Eddie Smith, a Floydada, Texas, cotton producer, was elected chairman of the Na-tional Cotton Council (NCC) for 2010. Named during the NCC's recent annual meeting in Memphis, Tenn., he served as the NCC's vice chairman in 2009 and succeeds Jon W. Hardwick, a Newellton, La., cotton producer.
He has served as a director of Floydada Cooperative Gin and was elected to the board of directors of Plains Cotton Cooperative Association (PCCA) in 1984. He was unanimously elected chairman of PCCA in 2004.
The NCC's vice chairman for 2010 is Charles H. Parker, a cotton producer from Senath, Mo.
Planting Target: 10.1 Million Acres
U.S. cotton producers intend to plant 10.1 million acres of cotton this spring, up more than 10 percent from 2009, according to the National Cotton Council's 27th Annual Early Season Planting Intentions Survey.
Upland cotton intentions are 9.9 million acres, an increase of 10 percent from 2009, while extra long staple (ELS) intentions of 176,000 acres represent a 24 percent rise. The results were announced at the NCC's 2010 Annual Meeting.
source : cottonfarming
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