Friday Cotton eNews

Recognizing that herbicide resistance is a growing threat to efficient cotton production, the National Cotton Council continues to fine-tune its educational effort to help its producer members manage this problem. That includes a page on the NCC's website at http://www.cotton.org/tech/pest/weed-resistance.cfm that contains links to information that can assist producers in making informed decisions and identifying the appropriate management strategies. The NCC will update that page as needed to ensure its members have the best information available as they develop their weed management strategies -- realizing that weed management is not a "one shoe fits all" plan and that one producer may use different weed management strategies for different fields.

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(National Cotton Council) The National Cotton Council (NCC) congratulated House Agriculture Committee Chairman Frank Lucas (R-OK) and Ranking Member Collin Peterson (D-MN) for their efforts in moving new farm legislation through that Committee.

(Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal) Northeast Mississippi farmers finally had a chance to get into the ground this week.

(Cotton 24/7) For Steve Moore, the lingering drought in the Southwest has provided a trial by fire for the varieties on his farm.

(AgFax) To officially close what certainly was a less-than-stellar year for High Plains cotton, the National Agricultural Statistics Service issued final 2012-crop production figures showing that High Plains growers produced about 2.93 million bales of cotton last year, an increase from the 1.81 million 480-pound bales produced during the 2011 growing season and very close to the 2.92 million bales projected by NASS in their January 2013 report.

(Farm Press) Arkansas' cotton, rice and corn growers are making a late-inning rally after a spring-long rain-and-cold delay that kept them from planting their crops.

(AgriPulse) Two days after a five-year farm bill passed out of both the Senate and House Agriculture Committees, Washington agricultural groups expressed their support for the progress while hinting at the battles to come on the House and Senate floors and during conference.

(Farm Press) U.S. Senator Thad Cochran, (R-Miss.), says legislation to exempt small farms from EPA fuel storage requirements has been incorporated into the Senate-passed Water Resources Development Act of 2013 (WRDA).



(Farm Progress) Senate Ag Committee Chairwoman recaps Farm Bill provisions, indicates timeline.

(AgriPulse) The House Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security today heard testimony challenging legislation that would create a new guest worker program and cap the number of visas available to farm workers at 500,000.

(Fibre2Fashion) The first U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) cotton forecast for 2013/14 projects that world cotton production will decrease while consumption increases, although consumption is expected to remain below production for the fourth consecutive season.

(AgFax) July slipped to a modest loss overnight just below lows of the previous two inside-range sessions.

(Wall Street Journal) On May 20, 1873, Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis received a patent for the use of copper rivet fasteners on denim trousers -- and thus the blue jean was officially born.

(Cotton 24/7) Dr. Ed Barnes of Cotton Incorporated provides a glimpse at what's next for agriculture's bold frontier - precision technology.

(AgWeb) Farmland values continue on an upward path in 2013 compared to year-ago rates, but more modest movement is expected as the year progresses, according to a Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago survey of more than 200 district agricultural bankers.

(Farm Press) The U.S. Supreme Court ruling against an Indiana soybean farmer who planted Monsanto's Roundup Ready soybean seed without the company's approval affirms the future of seed biotechnology, according to Monsanto officials.

(Cotton 24/7) As the population in rural America shrinks, Congress must make farming a viable economic option.

(Farm Press) "As early as I can remember," says Keith Morton, "I couldn't imagine doing anything other than farming.

(Farm Press) Dale Monks still recalls the day when Patrick Doyle, a beloved Middle Tennessee State University biology professor, gave his students the lowdown on what would likely prove to be the biggest challenge of their careers.