Georgia Cotton Commission

The Georgia Cotton Commission is pleased to announce the guest speakers at the Commission’s 2025 Mid-Year Meeting scheduled for Wednesday, July 23, 2025, at the Nesmith-Lane Conference Center in Statesboro. The Mid-Year Meeting is held in conjunction with a UGA Cotton Pre-Harvest Workshop conducted by members of the UGA Research & Extension Cotton Team. The UGA Cotton Pre-Harvest Workshop will feature sessions where attendees will receive a 2025 crop update and defoliation considerations, pre-harvest economic update and marketing considerations and late season pest management considerations.

The Georgia Cotton Commission is pleased to announce the guest speakers at the Commission’s Mid-Year Meeting scheduled for July 23, 2025. The UGA Cotton Pre-Harvest Workshop will feature sessions where attendees will receive a 2025 crop update and defoliation considerations, pre-harvest economic update and marketing considerations, and late-season pest management considerations.

The program speakers are Tas Smith, Vice President for Producer Affairs for the National Cotton Council, and Akiko Inui, Chair of The Cotton Board.

About the Georgia Cotton Commission

The Georgia Cotton Commission, established in 1965, is a producer-funded organization located in Perry, Georgia at the Georgia National Fairgrounds and Agricenter. Georgia’s cotton growers vote by referendum every three years to maintain the Commission’s operation. Producers pay a per bale assessment enabling the Commission to invest in programs of research, promotion and education. The Georgia Cotton Commission advances the interest of the cotton producers by supporting programs of the National Cotton Council (NCC) and Southern Cotton Growers. The Commission’s budget supports these organizations, and it is by virtue of this support that all cotton growers are members of each.

The National Cotton Council is a central organization that represents all seven segments of the United States cotton industry: producers, ginners, warehousers, cottonseed, merchants, cooperatives and manufacturers. The NCC acts both to create favorable legislative and regulatory policies and to promote and increase profitability of the cotton industry in worldwide fiber and cottonseed markets through their international arm, Cotton Council International. The Southern Cotton Growers, Inc., provides representation at the regional level and serves as the policy-formulating group for the southeastern cotton producing states.

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Contact Us

The Georgia Cotton Commission
P.O. Box 1464
Perry, GA 31069
(478) 988-4235
taylor@georgiacotton.org