Increase Expected In Southeast Acres
Amanda Huber
Crop Insurance Change
A change in crop insurance would favor cotton over dryland corn production also, Ruppenicker points out.
"The form of coverage referred to as 'GRIP' has all but been totally eliminated for 2010 in the Southeast," he says. "Not so much in Georgia but in other states the coverage was such that it paid farmers to grow dryland corn when otherwise it would not have been an option."
Still, there is an additional attraction for cotton in the Southeast.
"The ability to withstand drought better than most other crops is the main reason cotton has been the staple in the Southeast for most of the past 200 years," says Ruppenicker.
source : cottonfarming
Amanda Huber
Crop Insurance Change
A change in crop insurance would favor cotton over dryland corn production also, Ruppenicker points out.
"The form of coverage referred to as 'GRIP' has all but been totally eliminated for 2010 in the Southeast," he says. "Not so much in Georgia but in other states the coverage was such that it paid farmers to grow dryland corn when otherwise it would not have been an option."
Still, there is an additional attraction for cotton in the Southeast.
"The ability to withstand drought better than most other crops is the main reason cotton has been the staple in the Southeast for most of the past 200 years," says Ruppenicker.
source : cottonfarming
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