The 2025 Georgia Quality Cotton Awards were presented at the 2026 Georgia Cotton Commission Mid-Year Meeting on July 29, 2026. The awards are co-sponsored by the Georgia Cotton Commission and Bayer Crop Science/Deltapine and administered by the University of Georgia (UGA) Cotton Team. The awards are given in each of these three cotton acreage categories: 1) less than 500 acres, 2) 500 to 1,000 acres, and 3) greater than 1,000 acres within the four regions of the state. This was awarded to the Georgia cotton producer with highest loan value and premium. The 2025 Best Cotton Award went to Jefferson County’s Stuart Goosen with a loan value of 57.35 cents/lb and a premium of 5.35 cents/lb.