Articles Tagged with ''National Cotton Council''

Kelly Cushman has been named vice president of political affairs at the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association and Dave Juday has joined Aimpoint Research as a member of its Executive Advisory Group.

Andrew Genasci has been tapped as the new executive director of the San Joaquin Farm Bureau Federation and John Bagan is the new president and CEO of Gelson’s.

Many cotton growers face a critical decision over the next few weeks: whether to switch some of the acreage to wheat, soybeans and other crops because of the significantly higher market prices for those commodities.

The Agriculture Department, along with major agribusiness firms and foundations, are joining with U.S. cotton growers in a series of efforts aimed at filling a growing global demand for textiles that can be produced with a much smaller environmental footprint.

USDA appoints new leadership and Jason Weller joins JBS to lead the company’s sustainability efforts.

Late planting and high temperatures in the Midwest are raising concerns of dicamba damage to non-dicamba-tolerant soybeans and specialty crops as growers struggle to meet state and federal deadlines to apply the volatile herbicide.

Companies and farm groups that are trying to recruit farmers to sign up for climate plans often face skeptical producers who fear that most, if not all, of the financial benefit will go to retailers and manufacturers who get to label their products as good for the environment.

A crop insurance policy that was supposed to ensure cotton growers could make do without traditional commodity programs never fulfilled its promise after hitting the market in 2015. But amid sky-high market prices and input costs this year, southern farmers say buying the policy is looking more and more like a no-brainer.

Margaret Zeigler has been named as the United States representative for the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture, and the National Grocers Association has made several staff promotions.

Rep. Jim Baird, R-Ind., and 65 of his Republican colleagues are urging EPA to take steps to ensure growers can continue to use dicamba in over-the-top applications.