The survey will find out how much cotton and peanuts farmers produced. It will ask how many bushels of corn and soybeans do farmers have stored on farm. Department of Agriculture's National Agriculture Statistics Service (NASS) will be relying on producers to help gather year-end production information.

Cotton and peanut producers would reach the $250,000 cap with fewer acres in production. Not only would larger farmers in the South be hurt if this provision passes, but it could harm area tractor dealers, seed producers and retailers, he said. A cotton field usually gets picked three times a year in Alabama, so even if drought or frost hurts one growth cycle, farmers can reap some cotton during the other two, he said. The global outlook for cotton remains strong because the world...

A frustrating growing season is winding down in Wilson County, where soybean and cotton farmers say their crops took a beating this year amid the drought. Agriculture extension agent Norman Harrell says hay was probably the worst affected crop this year, and cattle producers are bracing for a tough winter. Harrell says cotton also took a hit, its acreage down about 26 percent compared to last year. Soybeans are the largest acre crop in the county, accounting for roughly 30,000 acres this...

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The nation may produce 500,000 bales of cotton from the crop now being planted, Adam Kay, the industry group's chief executive officer, said today in a phone interview from Narrabri, New South Wales state. Australia's cotton production has fallen five of the past six years as prolonged drought dried up rivers and dams, reducing irrigation supplies. In a normal season, as much as 90 percent of the nation's cotton crop is irrigated, Kay said. Cotton prices have gained 29 percent in the past...

Growing cotton has rarely been a more risky proposition than it is now, which is precisely why cotton farmer Frank Williams is planning to sow his fields with wheat. Acreage dropped by about 22 percent in Texas, the national leader, and by nearly 20 percent in California, which ranks seventh in domestic production. Cotton also has lost ground for another reason that became apparent last week as the Senate debated the 2007 farm bill: the United States' cotton subsidy program is enmeshed in...