Greetings,
We hope that harvest is off to a bountiful and safe start in your corner of the state. As always, please forward this message to anyone you think would benefit from reading it and do not hesitate to contact us if we can ever be of service.
Georgia Cotton Commission
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Shurley: Understanding the Cotton Marketing Loan and LDP/MLG
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Cotton is a “loan eligible” crop. Bales of cotton can be stored and the producer receives a government CCC loan, pledging the cotton as collateral. The loan program is not meant to be a major marketing tool, but it can be and it is for some producers. The Loan provides cash flow and can serve to reduce price risk.
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Coley, Meeks Reappointed to Cotton Commission Board
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In late July, the Commodity Commission Ex-Officio Committee met to make appointments to the Georgia Cotton Commission Board of Directors. GCC Vice Chairman Matt Coley, a cotton and peanut farmer from Vienna; and director Steven Meeks a cotton, peanut, tobacco, and timber producer from Screven, were both reappointed to another three year term on the Commission’s board of directors.
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Upcoming Events & Deadlines
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- October 8, 2019 - UGA-USDA Producer Education Meetings - Bainbridge, Tifton
- October 9, 2019 - UGA-USDA Producer Education Meetings - Douglas, Reynolds
- October 10, 2019 - UGA-USDA Producer Education Meeting - Waynesboro
- October 11, 2019 - UGA-USDA Producer Education Meeting - Bogart, Cartersville
- January 8-10, 2020 - Beltwide Cotton Conferences, Austin, TX
- January 15-19, 2020 - Southern Cotton Growers Annual Meeting, Savannah
- January 29, 2020 - Georgia Cotton Commission Annual Meeting, Tifton
- February 14-16, 2020 - National Cotton Council Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA
- March 15, 2020 - 2019 ARC/PLC Program Election Deadline
- June 30, 2020 - 2020 ARC/PLC Program Election Deadline
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Whitaker on Cotton Defoliation & Harvest.
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It’s seems like just yesterday we were planting the 2019 Georgia cotton crop, yet here at the end of September producers have already gotten started with defoliation and harvest. We typically get started at the end of September, but things are moving faster this year. Much of this is due to the challenges we’ve faced with tropical systems over the past three years. Producers have made efforts to limit our exposure to the risks associated with these storms by spreading out planting, particularly by planting more of the crop earlier in the window such that their crop isn’t entirely exposed to wind and rain damage regardless of when it occurs. Earlier plantings, along with limited rainfall and relentless heat have pushed many acres to be harvestable much earlier than usual. Overall, the entire Georgia crop is maturing earlier than I’ve seen in quite a few years. Harvest progress is ahead of schedule compared to most years, but there is a long way to go before we get the entire crop to the gin.
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Through check off dollars, all cotton farmers in Georgia are dues paying members of both the National Cotton Council of America and the Southern Cotton Growers. For more information, please visit their websites by clicking their respective logos.
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- Attended Southern Cotton Growers Mid-Year Board Meeting
- Attended East Georgia Soil Health Field Day
- Held Annual GCC Research Review Day
- Attended American Cotton Producers Summer meeting
- Attended Sunbelt Expo Field Day
- Met with UGA Cotton Team
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- Met with Georgia Department of Agriculture State Seed Lab
- Participated in Southern Cotton Growers conference call
- Sent "Cotton: The Story" education kits to educators in Brooks, Jasper, and Cherokee Counties
- Sent "Cotton: The Story" educational kits to educators in California and Florida
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- Attended Georgia Farm Bureau Commodity Conference and Cotton Advisory Committee Meeting
- Attended UGA Midville Field Day
- Attended Staplcotn Advisory Board Meeting
- Attended State Ginners Meeting
- Update call from UGA Crop& Soils Department Head, Dr. Janine Sherrier
- Submitted nominations for Georgia delegation to the National Cotton Council of America
- Met with UGA CAES Administration
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- Finalized details for ABAC Ag Classic Sponsorship
- Submitted comments to EPA on Glyphosate registration review
- Attended UGA Northeast Georgia Cotton & Soybean Field Day
- Sent "Cotton: The Story" educational kits to educators in Appling, Walton, and Banks Counties
- Sent "Cotton: The Story" educational kits to educators in Indiana and Minnesota
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- Attended UGA Cotton & Peanut Field Day
- Participated in conference calls with Southern Cotton Growers and National Cotton Council of America
- Spoke to Georgia House of Representatives Committee on Agriculture and Consumer Affairs on state of cotton production in Georgia
- Attended Joint Agriculture Chairmen's Ag Issues Summit
- Participated in National Cotton Council of America Farm Bill Webinars
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- Sent "Cotton: The Story" educational kits to educators in Bartow, Fulton, Coweta, Randolph, Paulding, Hall, Dawson, Pierce, Forsyth, Carroll, Decatur, Cherokee, and Whitfield Counties
- Sent "Cotton: The Story" educational kits to educators in Tennessee, Ohio, Washington, Texas, Wisconsin, Illinois, Missouri, Michigan, Minnesota, Arkansas, Iowa, North Carolina, West Virginia, Florida, Arizona, Idaho, Puerto Rico, Virginia, New Hampshire, South Carolina, Utah, Oregon, Kansas, New Mexico, New York, Colorado, and Alaska
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Georgia Cotton Commission
Board of Directors
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Bart Davis
Chairman
Colquitt County
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Matt Coley
Vice-Chairman
Dooly County
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Lee Cromley
Bulloch County
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Steven Meeks
Wayne County
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Chris Hopkins
Toombs County
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Gary Black
Commissioner
Georgia Department of Agriculture
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Gerald Long
President
Georgia Farm Bureau
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Richey Seaton
Executive Director
richey@georgiacotton.org
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Martha Harris
Office Manager
martha@georgiacotton.org
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Taylor Sills
Director of Public Affairs
taylor@georgiacotton.org
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