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Cotton Grower Industry News
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Cotton Slips 17% In 2012
Cotton was down 17% in 2012 due to oversupply and low demand for the commodity fiber. This number makes cotton…
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International Consortium Decodes Cotton Genome
According to the University of California, Davis, the simplest cotton genome, Gossypium raimondii, has been sequenced through the collaborative effort…
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Cleveland: Don’t Sell Your Cotton Picker
Don’t plan on selling your cotton picker will be my personal theme as the cotton industry gathers at the annual…
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NCC Planting Intentions Survey is Underway
The NCC’s annual survey of ‘13 planting intentions was mailed to upland and extra-long staple (ELS) cotton producers across the…
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Deltapine Announces Three New Varieties for the Class of 13
Monsanto announced recently that three new cotton varieties are being commercialized for the Deltapine Class of 13. Evaluated by nearly…
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MANA Announces Three Products for Inclusion in Roundup Ready PLUS Program
MANA Crop Protection recently announced that three residual herbicides in its cotton portfolio – Cotoran, Cotton Pro and Direx 4L…
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Lucas Announces Leadership Team for House Ag Committee
Today Chairman Frank Lucas of Oklahoma named five members to serve as Subcommittee Chairmen of the House Agriculture Committee for…
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Bt Cotton Found to be Infected with Monsanto’s Gene
In what India Today is calling “a case of serious scientific fraud,” a group of scientists from the Indian Council…
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India’s Cotton Marketing Federation on Strike
The state-run Cotton Marketing Federation (CMF) of India is on a mass strike in protest of government treatment. Due to…
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Eliminating Cotton Root Rot Could Save $20 Million
Plaguing 20% of cotton crops in Texas and Arizona, two of the U.S.’s top producing states, Phymatotrichopsis omnivore – also…