APRIL 2012 GEORGIA COTTON NEWSLETTER

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NO SURPRISES IN COTTON ACRES IN USDA PROSPECTIVE PLANTING REPORT (MARCH 30,2012)

No surprises in the intended cotton acres for 2012 in the March 30, 2012 USDA prospective planting report. The U.S. cotton acreage is projected to be down 11% at 13,155,000 acres. Listen to Dr. Don Shurley,

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MARCH COTTON UPDATES

MARCH COTTON UPDATES

Dr. Don Shurley, University of Georgia Extension cotton economist, talks whether farmers need to hold onto or sell old crop cotton on On The Farm- OTF-ShurleyCottonMarketUpdate3-23-12

Dr. Shurley talks high cotton

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$1.1 MILLION GRANT FOR FARMERS TO USE HEAVY RESIDUE FOR PIGWEED CONTROL

$1.1 MILLION GRANT FOR FARMERS TO USE HEAVY RESIDUE FOR PIGWEED CONTROL

Dr. Stanley Culpepper, University of Georgia Extension weed scientist, just announced:

A $1.1 million was just approved by USDA/NRCS to extend the heavy

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Cotton Market Update and 2012 cotton costs and return budgets

Listen to Dr. Don Shurley, University of Georgia Extension economist, gives a cotton market update at OTF-Shurleycottonmarketupdate3-2-12 and crop decisions on uncommitted acreage at OTF-ShurleyCropDecisions

Dr. Shurley has released the 2012 cotton costs and return budget

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Dr. Stanley Culpepper talks controlling weeds in cotton

Dr. Stanley Culpepper, University of Georgia Extension weed scientist, talks controlling weeds in cotton on a series of On The Farm radio programs.

Listen to Dr. Culpepper discuss controlling Palmer Armaranth (pigweed)-OTF-CulpepperPigweedControl

Listen to Dr. Culpepper discuss how Palmer Armaranth can

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2011 Georgia County Cotton Variety Trials

2011 UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA COTTON VARIETY PERFORMANCE EVALUATION PROGRAM

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2012 Crop Comparison Tool

The 2012 Crop Comparison Tool has been uploaded to the CAES Attachment links listed below and will soon be posted to the Ag & Applied Economics page. NOTE: This crop comparison tool includes a BRAND

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2011 Georgia Corn OVTs, 2012 Corn Production Guide and Upcoming Meetings

The 2011 Georgia official corn variety trials can be found at http://www.caes.uga.edu/applications/publications/files/pdf/AP%20101-3_1.PDF

The 2012 Georgia corn production guide can be accessed at 2012CompleteCornProductionGuide

UPCOMING COFFEE COUNTY EXTENSION MEETINGS

TIMBER SALES FOR PRIVATE

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2011 PLAINS COTTON OVT RESULTS AND COTTON MARKET TAKES A BLOOD BATH

COTTON MARKET TAKES A BLOOD BATH

Cotton futures took a blood bath Thursday and Friday tumbling almost ten cents from the $1.04 earlier in the week off of good news of lower estimates

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