The Georgia Cotton Commission’s 9th annual meeting is Jan. 27 at the University of Georgia Tifton Campus Conference Center. The annual meeting is held in conjunction with the UGA Cotton Production Workshop conducted by the UGA Cotton Team.

The program speakers are Reece Langley, vice president of Washington operations for the National Cotton Council; Berrye Worsham, president and CEO of Cotton Incorporated; and Mike Quinn, president and CEO of Cotton Growers Cooperative.

The UGA Cotton Production Workshop will feature breakout sessions about the latest technical production strategies from the researchers whose projects are funded by the GCC research program.

Following the speakers, the commission will host lunch where sponsors will be recognized and door prizes will be given away. The meeting, production workshop and lunch are open to cotton growers and anyone interested in the cotton industry.

UGA Cotton Production Workshop

7:30 a.m.                Name badge pick-up & late registration – breakfast

8:00 – 8:50 a.m.      Economics & Marketing; Soil Fertility; Plant Pathology; Cotton Varieties for 2016 & Up and Coming Technologies

9:00 – 9:50 a.m.      Weed Science; Irrigation & Precision Ag, Insect Pest Management; Agronomics & Physiology

Georgia Cotton Commission Annual Meeting

10:00-10:30 a.m.     Welcome, recognition of sponsors, Commission report

10:30-11:00 a.m.     Reece Langley, Vice President, National Cotton Council

11:00-11:30 a.m.     Berrey Worsham, President and CEO, Cotton Incorporated

11:30-12:00 p.m.     Mike Quinn, President and CEO, Cotton Growers Cooperative

12:00-1:15 p.m.      Lunch, sponsor recognitions, producer drawings

1:15-1:45 p.m.        Presentation of the Georgia Quality Cotton Awards

Georgia Cotton Production Workshop

2:00 – 3:50 p.m.      Repeat Morning Sessions (Weed Science will be 9 a.m. session only)