Tuesday, January 6, 2015: 1:30 PM-3:15 PM

Salon I (Marriott Rivercenter Hotel)

1:30 PM

Evaluation of Crop Insurance Choices for Cotton Producers in Texas High Plains Under the 2014 Farm Bill by Constructing Representative Cotton Farm
Kishor P. Luitel, Texas Tech University; Thomas O. Knight, Texas Tech University; Darren Hudson, Texas Tech University

1:45 PM

The Cost and Benefit of Irrigation and Crop Rotation for Cotton Grown in a Verticillium Wilt Field in the Southern High Plains of Texas
Praveen Sapkota, Texas A&M AgriLife Research; Terry A Wheeler, Texas A&M AgriLife Research; James P Bordovsky, Texas A&M AgriLife Research; Stephan Maas, Texas Tech University; Carlos Carpio, Texas Tech University

2:00 PM

Impact of Conservation Systems on Net Returns to Cotton Production in Alabama
Leah M Duzy, USDA-ARS; Kipling S. Balkcom, USDA-ARS

2:15 PM

Who, What and Where: Cotton Production in the United States, 1997 - 2012
Leah M Duzy, USDA-ARS; Jeanne Reeves, Cotton Incorporated

2:30 PM

Where Are All Those "Corporate Farms"? Ownership Patterns in U.S. Cotton Farming
George B Frisvold, University of Arizona, Dept. of Ag & Resource Economics; Jeanne Reeves, Cotton Incorporated

2:45 PM

A Comparison of Cotton Production in Mississippi and Kansas
Gregory Ibendahl, Kansas State University

Cotton Economics & Marketing - Tuesday Early Afternoon