Articles in this month’s issue include: Georgia Cotton Commission Mid-Year Meeting – July 29, 2026 (Camp Hand) Agricultural Risk is not a Shock Problem – It’s a Decision Problem (Yangxuan Liu) Managing the risks of a Fallow Field (Taylor Singleton) July Mid-Season Cotton Irrigation Considerations (Wesley Porter) Mid-season and the curse of spots and blights and tiger striping (Bob Kemerait) …
2026 ARC/PLC Enrollment Dr. Jody Campiche V.P. Economics & Policy Analysis The annual ARC/PLC election and enrollment for the 2026 crop year has been pushed back to the fall due to the implementation of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA). The election period will begin after the August 31 base reallocation deadline. While USDA has not yet announced the official …
June 25, 2026 MEMPHIS, Tenn. – The National Cotton Council (NCC) appreciates the Trump Administration for recognizing the serious economic pressures facing America’s cotton producers and the broader farm economy in the supplemental funding request transmitted to Congress. “We are grateful to President Trump for acknowledging the financial challenges confronting our farm families and for taking action to provide near-term economic …
Georgia Cotton Fertility Update – June 2026 Doug Amaral, Plant Nutrition and Soil Fertility Specialist, UGA-Tifton As we move into the heart of the 2026 cotton season, most Georgia cotton has emerged and is progressing toward squaring, though crop development remains highly variable across the state. Frequent rainfall during planting created favorable moisture conditions in many areas but raised concerns about nutrient availability in …
By: Phillip Roberts June 23, 2026 Jassid Update and Don’t Overlook Known Insect Pests: To date cotton jassids have been detected on cotton at very low numbers in Tift and Grady counties. Jassids have also been detected in Gadsden County Florida and Elmore County Alabama. Entomologists in the southeast are mapping jassid detections by county, current detections can be found …
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – The National Cotton Council (NCC) welcomes the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee’s release of a Farm Bill 2.0 discussion draft and urges strong bipartisan support for this proposal as it advances through the Senate. “We appreciate Chairman Boozman for developing this discussion draft during a critical time on our farms,” said NCC Chairman Nathan Reed. “Cotton …
By: Wesley M. Porter, Extension Precision Ag and Irrigation Specialist Cotton can be one of the most difficult crops to manage irrigation on throughout the season. Obviously, as with any crop, a lack of soil moisture will reduce yield. However, excessive soil moisture will reduce yields just the same, thus, a scientific irrigation scheduling method is strongly recommended to maximize …
Since the colonial days, trade has been vitally important for Southern agriculture. Historical records reveal that agricultural products accounted for 60-75% of Southern exports leading up to the American Revolution. In more recent times, USDA Economic Research Service trade data indicates that, despite recent trade challenges, agricultural exports from the Southern region have more than doubled (in nominal values) over the …
The Cotton Research and Promotion Program welcomes USDA’s announcement of the Great American Cotton Plan and its support for the Plant Not Plastic initiative. This effort is essential not only to strengthening the U.S. cotton industry, but also to advancing meaningful progress in human and environmental health. USDA’s announcement states, “Nearly 70 percent of the world’s textile fibers are now …
Articles in this month’s issue include: Cotton Jassid Update (Phillip Roberts) Plant Bug Management (Phillip Roberts) June Cotton Irrigation Update (Wes Porter) Sulfur Considerations for Georgia Cotton Production (Doug Amaral) Early-season Growth and the Squaring Stage (John Snider, Comfort Adegbenro, Amit Godara, and Camp Hand) Evaluating Cotton Stands and Varieties entering June (Camp Hand) Residual at-plant herbicides pack a punch …
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – The National Cotton Council (NCC) commends Secretary Brooke Rollins and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) announcement today of the Great American Cotton Plan and welcomes the support of America’s cotton farmers. NCC also thanks President Trump and congressional leaders for the cotton and tax provisions in the Working Families Tax Cuts Act and other recent actions …
May 2026 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Georgia Cotton Commission Welcomes USDA’s Great American Cotton Plan View the Great American Cotton Plan Here Today, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced The Great American Cotton Plan, an initiative from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to promote the cotton industry. The Georgia Cotton Commission (GCC) applauds Secretary Rollins’ announcement and is appreciative …