MEMPHIS, Tenn. – The National Cotton Council (NCC) celebrates the bipartisan Buying American Cotton Act (BACA) reaching 100 congressional co-sponsors in the U.S. House of Representatives. Today, Representative James Gallagher (R-CA) became the 100th House co-sponsor of the legislation. This achievement is the latest sign of growing momentum for the bill in Congress. BACA is one of only two newly …
Harvest season is upon us again. While we are not into harvest fully, it will not be long. As we move into full harvest season there are few considerations for both our machines and safety so that we are ready. First I would start with equipment maintenance. We could focus most of a newsletter on the maintenance of the machine, …
Authors: Bart L. Fischer, Joe L. Outlaw, Henry L. Bryant, Hank R. Nelson, Natalie G. Stewart, J. Marc Raulston, Agricultural and Food Policy Center at Texas A&M University. The ARC/PLC election & enrollment for 2026 is now live through December 11. You can access AFPC’s decision tool here. Earlier this week, USDA announced (link) that the Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) and …
Articles in this month’s issue include: 1. A Win for Deer Herd Management is a Win for Growers (Camp Hand) 2. 5Rs of Risk Management: A Framework for Understanding Risk and Resilience (Yangxuan Liu) 3. Cutout and Agronomic Maturity (John Snider, Amit Godara, and Camp Hand) 4. Terminating Insecticide Applications (Phillip Roberts) 5. End of Season Cotton Irrigation Management (Wes …
In late July, the Commodity Commission Ex-Officio Committee met to make appointments to the Georgia Cotton Commission Board of Directors. Morgan County cotton farmer John Ruark, Toombs County cotton farmer Chris Hopkins, and Bulloch County cotton farmer Greg Sikes were each reappointed to another three-year term on the Commission’s board of directors. John Ruark is a multi-generational farmer, and farms …
Authors: Yangxuan Liu, Associate Professor, University of Georgia; Michael R Langemeier, Professor, Purdue University The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) changes how U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) payment limitations apply to different farm business structures. On June 2, 2026, USDA released the final rule (link) explaining how this provision will be administered beginning with the 2026 program year. Prior …
PERRY/TIFTON, Ga. – The Georgia Cotton Commission, Georgia Peanut Commission and the University of Georgia Extension Cotton and Peanut Teams, will co-sponsor a joint research field day on Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026, in Tifton, Georgia. The field day will start at 8:00 a.m. at the University of Georgia Lang Farm located at 230 Rigdon Aultman Road, Tifton, Georgia. After a …
The Senate Agriculture Committee is slated to markup The Agricultural Act of 2026 today (August 6, 2026), bringing Congress one step closer to long-anticipated passage of a new farm bill. During the markup, committee members propose, debate, and vote on amendments to legislation before sending it to the full Senate for consideration. The House passed its version of the farm …
Articles in this month’s issue include: Additional Base Acre Allocation: What Landowners Need to Know? (Yangxuan Liu) OBBBA Levels the Playing Field for Farm Business Structures (Yangxuan Liu) Should your Farm Change Its Business Structure? Considerations for Producers after the OBBBA (Yangxuan Liu) Cotton Irrigation Considerations for August (Wesley Porter) Silverleaf Whitefly Management (Phillip Roberts and Alana Jacobson) Cotton Jassid …
The 2025 Georgia Quality Cotton Awards were presented at the 2026 Georgia Cotton Commission Mid-Year Meeting on July 29, 2026. The awards are co-sponsored by the Georgia Cotton Commission and Bayer Crop Science/Deltapine and administered by the University of Georgia (UGA) Cotton Team. Dr. Yangxuan Liu, extension economist at the University of Georgia, conducted the analysis. Dr. Phillip Roberts presented …
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – The National Cotton Council’s (NCC) 2026 Mid-South Producer Information Exchange (P.I.E.) Tour, will take place from July 26 – 31. This immersive program will bring together U.S. cotton producers from across the belt to Tennessee, Missouri, and Arkansas to explore innovative farming practices and foster invaluable knowledge exchange. This year’s Mid-South P.I.E. Tour will offer participants a …
In June 2024, we wrote (link) about a novel new concept for adding base acres to farms that had been proposed in the House Ag Committee-passed version of the 2024 Farm Bill (Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2024). The concept ultimately was adopted in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1) that was signed into law by …