NCPA/CCI TARGET MEAL SALES AT MEXICO DAIRY EXPO

COTTON PLANTED ON SCHEDULE, REPORT SHOWS

WHAT'S NEW @ COTTONSEED.COM

WEEKLY CRUSH REPORT THRU MAY 28 RECEIVES “ABOVE AVERAGE”

COTTONSEED PRODUCTS IN THE NEWS

US COTTONSEED PRODUCTS EXPORT REPORT

CLASS III MILK PRICES DECLINE; RATE OF DESCENT SLOWS

MOVING?

NCPA/CCI TARGET MEAL SALES AT MEXICO DAIRY EXPO - EXPO LECHE 2006 was organized by Hoard’s Dairyman en Español and held May 16 -18 in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.   NCPA/CCI’s goal was to increase the use of US cottonseed meal in Mexican dairy rations by distributing technical reports and providing timely US market information.   NCPA/CCI met with a number of key diary and feed mill personnel, including Romulo Escobar with Grupo Industrial Agricultura Escobar from Juarez, Chihuahua.  Escobar and his family operate an 8,000-head dairy farm.  Grupo Escobar is part of the Fuentes Zaragoza dairy group of Chihuahua, who handle an additional 24,000 dairy cows.   NCPA/CCI also met with Eduardo Reyes, a manager with ALPURA dairy coop, and provided him a technical paper regarding optimizing cottonseed meal use with whole cottonseed in a diary ration.  ALPURA is one of the top five dairy coops in Mexico.  NCPA/CCI found good interest in US cottonseed meal – as cited above - and good demand for technical literature, which was distributed at the expo. Expo Leche 2006 targeted large dairy operators and was held this year after a year off in 2005.  The event, sponsored by Hoards’ Dairyman en Español in Mexico, featured technical presentations in conjunction with a small trade show.  Exhibitors and attendees are able to mix during technical sessions and meet one-on-one during breaks and regular expo hours.  While attendance was less than at other trade shows attended by NCPA/CCI in Mexico, the quality of contacts at Expo Leche provided value for the investment.  A summary of attendees is available in the Members Only section of the NCPA web site under Mexico Consultant’s Reports.  NCPA estimated that during the course of the expo, contacts were made with dairy and feed mill managers with the potential for approximately 12,000 metric tons in new US cottonseed meal shipments and annual gross sales of nearly $2.75 million dollars.

COTTON PLANTED ON SCHEDULE, REPORT SHOWS - By most accounts, plantings of this year’s cotton crop are on schedule if not slightly ahead of schedule.  According to the June 5 USDA survey, 93% of the cotton crop has been planted, with only Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas with more than 10% remaining to be planted.  Last year at this time, 89% of the crop had been planted, and the five-year average is 88% planted for this time of year.  Squaring is somewhat slower than average, with 8% of the crop showing squares compared to the five-year average for this reporting period of  11%. Louisiana and Arizona are generally approaching 20% squared at this time, but report only  13% and 6%, respectively. (USDA, NASS Crop Progress, June 5)

WHAT'S NEW @ COTTONSEED.COM - NCPA’s report on attending the 5th Expo Leche  (Dairy Expo) conference in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico is available in the Mexico Consultant’s Reports section of the web site, complete with a list of attendees…..Cottonseed crushings totaled just under 60,000 tons for the week ending May 28, according to the Association’s latest survey of member mills.  That brings the year-to-date total from the weekly reports to 2.587 million tons.  For complete details, log on to the Statistics section of cottonseed.com…..Final cotton and cottonseed production numbers by state were recently released by USDA and are also available in the Statistics section of the web page.  Regional breakdowns show the Southeast had nearly 16% more seed last year , totaling 1.7 million tons, than in 04/05, when the total was just under 1.5 million tons.  The MidSouth was only slightly higher with 2.54 million tons vs 2.44 million tons in 04/05.

WEEKLY CRUSH REPORT THRU MAY 28 RECEIVES “ABOVE AVERAGE” - Weekly cottonseed crushings were above their five-year average for the fourth consecutive week for period 43 (week ending May 28) after three straight weeks below it in periods 37-39 (weeks ending April 16, 23 and 30).  Monthly cottonseed crushings have been consistently above their five year averages this season, according to NCPA data.  Even the month of April was above average,  with total crushings for the month at 233,911 tons vs its five-year average of 231,450 tons. May’s numbers are also likely to be above average with the weekly numbers sustaining their recent levels.  NCPA’s monthly report for May should be released on or shortly after June 12. 

COTTONSEED PRODUCTS IN THE NEWS - From the Jackson Hole (WY) Star Tribune: Howard Walters, a writer for The American Rose magazine for many years, often preached the virtues of using horse manure for beautiful roses. The bacterial action of horse manure in a rose garden was enough to make the man wax poetically for half a page. He was savvy enough to realize, however, that not everyone has access to a horse. So he offered a recipe for an alternative, “Fragrant Formula.” mulch. Although he didn’t mention specific quantities, here’s his “recipe.” Combine fish meal, cottonseed meal, alfalfa meal and some form of roughage, such as fine-ground bark shavings and leaves. By volume, he said, use four times as much roughage as meal. Add some blood meal, maybe bone meal. Make a big pile, mix it all up with a pitchfork and moisten lightly. Let it sit for a week. Turn it again. The finished product should be just like manure without having to run it through a horse first. Use a big pitchfork full per rose bush and give each rose lots of water. Your soil organisms and roses will love it, and your neighbors should forgive you when the roses bloom beautifully. By then they will have forgotten about the two or three days of the sharp ammonia-like odor.

US COTTONSEED PRODUCTS EXPORT REPORT

CLASS III MILK PRICES DECLINE; RATE OF DESCENT SLOWS - Announced on June 2nd, the May Class III (cheese) price was $10.83, down $0.10 from last month. This price is down $2.94 from last year's $13.77. The year-end average for 2005 was $14.05. (Hoard’s Dairyman Research Department)

MOVING? - Please send all change of address information to: National Cottonseed Products Association, 104 Timber Creek Drive, Suite 200, Cordova, TN  38018, or email to info@cottonseed.com.

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June 7, 2006