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Our website offers the following features for you our client:

Market Quotes • eCot• Weather • News / Commentary • Alert Information

Farm Bill

National Cotton Council : Click here. Log in required.

Understanding the Cotton Marketing Loan and LDP/MLG

USDA-Disaster Assistance Discovery Tool

Planter Prep Tips - a Free Guide

Best Bets For Controlling Spring Weeds

Proper Harvest Moisture Levels - Round Modules

Handling Seed Cotton Exposed to Rain

Cotton Byproducts Supplement Cattle Feed

Seed Coat Fragments Explained

 Watch For Cotton Diseases and Be Ready to Handle

4 Highly Effective Financial Habits for Farmers

Picker and Combine Fire Prevention

The New Round Module Wrap Standard

Accidents Happen. Don't Lose the Farm Because of Them

Podcast-Building Trust for U.S. Cotton

Technology to Remotely Monitor and Manage Irrigation

Cotton & Coffee Series - S3, Episode 1, Robotics and Combatting Contamination

Cotton & Coffee Series - S3, Episode 2, Cotton Incorporated Efforts in Asia

Cotton & Coffee Series - S3, Episode 3, Cotton Growers Information Hub

Cotton & Coffee Series - S3, Episode 4, Cotton Incorporated Innovations

Cotton & Coffee Series - S3, Episode 5, Focus On Sustainability

Cotton & Coffee Series - S3, Episode 6, Planting Seed Quality

Cotton & Coffee Series - S3, Episode 7, Cotton Imports 101 & The Importer Support Program

 

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UGA Tifton Conference Center

Georgia Grown

DTN/Progressive Farmer


 Cotton in the Community:

Photo Gallery

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Photo Credit: Megan Odom

 

Photo Credit: Megan Odom


 
  • Rain Gauges - Need a gauge for your farms?  Stop by the office and grab a few!  New color - gauges have been restocked and are available in clear now!
  • Round Bales - If you are using a round bale picker, you can haul your own rounds to the gin.  Please call Jackson Hammack at the gin, 229-723-6600, for more details.

Bale Contamination

2022 Crop Government Premiums and Discounts

LDP Information

Classing Information

Tools

  • Cotton Host - Don't forget you can check your farm production day by day - all you need is your producer number and a password.  If you haven't gotten your password yet, call the office - we'll get you set up.

Resources

US Cotton Trust Protocol - Producer participation needed! Sign up today.

USCTP - Webinars to help Producers sign up

US Cotton Trust Protocol 

Newsletter - USDA Cotton & Tobacco Program

NEW!!  from Cotton Inc., Cotton Cultivated, a new web-based tool for cotton industry information

from The Cotton Board: FOCUS ON COTTON webacasts

Southeast Farm Press

Agricultural Marketing Resource Center

Georgia Cotton News

DTN Free Resources

Georgia Cotton Commission

AgriCharts

Cotton Farming

AgFax

 

 

   

 

 

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National Newswire

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Georgia USDA Newswire

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Commentary
Mixed Close for Cotton Futures -

The cotton market ended the final trade day of the week with a 27 point loss in July, but 15 to 28 point gains in new crop. July fell by 201 points

July Hogs Led the Friday Rally -

July lean hog futures closed ~60 cents under their session high, but still up by a 2.8%. That netted a weekly gain of $4.97. The other front months

Cattle Turned Around for Mostly Higher Close -

The live cattle futures market reversed course and ended Friday mostly higher. June and August futures ended in the red by 55 and 40 cents

Chicago Wheat Rallies on Friday -

CBT SRW futures closed with Friday gains of 1 1/4 to 4 cents. That left the July contract at a net 11 1/4 cent gain for the week. KC HRW futures

Meal Slides as Beans and Oil Rally -

Soymeal missed out on Friday buying as beans closed with 1.2% to 1.7% gains and soy oil rallied nearly 4%. For July soybeans that left the board at

Red Close for Friday Corn Trade -

Corn futures ended the report day near their initial report marks. July closed with a 6 cent loss for the session, which flipped the board net lower

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