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Arkansas Cotton: Ginning Season Goes into Extra Innings
Truck backing up to unload cotton module onto gin conveyor belt. ©Debra L Ferguson For the second straight year, Arkansas’ “ginning season” may go into extra innings. Despite the wet weather delays, growers had good reason to be optimistic about their 2019 crop, both Bill Robertson, extension cotton agronomist, and Scott Stiles, extension economist for the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture, said. The optimism is palpable, taking the form of a bale backlog at some gins.
Southern Farm Show Returns
The Southern Farm Show will celebrate its 43rd year at the NC State Fairgrounds in Raleigh February 5-7. The largest annual agricultural exposition in the Carolinas and Virginia, the show hosts over 400 companies filling over 300,000 square feet of exhibit space. The 2020 show has again grown is size, with major expansions happening in two of the five exhibit tents. These tents are used to handle overflow exhibitors from the fairgrounds’ four permanent exhibit halls.
South Carolina: 2 Upcoming Cotton, Peanut Meetings, Jan 28, 30
Southeast farmers can learn tips to maximize profitability of cotton and peanut crops at annual meetings planned by the Clemson University Cooperative Extension Service this month. The annual South Carolina Cotton Growers Meeting will be 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Jan. 28 at the Santee Conference Center, 1737 Bass Drive, Santee, S.C. 27142. Registration begins at 8:15 a.m. A dicamba training will be held after the meeting adjourns. The annual South Carolina Peanut Growers Meeting will follow on Jan.
Louisiana: AgCenter Seminar Focuses on Improving Crop Production
Rice waits to be harvested by the combine in the background. Photo: Bruce Schultz, LSU AgCenter An LSU AgCenter scientist is researching ways to increase food production by manipulating the processes of photosynthesis and photorespiration. Plant physiologist Paul South discussed his research at a seminar held at the AgCenter on Jan. 13.
Texas: Upper Gulf Coast Feed Grain, Cotton Conference, Crescent, Jan. 23
Blooming cotton field next to to corn with maturing ears. ©Debra L Ferguson Stock Photography Texas A&M AgriLife Extension in Wharton, Matagorda, Jackson, and Colorado Counties are happy to announce the Upper Gulf Coast Feed Grain and Cotton Conference for Thursday, January 23, 2020. This year’s conference will be held in Crescent Hall at the Wharton County Fairgrounds at 6036 FM 961 Road Wharton, Texas 77488.
Georgia Peanut Farm Show Provides Day of Education for Farmers
More than 1,600 attendees were able to fine-tune their farming operations with information gained at the 44th annual Georgia Peanut Farm Show and Conference on Jan. 16, 2020, at the University of Georgia Tifton Campus Conference Center in Tifton, Georgia. The show is sponsored by the Georgia Peanut Commission. The one-day show offered farmers a chance to view the products and services of 113 exhibitors, as well as a day of education.
Ag Trade: Senate Passes USMCA, Providing Reassurance, Certainty to Farmers
Just one day after the U.S. and China signed a Phase One trade deal, the Senate passed the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Trade Agreement (USMCA). Wall Street Journal writer William Mauldin reported on Thursday that, “The U.S. Senate easily passed an overhaul of North America’s trade rules on Thursday, sending a major Trump administration priority to the president’s desk.
NOAA Drought Outlook Seasonal - Feb., March, April
©Debra L Ferguson Stock Images After drought (D1-D4) in the contiguous U.S. rose to 21.2% in late October (from a minimum of 2.3% on April 23) when late summer and early autumn flash drought conditions overspread the Southeast and mid-Atlantic, wet weather across the eastern half of the Nation during the past 90-days have nearly eliminated drought east of the Mississippi River. As of Jan.
Drought Monitor Weekly: Heavy Precipitation in the East
Summary Warmer than normal temperatures were common this week over the eastern half of the continental U.S., while temperatures were primarily near normal over the western half, with a few exceptions. Moderate to heavy precipitation was common this week along and east of the Interstate 35 corridor, excepting parts of the Northeast and the Florida Peninsula. In the West, moderate to heavy precipitation also fell in some of the higher elevation areas.
USDA: Peanut Price Highlights
Peanut prices received by farmers for all farmer stock peanuts averaged 23.3 cents per pound for the week ending January 11, up 1.9 cents from the previous week. Marketings of all farmer stock peanuts for the week ending January 11 totaled 21.3 million pounds, down 7.51 million pounds from the previous week. Runner-type peanut prices averaged 19.5 cents per pound for the week ending January 11, up 0.6 cent from the previous week.
Weekly Cotton Market Review - USDA
Spot quotations averaged 101 points higher than the previous week, according to the USDA, Agricultural Marketing Service’s Cotton and Tobacco Program. Quotations for the base quality of cotton (color 41, leaf 4, staple 34, mike 35-36 and 43-49, strength 27.0-28.9, and uniformity 81.0-81.9) in the seven designated markets averaged 66.49 cents per pound for the week ending Thursday, January 16, 2020.
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