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		<title>2012 Georgia Feral Hog Survey</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 17:32:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We encourage you to take a few minutes, complete the survey you received in the mail awhile back and return it to: Dr. Michael T. Mengak Professor &#8211; Wildlife Specialist Warnell School of Forestry &#38; Natural Resources University of Georgia Athens, GA  30602 Contact Dr. Mengak with any questions: Phone: 706.583.8096 Click the link for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gactn.wordpress.com&amp;blog=23394196&amp;post=164&amp;subd=gactn&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>NCC Executive Outlines Reasoning Behind STAX Proposal</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 16:38:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Cotton Grower) Addressing the joint meeting of the National Crop Insurance Services and American Association of Crop Insurers, National Cotton Council President/CEO Mark Lange laid out the circumstances that brought the U.S. cotton industry to endorse a sweeping change in cotton policy. http://www.cotton247.com/news/cg/?storyid=2746 &#160;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gactn.wordpress.com&amp;blog=23394196&amp;post=156&amp;subd=gactn&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>THE NATIONAL COTTON COUNCIL RESPONDS TO  CRITICAL ISSUES IN 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 16:23:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 2011, the National Cotton Council responded to numerous issues that threatened to undermine U.S. cotton’s profitability. The best example of that response was the crafting and industry adoption of a farm policy that was aimed at maintaining an adequate safety net for producers. That task was difficult because it had to not only meet [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gactn.wordpress.com&amp;blog=23394196&amp;post=152&amp;subd=gactn&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Webb Elected 2012 Cotton Council International President</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 16:19:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[James L. “Jimmy” Webb, a Leary, Ga., cotton producer, will serve as the 2012 president of Cotton Council International (CCI). CCI is the National Cotton Council’s (NCC) export promotions arm and carries out programs in more than 50 countries globally under the COTTON USA trademark. Webb, who moves up from CCI first vice president, was [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gactn.wordpress.com&amp;blog=23394196&amp;post=149&amp;subd=gactn&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>National Cotton Council 2012 State Unit Officers Named</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 14:25:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[National Cotton Council state unit officers for 2012 were elected at the industrywide organization&#8217;s annual meeting held in Fort Worth on February 10-12. Chairmen, vice-chairmen and secretaries, respectively, of the state units are: ALABAMA – Walter Corcoran, Jr., producer, Eufaula; Neal Isbell, producer, Muscle Shoals; and Harold Gaines, ginner, Autaugaville; ARIZONA – Dan Thelander, ginner, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gactn.wordpress.com&amp;blog=23394196&amp;post=145&amp;subd=gactn&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Coley to Lead the National Cotton Council in 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 13:56:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[C.B. &#8220;Chuck&#8221; Coley, a Vienna, GA, producer/ginner, was elected National Cotton Council (NCC) chairman for 2012. Named during the NCC&#8217;s annual meeting held in Fort Worth on February 10-12, he served as the NCC&#8217;s vice chairman in 2011 and succeeds Charles Parker, a Senath, MO, cotton producer. Coley was chairman of the Cotton Foundation in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gactn.wordpress.com&amp;blog=23394196&amp;post=141&amp;subd=gactn&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;COTTON: The Story,&#8221; educational kits sent to Indiana</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 19:22:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Through the Commission&#8217;s outreach and education program, &#8220;COTTON: The Story,&#8221; educational kits were sent to the Indiana Farm Bureau (IFB) and they were distributed to volunteers in 100 of their counties for use in the Ag in the Classroom program.  This resulted in cotton&#8217;s story being studied in 4,550 classrooms and over 111,000 students learning [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gactn.wordpress.com&amp;blog=23394196&amp;post=133&amp;subd=gactn&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Cotton Growers…don’t miss the Georgia Cotton Commission’s 5th Annual Meeting on February 1, in Tifton</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 20:45:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Georgia Cotton Growers mark your calendars and plan to attend this educational event to hear from industry leaders, during the Commission’s annual meeting, and gain important production information presented by the UGA Cotton Team in the workshops. To assist with lunch plans please pre-register FREE online:  www.ugatiftonconference.org  or call 229.386.3416. Direct questions to: Richey Seaton [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gactn.wordpress.com&amp;blog=23394196&amp;post=115&amp;subd=gactn&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Georgia Quality Cotton Awards for the 2011 Crop</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 20:39:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over 70% of US cotton is exported to foreign mills that demand high-quality fiber.  Georgia is second in the number of cotton acres and production in the US cotton belt so the quality of Georgia cotton is important to the US cotton industry.  In addition, fiber quality and yield are important economic factors to optimize [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gactn.wordpress.com&amp;blog=23394196&amp;post=112&amp;subd=gactn&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>2012 Extension Cotton Production Meetings</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 21:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Attention cotton growers: Please mark your calendars and plan to attend your county’s Extension Cotton Production Meeting.  UGA Extension Cotton Team members will share the latest production information from Commission-funded research they conducted.  All the meetings we know of are listed below. Some show the time and place but others don’t because we have not [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gactn.wordpress.com&amp;blog=23394196&amp;post=101&amp;subd=gactn&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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