Cotton Nursery |
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Price Book |
Priced per
28 row with a 250 row minimum charge.
All cotton is planted on raised beds and is drip
irrigated. Nursery includes the following:
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Land, labor
for planting and management. |
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All agronomic
services. |
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Isolation
as required. |
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Harvest
and bagging as seed cotton. |
Pollinating labor is based on hourly labor & supervisor rates.
Shipping, handling and harvest supplies are extra.
Cotton Increase
The
same standard services for cotton nursery apply
to an increase. Harvest is by hand as seed cotton.
Genetically Modified Organisms
(GMOs)
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GMOs
can be planted in Puerto Rico. |
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A completed
GMO Declaration Form is required for
all cotton seed shipped to our Puerto
Rico Farm. This applies to non-GMO, non-regulated
GMO and regulated GMO material. |
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Regulated
GMO material
requires IL Crops written pre-approval.
Please submit a completed GMO Declaration
Form along with handling, planting and
shipping (to and from) protocols a minimum
of 4 weeks prior to the anticipated shipping
date. |
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If
you anticipate sending Regulated GMO
material to our farm, please remember to contact
us early enough for pre-approval and farm
location information so that you may apply
to the USDA for your movement and planting
permits. All permits must be current and
specific for our farm location before
shipping this material to Puerto Rico. |
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All cotton must be fumigated by a USDA
approved fumigator before shipping seed cotton
to the US. Pricing is set by the fumigator (available
in San Juan) and usually requires at least an
additional week to accomplish.
Other Crops
IL Crop has experience with other crops such as pearl
millet, peas and kenaf in Puerto Rico. Please
contact us to inquire about your special needs.
Peanut Nursery
IL Crop has successfully produced peanut seed in
Puerto Rico since 1993. We offer peanut increases
and short row, nursery-type plots. Presently,
peanuts are grown in a co-operative arrangement
with the customer, whereas the customer assists
with some planting and harvest. All peanuts are
planted on raised beds with drip irrigation. Peanuts
must be cleaned of soil before leaving Puerto
Rico and all seed is shipped in the shell.
Peanut Increase
Includes the following:
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Land, planting
labor and management. |
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All
agronomic services. |
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Customer
access to IL Crop peanut washing facilities. |
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Customer access to IL Crop harvest equipment. |
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Customer
access to IL Crop storage and handling equipment. |
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Drying
to 11%. |
Pricing
IL Crop will provide additional labor for harvest
based on labor & supervisor rates. Shipping, handling and
harvest supplies are extra.
Peanut Generation Advance or Short Row plots
include all the above except that these
plots are customer packaged, arranged and planted
with customer provided (Gatling gun)
peanut planter units mounted on an IL Crop supplied
planter. IL Crop will also provide a tractor and
driver. Row length can vary according to the customers
requirements. Hand labor for harvest and washing
can be supplied at our published labor rate. Packaging,
harvest supplies, shipping and handling are extra.
Pricing on peanut short rows has a 1/2 acre minimum charge.
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