USDA Agricultural Disaster Assistance Programs
This site contains a NCC-prepared summary of the 2017 Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity Program.
2018 Seed Cotton Program Information
2018 Seed Cotton Program: FSA news releases, summary, PLC payment matrix, powerpoint presentations and webinars
Committee for the Advancement of Cotton
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2018 Farm Bill Information
Links to documents and web sites containing information regarding the 2018 farm bill
Latest News
USDA January Production Report 02/11/2019: In its January Annual crop report, USDA estimated a 2018-19 U.S. crop of 18.39 million bales. Learn more NCC Welcomes FSA Offices Reopening 01/22/2019: The NCC greatly appreciates USDA and the Administration for reopening all Farm Service Agency offices and bringing back staff to conduct services essential to cotton producers and the entire cotton industry. Learn more Eric Hequet Receives 2018 Cotton Genetics Research Award 01/10/2019: Dr. Eric Hequet, a former cotton breeder and current chair of Texas Tech University’s Plant & Soil Science Department in Lubbock, has been selected by the Joint Cotton Breeding Committee as the recipient of the 2018 Cotton Genetics Research Award. Learn more New Farm Law Will Underpin U.S. Agriculture 12/20/2018: The NCC is very appreciative of Congress, President Donald Trump and Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue for their efforts on the new farm law. Learn more Tariff Mitigation Assistance Appreciated 12/17/2018: The NCC conveyed its thanks to President Trump and Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue for authorizing the second round of trade mitigation payments aimed at assisting farmers suffering from damage due to unjustified trade retaliation by foreign nations. Learn moreUpcoming Events
Joint Cotton Industry Bale Packaging Committee Meeting Feb 27 Embassy Suites, 1022 S Shady Grove Rd, Memphis, TN Learn more Cotton Board Meeting Mar 4 L’Auberge Del Mar, Del Mar, CA Learn more Staplcotn and Stapldiscount Board Meeting Mar 20 Greenwood, MS Learn more Calcot Ltd Board of Directors Meeting Mar 21 Bakersfield, CA Learn more TCGA Annual Meeting and Trade Show Apr 4 Lubbock Memorial Civic Center, Lubbock, TX. Learn more Plains Cotton Growers Quarterly Board Meeting Apr 5 Lubbock Memorial Civic Center, Lubbock, TX Learn moreCotton Facts
Member Spotlight
Paco Ollerton
Paco Ollerton is president of the Cotton Foundation and an advisor to the National Cotton Council’s Board. He has served on multiple NCC committees and previously served as Arizona co-chair of the NCC’s American Cotton Producers. He participated in the NCC’s Producer Information Exchange and Multi-Commodity Education programs. He is chairman of the Arizona Cotton Growers Association and chaired the Arizona Cotton Research and Protection Council from 1999-01 and 2009-13.
A University of Arizona graduate, Ollerton is a third- generation farmer and has been owner/partner in Bar U-7 Farms/Tierra Verde Farms in Casa Grande since 1980. He was the 1996 recipient of the Arizona Cotton Growers Joe Sheely award, was Farm Press Publications’ High Cotton Award recipient for the West in 2003 and was named the 2017 Pinal County Farm Bureau Farmer of the Year. Ollerton and his wife, Tracy, live in Casa Grande. He has two adult children, Robyn and Byron.
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