More than $19 million in grants are available through USDA’s Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program to help train and educate the next generation of agricultural producers. Application deadline is June 12.
Executives from 12 Indonesian textile companies will get a close look at U.S. cotton production, processing, and marketing and meet with U.S. exporters during a COTTON USA Special Trade Mission to the U.S. in May.
Based on the April 28 USDA Crop Progress Report, 13 percent of the nation’s cotton crop has been planted – exactly the same percentage in the ground one year ago.
