Category Archives: Economics, Marketing, Policy

2022 Georgia Quality Cotton Awards

The 2022 Georgia Quality Cotton Awards will be given during the Georgia Cotton Commission Mid-Year Meeting lunch on July 26, 2023, at Georgia Southern University Nessmith-Lane … Continue reading

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Encouraging Participation at Utilizing Precision Ag Technology Workshop

UGA Extension will be hosting two Utilizing Precision Ag Technology Workshops in Statesboro (March 29 at Ogeechee Technical College) and Albany (March 31 at Merry … Continue reading

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Technology Adoption Survey for Cotton Producers

Julian Marie Worley, a Ph.D. student from Agricultural and Applied Economic Department at the University of Georgia working with Prof. Jeffrey Dorfman, is conducting a … Continue reading

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2020 Georgia Quality Cotton Awards

The 2020 Georgia Quality Cotton Awards will be given during the 2021 Georgia Cotton Commission Annual Meeting. This will be the 16th year of this … Continue reading

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2018 Farm Bill ARC and PLC Timeline

Download the PDF version of this post. The 2018 Farm Bill, officially known as the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018, provides safety net support programs … Continue reading

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2019 Georgia Quality Cotton Awards

The 2019 Georgia Quality Cotton Awards will be given on January 29, 2020, during the Georgia Cotton Commission Annual Meeting at the UGA Conference Center … Continue reading

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2019 Cotton Outlook

Download the PDF version of this post. In 2019, Georgia’s farmers planted 1.4 million acres of cotton, which is the third-highest planted acreage for the … Continue reading

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NCC Farm Bill Webinars & WHIP+ Signups

To:        Cotton Industry Members From:   Gary Adams, NCC President and CEO Sign-up for the 2018 Farm Bill has begun.  The National Cotton Council staff … Continue reading

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Cotton Payments, Disaster Assistance, and Safety Net Update

By Don Shurley and Yangxuan Liu Download the PDF version of the factsheet MFP (Market Facilitation Program) Payments USDA announced last July that it would … Continue reading

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2018 Georgia Quality Cotton Awards

The 2018 Georgia Quality Cotton Awards will be given on January 30, 2019, during the Georgia Cotton Commission Annual Meeting at the UGA Conference Center … Continue reading

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