Cotton Marketing News:  Cotton Bulls Continue to Run

Cotton Marketing News: Cotton Bulls Continue to Run

Don Shurley, UGA Professor Emeritus of Cotton Economics Today’s USDA reports were mostly neutral to either slightly bearish or slightly bullish depending on your viewpoint.  Regardless, prices took off anyway.  There are some factors in play that production and...
Friday Feature:  Million Dollar Cotton Picker

Friday Feature: Million Dollar Cotton Picker

There was a wide range of new and innovative machinery and equipment on display at the recent Sunbelt Ag Expo.  One that generated a good deal of excitement was John Deere’s brand new CP 770 six-row Cotton Picker. According to John Deere, “the all-new...
Defoliating Cotton to Create Florida’s Snowy Fields

Defoliating Cotton to Create Florida’s Snowy Fields

  Ethan Carter, Regional Crop IPM Agent, David Wright, UF/IFAS Agronomist, & Mark Mauldin, Washington County Extension Ag Agent   It’s that time of year again, cotton defoliation is hot on the heels of peanut harvest. Many farmers are in the middle of...
2021 Cotton Production Issues in the Western Panhandle

2021 Cotton Production Issues in the Western Panhandle

The 2021 growing season has not been a good one for cotton producers in the Western Panhandle of Florida.  An overabundance of rain, lack of sunshine, and poor overall conditions has led to cotton looking less than stellar.  Though plants look good when whizzing by at...