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In West Texas, Growers Plant and Pray for Rain
By Richard Porter Plainview Daily Herald By way of the Plains Cotton Growers With the planting deadline for cotton just…
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India Spinning Industry Set to Incur Huge Losses
Indian spinning sector is set to incur huge losses of about 164 million US dollars. The one day closure on…
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Cotton Stocks Continue to Drop
On April 8 (the latest reporting period), USDA’s U.S. cotton forecasts for 2010/11 showed lower production, higher domestic mill use…
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Lea Reminisces on Second Term as ACSA President
For Jordan Lea, life in the cotton business is even better the second time around. Lea completed his second term…
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Cotton Prices Supported by World Demand
Well, the headline is a little misleading. A key adjective describing demand is absent. Over the years I have often…
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Burkina Faso Growers Reduce Price Demands
As the critical rainy season begins in Burkina Faso, cotton growers in sub-Saharan Africa’s largest fiber producer have backed off…
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Indian Cotton Merchants Demand Free Export
The Cotton Association of India (CAI) has urged the country’s Prime Minister to allow free cotton exports from India, effective…
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AFRACA Gets $500,000 to Help Rural Women
As posted on GlobalFarmersRegister.com, the African Rural and Agricultural Credit Association (AFRACA) has been given $500,000 in funding from the…
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Textile Machinery Rebounds in 2010, ITMF Study Shows
Some sectors of the cotton and textile industries are still struggling through the fallout of a global recession, but not…
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Mullins Named Executive Director of Historic Cotton Museum
The Cotton Museum at the Memphis Cotton Exchange, a downtown museum that tells the story of the famed cash crop…