USDA lowers cotton production estimate 

Jan 15, 2009,

By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff

In its Jan. 12 Crop Production report, USDA’s estimated U.S. cotton production was lowered 577,000 bales, due mainly to a reduction in Texas. ...

2008 Georgia crops surprisingly good 

Jan 14, 2009

Weather conditions for the 2008 crop year were warmer and drier than normal, according to the USDA, NASS, Georgia Field Office....

Raleigh to host cotton hedging seminar 

Jan 14, 2009

To educate cotton producers about options and futures contracts, and what they can do to increase their profitability potential for the 2009 crop season, Cotton Incorporated is holding a free Hedging with Cotton Options seminar in Raleigh, N.C. Jan. 20....

Commodity forecast gloomy for 2009 

Jan 13, 2009

U.S. farmers and their commodity organizations won’t have to spend as much time defending farm programs from claims they’re no longer needed because of high grain prices this year....

Dale Monks named Extension Cotton Specialist of Year 

Jan 12, 2009

A group of cotton industry experts have named C. Dale Monks, professor and Extension cotton specialist with Auburn University, as the 2008 Extension Cotton Specialist of the Year....

High Cotton winner urges growers to pull together 

Jan 9, 2009,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Times are tough in the cotton industry, but cotton producers have overcome challenges in the past and can do so again if they will stick together, the winner of the 2009 High Cotton Award for the Southwest says....

Ethanol problems cut into corn use figures 

Jan 9, 2009,

By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Statistics tell a troubling story for the U.S. ethanol industry. ...

Danny Locke is Western Region High Cotton winner 

Jan 8, 2009,

By Harry Cline
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Danny Locke is known as a wrangler and horseman as much as he is recognized as a successful cotton farmer....

Jimmy Dodson High Cotton Award winner for Southwest 

Jan 7, 2009,

By Ron Smith
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Jimmy Dodson credits his late father, Giles, with much of his success as a farmer and for his commitment to stewardship of the natural resources he depends on for his living....

Economic crisis weighs on cotton prices 

Jan 7, 2009,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Cotton producers have become accustomed to having their prices whipsawed by events on the other side of the world. ...

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