“Round up usual suspects.” That line from the classic movie Casablanca offers a good starting point for cotton farmers preparing for 2021 insect strategies.
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Different farm program payments across crops have been an on-going US farm policy issue, with the focus often on high per acre payments to cotton, peanuts, and rice. Coppess discusses this issue extensively. An important economic question is, “Have different payments impacted the geographical distribution of US crops?”
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Daniel Stephenson, an LSU AgCenter weed scientist, has been named to the Jack Hamilton Chair in Cotton Production effective Feb. 1.
Stephenson has been with the AgCenter since 2008 and is based at the Dean Lee Research and Extension Center near Alexandria. His work focuses on identifying effective weed control strategies in row crops, including cotton.
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The sky isn’t falling with the Cotton Leafroll Dwarf Virus, CLRDV with efforts underway across the Cotton Belt to take on the disease. That’s the message Steve Brown, Auburn University Extension cotton agronomist, delivered to the virtual annual meeting of Southern Cotton Growers and Southeastern Cotton Ginners Jan. 14.
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The president and CEO of Staplcotn expects cotton acreage to be down in the United States in 2021 due to the challenges of harvesting the 2020 crop and a move to alternative crops.
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Jan. 20 marked a new transition of power as Joe Biden was sworn in as the new president of the United States, leaving most wondering how his administration’s policies will affect us over the next four years. Jody Campiche, director of economics and policy analysis at the National Cotton Council in Memphis, Tennessee, weighed in on how the cotton industry is expected be impacted by Biden’s picks and policies during his term.
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USDA deregulated a new Bt cotton trait, the first of its kind to target plant bugs and thrips, on Jan. 16. The cotton trait, MON 88702, was developed by Monsanto and is now owned by Bayer, which is branding it as ThryvOn cotton.
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Average spot quotations were up 89 points from the previous week, according to the USDA, Agricultural Marketing Service’s Cotton and Tobacco Program. Quotations for the base quality of cotton (color 41, leaf 4, staple 34, mike 35-36 and 43-49, strength 27.0-28.9, and uniformity 81.0-81.9) in the seven designated markets averaged 77.41 cents per pound for the week ending Thursday, January 21, 2021.
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Despite faltering prices at week’s end cotton enjoyed a very positive week as prices increased and exports sales continued robust. Cotton established life of contract highs across the board. New York noted the stronger Chinese market and followed suit. Further, the On-Call sales report, particularly for the May contract, lent a hint of support to higher prices.
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During the 2021 online Beltwide Cotton Conference, a group of panelists discussed why sustainable fiber matters, and how the shift in the market demand is changing the narrative. The panel of sustainable fiber experts was made up of the Textile Exchange CEO along with U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol Board of Director members.
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Kress, Texas, producer Barry Evans was named the 2021 Joe O'Neill Cotton Marketer of the Year during the virtual Beltwide Cotton Conferences, Jan. 5, 2021. Evans, a cotton, wheat and sorghum farmer on the Texas High Plains’ is a numbers guy.
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The market responded in a bullish way to the January WASDE report for feed grains and oilseeds. Export sales stemming from increased Chinese demand for U.S. agricultural products (e.g. corn and soybeans) is a key factor behind the gains.
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Retired Mississippi State University Research Agronomist Wayne Ebelhar, Stoneville, Miss., received the 2021 Outstanding Research Award in Cotton Agronomy at the 2021 virtual Beltwide Cotton Conferences, Jan. 7.
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The Louisiana Boll Weevil Eradication Commission will meet at 9 a.m. on Jan. 15, 2021. This meeting will be available via video conference and teleconference.
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The U.S. 2020/21 cotton outlook shows higher exports, and lower production and ending stocks this month. Production is lowered nearly 1 million bales to 15.0 million, led by a 500,000-bale decline in Texas.
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