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China Develops Verticillium Wilt Resistant Cotton
China is taking the lead in the identification, testing, breeding, and application of a new cotton cultivar resistant to verticillium…
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Another Positive Week for Cotton Prices
The cotton market eased through another positive week as both the fundamentals and technicals factors mentioned last week remained active…
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Newsom and Percival Join Americot’s Southwest Sales Team
Jimmy Newsom and Richard Percival have joined Americot, Inc., as cotton sales representatives serving two of the company’s key Texas…
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Help for Cotton-Related Decisions Offered At 2014 Beltwide Cotton Conferences
Members of the cotton industry who help producers make key cotton production and marketing-related decisions will find an abundance of…
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ICAC World Café: Creating a Framework for Measuring Sustainability
How to define and measure sustainability has long been a topic of ideological debate in the cotton industry. At the…
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Monsanto to Acquire The Climate Corporation
Monsanto recently announced an agreement to acquire The Climate Corporation for a cash purchase price of approximately $930 million. The…
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ICAC Plenary Meeting Opens with Session on Interfiber Competition
The 72nd Plenary Meeting of the International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC) used its First Open Session to address what is…
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Brazil to be Model for Venezuelan Cotton Comeback
The Venezuela-based Grupo Teleras Maracy, a leading textile group in Venezuela, has proposed a plan to promote the cultivation of…
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Ghana Field Testing Genetically Modified Cotton
Ghana has begun testing four genetically modified (GM) crops, including cotton, for commercial production. The new GM crops would include…
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Government Funding Debate Keeps Farm Bill and STAX in Limbo
As the farm bill debate takes a back seat to political wrangling over government funding and (soon) action on the…