Greetings!
We at the Georgia Cotton Commission wish you a safe and prosperous harvest season and ask your continued prayers for members of the cotton industry in the Carolinas that were affected by Hurricane Florence. Thank you again for subscribing to our online newsletter and as always, if we can ever do anything for you, do no hesitate to reach out to us.
Georgia Cotton Commission
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NCC Contamination Prevention Modules
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Our partners at the National Cotton Council of America made this series of educational
modules
directed at cotton producers and ginners, as well as their respective employees who work in the growing, harvest, transportation, and ginning of cotton, to help prevent plastic contamination in cotton. A big thank you to them for being so proactive on this important issue.
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Georgia Highlights Sustainability & Efficiency to Manufacturers
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Earlier this year, representatives of Wal-Mart, Hanes Brands, and Fruit of the Loom traveled to Georgia to see first-hand how efficient cotton production is here in Georgia. The trip was organized by Dr. Ed Barnes, Senior Director of Agricultural & Environmental Research at Cotton Incorporated. Participants stopped at the office of the Georgia Cotton Commission in Perry and visited two farms in Macon County to see the work done by UGA Extension Irrigation & Precision Ag Specialist Dr. Wes Porter on producer funded research through Cotton Incorporated.
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Upcoming Events & Deadlines
- November 12, Wildfire/Hurricane Indemnity Program sign-up deadline
- December 7, Seed cotton base reallocation deadline
- January 8-10, Beltwide Cotton Conferences, New Orleans Marriott, New Orleans, LA
- January 15, Market Facilitation Program sign-up deadline
- January 16-19, Southern Cotton Growers Annual Meeting, Westin Hilton Head, Hilton Head Island, SC
- January 30th, Georgia Cotton Commission Annual Meeting, UGA Tifton Campus Conference Center, Tifton
- February 8-10, National Cotton Council Annual Meeting, Marriott Rivercenter, San Antonio, TX
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Cotton Producer Profiles on YouTube
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Over the coming months, we will be featuring cotton growers from across the state on our YouTube Channel. Please watch these videos and share them with others as we tell the story of cotton!
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Defoliation with Limited Supply of Thidiazuron
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Most of our early planted cotton is quickly approaching (and has approached in some areas) time for defoliation. Cotton defoliation tends to be one of the most important aspects of cotton production each year. Timing and product selection are two of the more critical components regarding defoliation and confusion occurs not only by the thousands of tank mix concoctions but also the differences in personalities of growers with some wanting to pull the trigger too early and some wanting to wait on the very last boll to crack.
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FSA Administrator Tours Georgia; Cotton Highlighted
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In September, USDA-FSA Administrator Richard Fordyce, a soybean, corn, and cattle farmer from Missouri, toured Georgia. One stop on his tour was to Cromley Farms in Bulloch County, the farm of GCC board member Lee Cromley. In addition to learning about cotton and peanut production, local growers asked questions about new FSA programs related to cotton and Fordyce shared with them the administration's vision for the FSA going forward.
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- Attended Southern Cotton Growers Mid Year Meeting, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
- Attended UGA Field Day, Watkinsville
- Attended Sun Belt Field Day, Moultrie
- Attended summer meeting of American Cotton Producers, San Antonio, Texas
- Hosted and participated in cotton irrigation sensor tour with Cotton Incorporated and representatives from Wal-Mart, Hanes Brands, and Fruit of the Loom
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- Sponsored and attended Northwest Georgia UGA scout school, Taylorsville
- Interviewed by AJC on trade issues
- Attended meeting hosted by Georgia Farm Bureau on technology fees with Bayer
- Sent "Cotton: The Story" educational kits and/or other materials to educators in Tift, Troup, Henry, and Pickens Counties
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- Attended Georgia Farm Bureau Commodity Conference, Tifton
- Attended UGA Field Day, Midville
- Attended National Cotton Council Mid-Year Board Meeting, Nashville, Tennessee
- National Cottonseed Products Association Meeting, Atlanta
- Wrote support letters for the re-registration of glyphosate, acephate, and dicamba
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- Wrote Farm Bill Support letter
- Wrote letters in support of UGA CAES researchers
- Attended state cotton ginners meeting, Tifton
- Attended Joint Agriculture Issues Summit, Perry
- Sent “Cotton: The Story” educational kits to educators in Cobb, Carroll, Early, Irwin, Lanier, and Tift Counties
- Sent "Cotton: The Story" educational kits to educators in Florida.
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- Attended UGA Cotton & Peanut Field Day, Tifton
- Attended UGA/FSA Producer Education Meetings in Bainbridge, Perry, Statesboro, Tifton, Cartersville, and Watkinsville
- Attended Southern Cotton Growers DC Fly-in, Washington, DC
- Sent out contamination mailers
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- Met with USDA-FSA Administrator, Brooklet
- Met with UGA CAES administration with other commodity commission representatives
- Meeting with Senator David Perdue, Moultrie
- Sent "Cotton: The Story" educational kits to educators in Pickens County.
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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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Jimmy Webb
Calhoun 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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