This report contains the results from the 2022 May Ag Yield, 2021 Cotton Ginnings, and Objective Yield surveys.
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This report contains the results from the 2021 December Agricultural and Row Crop County Agricultural Production surveys.
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Nearly all the 2022 crop is in the ground with some of the earliest planted cotton in the western reaches of the state nearing first bloom. However, most of the crop across Arizona is not even to first square yet.
Managing very young cotton is critical to the eventual success of your crop.
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South Louisiana's native brown cotton is heading to the Smithsonian Folklife Festival and will also be featured at a United Nations summit next month.
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Cotton acreage in Louisiana is expected to increase substantially this year. Now is a great time to review a few key recommendations to ensure the 2022 season gets off to a great start.
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The 1996 Farm Bill requires The Cotton Board to conduct an independent, third-party evaluation every five years of the effectiveness of the Cotton Research & Promotion Program (the Program). The most recently concluded evaluation reflected well on the Program’s effectiveness both over the long-term (1986-2019) and over the last five years (2015-2019).
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The cotton leafroll dwarf virus causes yellowing and distortion of leaves and is believed to be vectored by the cotton aphid (Aphis gossypii) during feeding.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Commodity Credit Corporation today announced the 2022 crop loan rate differentials for upland and extra-long staple cotton which are applied to the crop loan rate to determine the per bale actual loan rate.
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When USDA’s 2022 Prospective Plantings Report was released on March 31, it was no surprise that fertilizer-intensive corn acres were projected to be down across the country.
It also surprised few that the report projected soybean acres to be up — with farmers estimating they will plant a record-breaking 91 million acres of beans this spring.
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The planting dates for soybean in Louisiana range from early March to late June, depending on production systems and maturity groups. This variability in planting dates can expose soybean plants to a myriad of insect pests that can injure both below and above ground plant parts.
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Click for Microsoft Excel spreadsheets that allow growers the opportunity to evaluate the changes that herbicide selection, unit price, application rates, and tillage have on total weed control program costs on a per-acre basis.
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Please join NCC staff at the Macon Ridge Research Station Scott Center in Winnsboro, LA on Thursday April 14, 2022 for US Cotton Trust Protocol Enrollment Assistance. If possible, please bring a laptop computer or Ipad. The purpose of the meeting is for staff to provide you with assistance in completing enrollment in the US Cotton Trust Protocol.
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The Agricultural Policy and Market Situation Newsletter (Volume V, Issue 1) contains a summary of agricultural policy happenings from the recent quarter (January 1st through March 31st).
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The April Crop Market Update for Corn, Soybeans, Rice, and Cotton contains a discussion on USDA-reported supply and demand dynamics and farm price implications for the 2021/22 marketing year. The outside markets continue to monitor the Russia/Ukraine war as well as the slowing economy in China (due to the country’s COVID lockdown policy reducing import demand).
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In an April 1 letter sent to members of Congress across the Southeast, Joe Martin, president of Southern Cotton Growers, stressed relief for farmers is warranted this year due to skyrocketing production costs.
In the letter, Martin provided data from a study commissioned by Southern Cotton Growers and prepared by Don Shurley, professor emeritus of cotton economics at the University of Georgia, that documents the escalating production costs.
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