The membership of Staplcotn and Stapldiscount elected two new directors to their board on September 21, 2016, at the Annual Meeting held in Greenwood, Mississippi, at the corporate headquarters. Mark Mosely Hanna of Donalsonville, Georgia, and Lance Ryan Whitehead of Fayette, Alabama, were both elected for three-year terms. Mark..
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U.S. cotton producers are urged to participate in USDA’s Cotton Ginning Cost-Share program (CGCS), a one-time initiative that has a sign-up window of June 20-August 5, 2016 — with no deadline extension. A CGCS fact sheet is on the National Cotton Council’s website at www.cotton.org/issues/2016/upload/16cgcsfact.pdf and additional information is on..
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At their quarterly board meeting in March, the board of directors and officers of Staple Cotton Cooperative Association (Staplcotn) officially recognized the receipt of the 100 millionth bale of cotton received on December 18, 2015 to be marketed by the association. The bale was produced in Donalsonville, Georgia, by Mark..
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Shane Stephens, Staplcotn’s Vice President of Cotton Services and Warehousing, was elected National Cotton Council chairman for 2016.Named during the NCC’s annual meeting held in Dallas, Texas on February 5-7, he succeeds Sledge Taylor, a Como, Miss., producer and ginner. An active industry leader, Stephens was a member of the..
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We encourage all of our members to come join us at one of our Grower Meetings that will be held in January, 2016. Click on the link below to find a Grower Meeting in your area and let your Cotton Specialist know if you will attend. Please note that there..
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Founded in 1921, Staple Cotton Cooperative Association (Staplcotn) is the oldest and one of the largest cotton marketing cooperatives in the United States. We provide a range of services to our members, including: domestic and export marketing; cotton warehousing; and agricultural financing, which is available through Stapldiscount, the lending arm of Staplcotn.