Cotton Grower

The National Cotton Council of America released a statement commending Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Ranking Member John Boozman for releasing a Farm Bill framework that significantly boosts the safety net for production agriculture. As the statement notes, “Now that two Senate proposals have been released – and a strong Farm Bill has passed the House Agriculture Committee with bipartisan support – the NCC urges all parties to work together to ensure a final Farm Bill is enacted in the coming months. Many segments of our industry are struggling as they weather high production costs and uncertain global demand. Simply put, farmers need assistance this year; and an extension of current law is not acceptable.” 🔗 Keep Reading: https://lnkd.in/efNBbkcc #Cotton #Agribusiness #CottonCompanion

Jay Mahaffey’s job as Science Fellow at the Bayer Learning Center in Scott, MS, is to help answer all sorts of agronomic questions about cotton, corn, and soybeans — primarily cotton. And that’s good, because, most importantly, he always wants to know why. “I don’t necessarily accept much at face value,” he says. “I want to know the details.” With 400 acres at the ancestral home of Delta and Pine Land Company, he has plenty of room to explore those details. So, when he was approached about seed increases for some historically successful, non-traited cotton varieties, he was intrigued.  Keep Reading: https://lnkd.in/gaU9YAkT #CottonCompanion #Agribusiness #Agrimarketing

Cotton Companion: ACSA’s 100 Years Serving U.S. Cotton Buddy Allen of the American Cotton Shippers Association recently joined Beck Barnes and Jim Steadman on the podcast to discuss the range of work the organization provides to the U.S. cotton industry, plus some history leading up to the group’s upcoming 100th anniversary. Turn up the volume and listen in: https://lnkd.in/gJgAFsPK #CottonCompanion #Agribusiness #AgRetail #CottonGrowers

Shurley: Cotton’s Price Progress Takes a Tumble Recent bearish fundamentals have been just too much for the market to stand, and it all came crashing down this past week. Since the most recent recovery and “peak” at over 75 cents, prices (December 2024 futures) have now lost almost 4½ cents. Prices lost almost two cents after the June 28 USDA Acreage report and followed through with another 2+ cents this past week. The July 5 close at just under 71 cents is the contract low and squarely puts us at the bottom end of price expectations for this year’s crop. Keep Reading: https://lnkd.in/gxQa8Yh8 #CottonGrowers #CottonCompanion #Agribusiness

Crop Scan Ag Report: Helpful Rains, Watching Insect Pressure After some helpful rains across most of the Cotton Belt, the overall crop appears to be in pretty good shape moving into insect management time, with an eye on plant bugs and moth flights. And concerns, too, over what the remnants of Hurricane Beryl will bring to south, central, and eastern Texas and parts of the Mid-South. Since the last update, moisture has been our biggest concern. 🔗 Continue Reading: https://lnkd.in/eNfzkfUu. #AgRetail #CottonCompanion #Agribusiness

Stagnant Demand, July 4 Showers Dampen Cotton Prices The demand bug will just not go away. Cotton is desperately searching for market share and continues to be battered by acid-based polyester, as well as the ever-growing promotion of another high rising competitor, bamboo fiber. Coupled with good showers across most of the U.S. acreage, prices took a nosedive as the July 4 Independence Day celebrations ended. If those major factors were not bearish enough, U.S. economic data showed that manufacturing jobs continue to be lost and that the only real job growth remains in government. 🔗 Continue Reading: https://lnkd.in/eXFsaVF4 #Agribusiness #CottonGrowers #CottonCompanion #Farming

FibreTrace®, a real-time verification solution for fiber integrity, is partnering with Target Corp. and Cargill in a shared commitment to cotton sustainability and transparency in the apparel and home products industries. FibreTrace integrates luminescent pigments into raw cotton during the ginning process, creating a unique signature that allows the pigments to be tracked and identified across the global supply chain. By leveraging FibreTrace’s technology, Target Corp. can trace and verify the origin of fiber in real-time, promoting accountability throughout the global textile supply chain and increasing the value of digital-only traceability solutions.

🚨 Cotton Companion: Weed Control’s Latest Issues, Challenges and Opportunities 🚨 Dr. Larry Steckel, Tennessee Extension weed specialist, joins Beck Barnes and Jim Steadman on the podcast in our annual plot-side interview to discuss current weed management issues and challenges, plus some promising new solutions. 🎧 Turn up the volume and listen in: https://lnkd.in/eWENXQ7j #CottonCompanion #Agribusiness #CottonGrowers

Sustainable agriculture is not just about growing crops, it's about caring for the soil, the water, the air, and all the living things that depend on them.Cotton Grower

AMVAC: An American Vanguard Company, has announced the promotion of industry veteran Rick Rice to Business Unit Leader, Application Technologies. In his new role, Rice leads the company’s application technology business unit (ATBU) which oversees the commercial aspects of AMVAC’s SmartBox and Lock’N Load legacy systems, as well as SIMPAS technologies (SIMPAS, SmartBox+/SIMPAS Solo), SIMPAS-applied Solutions and ULTIMUS. Under Rice’s leadership, AMVAC’s ATBU will continue its commitment to positioning the company’s precision ag technologies as tailored solutions to address evolving market demands. Continue Reading: https://ow.ly/zcGZ50SpAtG #CottonGrowers #Agribusiness #CottonIndustry