was lacking for the $4.9 billion in agriculture disaster assistance.
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Cotton Newsline: December 1, 2006
Anyone attending the 2007 Beltwide Cotton Conferences will have access to a new tool this year.
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Cotton Newsline: November 29, 2006
Since September 11, 2001 there has been an increased awareness of the vulnerability of the food and agriculture sector to acts of terrorism.
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Cotton Newsline: November 22, 2006
The Beltwide Cotton Conferences speed the transfer of new technology to U.S. cotton producers and other industry members.
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Cotton Newsline: November 17, 2006
As China emerges as the largest cotton market in the world, Cotton Council International is working to advance the COTTON USA brand there.
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Cotton Newsline: November 15, 2006
The National Cotton Council of America and the China Cotton Association signed a “Memorandum of Understanding” this week.
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Cotton Newsline: November 10, 2006
USDA’s November crop report was published this week.
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Cotton Newsline: November 8, 2006
The Cotton Foundations newest educational project - The Multi-Commodity Education Program - was launched in October when producers from the Midwest and Far West traveled to North Carolina.
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Cotton Newsline: November 3, 2006
The U.S. cotton industry sent a ten member delegation to China as part of the China Leadership Exchange Program established by the National Cotton Council along with the China Cotton Association.
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Cotton Newsline: November 1, 2006
Today is the first day hotel reservations for the Beltwide Cotton Conferences are open to the general public.
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Cotton Newsline: October 27, 2006
Perthshire Farms has spent the past five years testing a new cotton picker from Case IH.
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Cotton Newsline: October 25, 2006
The National Cotton Council is hosting a new online Weed Resistance Learning Module to help cotton producers stay ahead of the game in fighting weed resistance.
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Cotton Newsline: October 20, 2006
The American Cotton Producers Farm Policy Committee and the National Cotton Council’s Farm Policy Task Force met last week.
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Cotton Newsline: October 18, 2006
USDA released their supply and demand numbers last week.
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Cotton Newsline: October 13, 2006
Good progress has been made with the Boll Weevil Eradication Program in the last 5 years.
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Cotton Newsline: October 11, 2006
Case IH has introduced a new machine that can harvest cotton, build a module and unload a module without any other labor involved.
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Cotton Newsline: October 6, 2006
Now that congress is in recess for the November elections some trade issues that would have primarily affected trade in cotton textile products with Africa and Haiti appear to be in an uncertain stage.
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Cotton Newsline: October 4, 2006
As the 2006 season comes to a close, the boll weevil eradication is about 85 percent complete nationwide.
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Cotton Newsline: September 29, 2006
Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns announced this week that 51 watersheds in 50 states, the Pacific Islands and the Caribbean Area will be eligible for the 2007 Conservation Security Program.
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Cotton Newsline: September 27, 2006
In order to get congress to take action on ag disaster assistance before the October recess, democratic members of the House are trying to get two hundred and eighteen signatures on a discharge petition.
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Cotton Newsline: September 22, 2006
Program topics for 2007 Beltwide Cotton Conferences.
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Cotton Newsline: September 20, 2006
Registration starts today for the 2007 Beltwide Cotton Conferences which will be held January 9 to the 12 in New Orleans.
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Cotton Newsline: September 15, 2006
The National Cotton Council joined commodity groups and national farm organizations in a correspondence urging congress to act on emergency disaster assistance legislation that will help producers across the country for losses in 2005 and 2006.
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Cotton Newsline: September 13, 2006
The USDA last Thursday announced another Step 3 import quota for cotton.
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Cotton Newsline: September 8, 2006
In 2004, the World Trade Organization ruled that much of the U.S. cotton program was in violation of trade rules and demanded sweeping reform.
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Cotton Newsline: September 6, 2006
Last week, Secretary of Ag Mike Johanns, announced that USDA would be making the final installment of the 2005 crop counter-cyclical payments for upland cotton.
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Cotton Newsline: September 1, 2006
New provisions for USDA’s Cotton Marketing Assistance Loan program went into effect on Wednesday.
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Cotton Newsline: August 30, 2006
The USDA’s Commodity Credit Corporation has announced amended regulations affecting the marketing assistance loan program for the 2006 and subsequent crops of upland and Extra Long Staple cotton.
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Cotton Newsline: August 25, 2006
Fifteen-inch row spacing in cotton is a fairly new and not yet widely adopted concept.
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Cotton Newsline: August 23, 2006
The steering committee for the Beltwide Cotton Conferences have been working on topics and schedules for the 2007 Conferences to be held in New Orleans.
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Cotton Newsline: August 18, 2006
With the lack of rainfall this year, cotton producers are being forced to turn to heavier irrigation.
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Cotton Newsline: August 16, 2006
USDA has completed its first survey based estimate of the 2006 cotton crop.
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Cotton Newsline: August 11, 2006
Cotton producers from the southwest region of the cotton belt recently traveled to the midsouth region for the third tour of the 2006 Cotton Foundation Producer Information Exchange Program.
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Cotton Newsline: August 9, 2006
Cotton producers use precision agriculture to mange their inputs such as seed, fertilizer, and growth regulators, but most are still using a blanket approach to water management.
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Cotton Newsline: August 4, 2006
Agriculture In The Classroom is an educational program created in 1981 to promote agricultural literacy among the nation’s students.
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Cotton Newsline: August 2, 2006
Some insects can cause cotton producers and entomologists to pull their hair out during the growing season.
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Special Cotton Newsline: May 12, 2005
The NCC Board of Directors recently voted to support the Dominican Republic-Central American Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA).
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Special Edition Cotton Newsline: July 20, 2004
Ambassador Allen Johnson, the U.S. chief ag negotiator, shares his thoughts on cotton and the WTO.
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