RECAPS
COTTON
Slow & steady
Crop a little behind, but hope
for good, average season
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By Sally Andel
t’s cotton picking time
again! We are experiencing showers almost daily,
but we still have a steady stream
of cotton being picked. We don’t
expect to gin the 150,000 bales
we did last season because the
acres and yields are not there.
Hopefully, we will end up with
a good average season. We have
been busy invoicing cotton and
trying to sell the little bit of open
cotton that has been harvested.
The markets have taken some
recent drastic dips, but the
basis seems to be pretty decent.
Overall, market news has been
nervous because of the Middle
East, China reportedly has lower
beginning stocks, domestic production and imports and higher
consumption. This would give
the world ending stocks approximately eight million bales less
than the USDA’s August supply/
demand report. The general
consensus is that China stocks
are overstated, but to the extent
that this is true remains open
for debate. On imports, India
will be in competition for U.S.
exports to China. India
is expecting a record
crop.
Back in the U.S.,
the Texas and southeastern U.S. crop
is significantly
behind. Much
of the southeast
has received so
much rainfall that
yields are questionable. An early freeze
would not be welcome.
For the 2013 season, we are
using the Plains Cotton Cooperative system. So your reports
will be different than in the past.
We are still fine tuning some
reports. Once ginned, you can
access your cotton on the web
by signing up at: www.pcca.com
(you must enter the “www” or
it will not bring up the correct
website). Go to “login,” then
“member access” and follow the
directions from there. You can
see your cotton that has been
ginned, checks that have been issued, member equity and more.
You can also sign up for “Mobile
Member Access” here. This will
allow PCCA to send you mobile
alerts on this information. Please
call if you have questions.
Again, we would like variety
information when modules are
called in. We will provide a variety recap at season end.
We offer a full line of Multi-Peril Crop Insurance
available in Texas backed by the USDA Common
Crop Insurance (CCI)
• Pasture, Rangeland and
Forage (PRF) Drought
• Yield Protection
• Revenue Protection
PO Box 789
2004 N. Wharton St.
El Campo, TX 77437
Office: 979.543.5511
Fax: 979.543.5566
C.A. Laslie
979.320.4808
Pat Gann Marek
979.332.2010
This time,
every time
As always, call or come by if
you have any questions or concerns. We are here for you, so
please let us know how we can
better serve you. From all of us
at United Ag, have a great
harvest!
Liver flukes don’t take a
break, and neither do we.
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