ICIA, Inc. | Puerto Rico Winter Farm Services | Cotton, Peanuts, & Other Crops

Cotton Nursery
Priced at $12.50 per 28’ row with a 250 row minimum charge. All cotton is planted on raised beds and is drip irrigated. Nursery includes the following:

	Land, labor for planting and management.
	All agronomic services.
	Isolation as required.
	Harvest and bagging as seed cotton.

Pollinating labor is available at $18.00 per hour ($30.00 per hour supervisory labor). Shipping, handling and harvest supplies are extra.

Cotton Increase
Priced at $5900 per acre with a 1/2 acre minimum charge. The same standard services for cotton nursery apply to an increase. Harvest is by hand as seed cotton.

Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO’s)

	GMO’s can be planted in Puerto Rico.
	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.
	Regulated GMO material requires ICIA’s 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.
	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.
	All rows in a Regulated GMO plot will be assessed a 30% surcharge above row or acreage charges.

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
ICIA 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
ICIA 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:

	Land, planting labor and management.
	All agronomic services.
	Customer access to ICIA peanut washing facilities.
	Customer access to ICIA harvest equipment.
	Customer access to ICIA storage and handling equipment.
	Drying to 11%.

Pricing
Peanut increase is $3780 per acre with a 1/2 acre minimum charge.

ICIA will provide additional labor for harvest at $18.00 per hour, ($30.00 per hour supervisory labor). 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 ICIA supplied planter. ICIA will also provide a tractor and driver. Row length can vary according to the customer’s 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 is $4200 per acre with a 1/2 acre minimum charge.

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