2024 COTTON ACREAGE
In its June acreage report, USDA estimated 2024-25 U.S.cotton plantings at 11.67 million acres, up 14.1% from 2023.
'24 NCC Mid-Year Board Meeting
Registration is now open for NCC officers, directors, and advisors attending the NCC's Board of Directors Mid-Year Meeting on August 21-23 at the Peabody Memphis Hotel.
'24 NCC Planting Intentions Survey Results
Get survey results, the NCC's cotton economic outlook and other news from the NCC's recent 2024 Annual Meeting.
USDA Ag Disaster Assistance Programs
This site contains a NCC-prepared summary of the 2017 Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity Program.
2021-22 Seed Cotton Program Information
2021-22 Seed Cotton Marketing Year Average Price Estimation; 2021-22 Seed Cotton PLC Payment Matrix
2018 Farm Bill Information
Links to documents and web sites containing information regarding the 2018 farm bill
Latest News
Mid-South, Southeast Cotton Producers to See San Joaquin Valley Agriculture 07/24/2024: Twenty cotton producers from the Mid-South and Southeast will observe cotton and other agriculture-related operations in California’s San Joaquin Valley the week of July 28 as part of the National Cotton Council’s 2024 Producer Information Exchange Program. Learn more 2024 COTTON ACREAGE 06/28/2024: In its June acreage report, USDA estimated 2024-25 U.S.cotton plantings at 11.67 million acres, up 14.1% from 2023. Learn more NCC Announces Don Parker Memorial Scholarship 06/24/2024: The National Cotton Council, in collaboration with The Cotton Foundation and Mississippi State University, is honored to announce the establishment of the Don Parker Memorial Cotton Foundation Endowed Scholarship. Learn more NCC Statement on Senate Farm Bill Framework 06/11/2024: The National Cotton Council commends Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Ranking Member John Boozman for releasing a Farm Bill framework that significantly boosts the safety net for production agriculture. Learn more 2024 P.I.E. Program Tour Dates Set 06/04/2024: The NCC has scheduled tour dates and locations for the 2024 Producer Information Exchange (P.I.E.) Program. Learn moreUpcoming Events
Summer ACP and Cotton Foundation Meeting Aug 1 The Renaissance, Asheville, NC Learn more Cotton Board/Cotton Incorporated Joint Meeting Aug 6 The Phoenician, Scottsdale, Arizona Learn more North Carolina Cotton Producers Association 2024 Mid-Year Board of Directors Meeting Aug 14 Cotton Incorporated, 6399 Weston Parkway Cary, North Carolina 27513 Learn more NCC Mid-Year Board Meeting Aug 20 Memphis Peabody Hotel, Memphis TN Learn more Staplcotn Board of Directors Meeting Sep 18 214 W. Market Street Greenwood, MS 38930 Learn more Calcot 97th Annual Meeting Sep 23 Learn moreCotton Facts
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Patrick Johnson
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Patrick Johnson is serving in 2024 as vice chairman of the National Cotton Council (NCC). He is a graduate of the National Cotton Council Cotton Leadership Program and a past participant in the NCC’s Producer Information Exchange program. Johnson has also served as a director and on multiple NCC committees and as chairman of the American Cotton Producers.
Johnson, who received a Bachelor of Science from the University of Mississippi, is a partner in Cypress Brake Planting Co., a family farming operation in the Mississippi Delta. Patrick currently serves on the EPA’s Pesticide Policy Dialogue Committee, is a director for Tunica County Farm Bureau, and is a Commissioner for the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality.