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Paul Bush: new Calcot president
Paul E. Bush is the new president of Calcot, Ltd., the Bakersfield, Calif.-based cotton marketing cooperative. Bush, a 19-year veteran of the company, was previously vice president of Southwest U.S....
View Article91st annual meeting acknowledged challenges
The 2017-18 marketing year was not an outstanding one for its members, Calcot Chairman Greg Wuertz announced at the co-op’s 91st annual meeting September 25 in Phoenix, Ariz. “I must be blunt: our...
View ArticleNew videos aid effort to eliminate contamination
It’s cotton-pickin’ time and it’s more important than ever for cotton producers to deliver contaminant-free cotton. The National Cotton Council has created and made available two excellent videos to...
View ArticleArizona cotton garners national attention
Calcot member and board director Dennis Palmer of Safford, Ariz., wound up on national television, talking about cotton and politics....
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Calcot vice chairman hails bollworm eradication success
Vice chairman Keith Deputy with his pink bollworm mist sprayer Calcot vice chairman Keith Deputy (District 1S) has good things to say about the final success of decades-long efforts to eliminate one of...
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Calcot member played key role in PBW eradication
Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue displays proclamation about pink bollworm eradication Calcot member and former board member Clyde Sharp of Roll, Ariz., was fundamental in efforts to eradicate the pink...
View ArticleHappy 92nd Birthday!
As of Saturday, February 23, Calcot will be 92 years young! For over nine decades we’ve been marketing grower-members’ cotton production around the world, and that’s something to celebrate. No wonder...
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Eli’s cotton gin 225 years old
Whitney’s original drawing submitted for patent. Two and a quarter centuries ago, Eli Whitney received the patent on the cotton gin via the young U.S. Patent Office. As the cliché goes, the rest is...
View ArticleTariffs & tough times
Calcot Director Arnold Burruel (District 12A) was interviewed by a Tucson television station about the difficulties and challenges of producing and marketing a cotton crop in 2019....
View ArticleCovid-19 coronavirus update
Calcot’s headquarters remain open during the pandemic, albeit with minimal staff. Employees who can work from home are doing so. Contact us by email or telephone. We apologize in advance for any delay...
View ArticleA message from our CEO
Hello, everyone. I wanted to give you an update of where things stand in this highly unusual situation. Like many of you, though we have crisis action plans for natural disasters, I admit I never...
View ArticleCotton masks: lifesavers
Health authorities are now recommending that masks be worn to cover the nose and mouth, if you must venture out in public, but manufactured masks are difficult to come by. Consequently, many are...
View ArticleCoronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP) Information
Calcot members have been mailed letters regarding their individual Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP) Upland cotton production. The members’ only website calcot.net has a link that will enable...
View ArticleCFAP2 program is closed
The new CFAP2 program application period has closed. Upland payment rates look to be about four cents per pound, subject to payment limits. Pima cotton producers are limited to a flat $15 per acre...
View Article93rd Annual Meeting Report
Despite daunting odds wrought by the Covid-19 pandemic and drastic changes that ensued, in a year President Paul Bush described as “unprecedented, unpredictable and unprofitable,” Calcot completed the...
View ArticleIn Memoriam: Doug Starr
Calcot staff and members are mourning the loss of a valued longtime employee, coworker and friend, Doug Starr. Doug, Calcot’s Call Pool Manager, died November 25, 2020, a day short of his 55th...
View ArticleQLA NEW deadline Friday, April 9
Cotton growers have only a couple days left have been granted a reprieve to apply for USDA’s Quality Loss Adjustment program (QLA): applications are now due Friday, March 5 April 9. The program offers...
View ArticleHoney, we’re home
We’re still moving people in and will be for a time yet, but Calcot’s business office headquarters in California officially has a new physical address: 2131 Mars Ct, Bakersfield CA 93308. Our phone...
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