Production
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NCC Urges Congress to Continue Work on Federal Crop Insurance Program
The National Cotton Council urged a House subcommittee to continue its oversight of risk management, including the federal crop insurance…
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Legacy Earned…Legacies Return
Some cotton pesticides that hit the market in past were pushed aside when novel new-generation chemistries became available. When the…
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PCCA Buys Fashion Jeans Facility
Plains Cotton Cooperative Association (PCCA) of Lubbock, TX, and Koramsa Corporation of Guatemala City, Guatemala, have signed a definitive contract…
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India Solidifies its Place as a Top Producer
Newswise India became the second largest cotton producer in the world two years ago, and annual forecasts by Texas Tech…
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Lower Rio Grande Valley Growers May Plant the Smallest Crop in History
With a March 31 planting deadline looming, a severe drought and faltering economics may push Lower Rio Grande Valley cotton…
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Growth Opportunities For Cotton Gins
Cotton gins can always use a step up on the competition. In a global cotton market, however, it can be…
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Global Trade to Fall 9 Percent in 2009
Trade volumes will fall 9 percent this year, the strongest contraction since World War Two, as demand collapses in the…
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Keeping Cotton in the Family
As many farm families already know, these aren’t the easiest of times to add a second generation to an operation.…
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It Was No Accident
In 2000, cotton yields in Texas averaged 430 pounds per acre, according to USDA, and quality was nothing to get…
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A Higher Power
Van Murphy says he owes a great deal of his personal and professional success to a higher power. On the…