October 2020 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Georgia Cotton Commission Welcomes Dicamba Announcement Taylor R. Sills, Georgia Cotton Commission On October 27th, United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew R. Wheeler met with farmers and industry stakeholders at Cromley Farms, a sixth-generation family farm in Brooklet, to announce new five-year registrations for two dicamba products and an extended registration for an …
Posted by: GEORGIA COTTON COMMISSION PERRY/TIFTON, Ga. – The Georgia Cotton Commission, Georgia Peanut Commission and the University of Georgia Extension Cotton and Peanut Teams, will co-sponsor a virtual research field day on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020. The virtual field day will begin at 9:30 a.m. and conclude at noon. Re-certification credits for pesticide applicators and CCA will be available …
WASHINGTON—An industry coalition representing the full spectrum of domestic personal protective equipment (PPE) production released a statement today outlining policy principles and objectives needed for reshoring and safeguarding domestic PPE manufacturing. The COVID-19 pandemic, which exposed severe shortages in our nation’s PPE supply and an overreliance on foreign sourced products, underscores how important it is for the U.S. government to …
The Georgia Cotton Commission is pleased to announce that Caroline Snider will join the commission staff as the Education and Outreach Specialist. Snider comes from Georgia College and State University in Milledgeville, where she served as the Graduate Assistant for the Director of Athletics while earning her M.Ed. in Instructional Technology. In that role, she planned student-athlete, staff and athletic …