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Cotton Grower Industry News
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Energized, Motivated Workers Will Drive Growth
Pakistan’s textile industry is emerging as a major player after the global economic meltdown in 2008. The financial and economic…
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Research Focuses on Yield and Improved Resistance
Cotton is an immensely important crop for the sustainable economy of India. The crop is cultivated by about 6 million…
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Lowering Production Costs Is Job Number One
Over the last few years, Brazilian producers have been struggling to survive with cotton prices that have been deeply affected…
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Government and Industry Need to Work Together
In the past two decades, we have seen many trade barriers lifted, free trade areas formed, currencies united, and multinational…
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In Memoriam: Giacomo Friedenberg
Giacomo Friedenberg Giacomo Friedenberg passed away suddenly and unexpectedly in October 2010. In the words of his business partner at…
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Trade Agreements Will Drive Growth in Taiwan
This year, prices have risen to levels not seen in more than a century. To a large extent, China has…
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Government Assistance Needed to Maintain Purity
Egyptian cotton is a strategic crop with a rich history and is considered a main pillar of Egypt’s national economy.…
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China: Persisting in Reform and Innovation
China started the reform of its cotton market in the late 1990s. By 1999, the buying and selling prices were…
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Transgenics Have Their Uses, but Aren’t a Panacea
Only a few years ago, transferring genes into cotton from another species was considered science fiction. Today, transgenic cotton is…
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Improvement Driven by Biotech, Ginners and Government
India has the distinction of growing all classes of cotton, from the coarsest and shortest fiber to the longest and…
