Production
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Rethinking Global Warming
With the stream of errors and flaws recently found in Nobel Peace Prize-winning reports on global warming, one should wonder…
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NCC Releases 2010 Acreage Projections
U.S. cotton producers intend to plant 10.1 million acres of cotton this spring, up more than 10 percent from 2009,…
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Cotton Focus 2010 Set for February 11
The annual University of Tennessee Cotton Focus is scheduled for Thursday, February 11, at the West Tennessee Research and Education…
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Cotton Prices Decline on Worries Over Regulation
Bloomberg Catarina Saraiva Cotton prices dropped, extending the longest slump since September 2008, on investor concerns that stricter banking regulations…
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NCC Raises Concerns Over Crop Insurance Cuts
The NCC, along with other agricultural organizations, sent a letter to Agriculture Secretary Vilsack expressing concerns about the proposed cuts…
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U.S. Plantings of Organic Cotton Highest Since 2001
U.S. growers of organic cotton increased plantings of organic cotton acreage by 26 percent in 2009 over that planted the…
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NCC Commends Service of U.S. Representative Marion Berry
The leaders of the National Cotton Council (NCC), the central organization of the U.S. cotton industry, commended Rep. Marion Berry…
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NCC Seeks Congressional Action on Greenhouse Gas Plan
The National Cotton Council was joined by 137 other commodity and agricultural organizations in declaring support for Senator Lisa Murkowski’s…
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Pakistan Cotton Harvest Remains Strong
Commodity Online Pakistan’s cotton harvest crossed 12 million bales so far this season after sustained arrival of phutti (seed cotton)…
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Subsidies Prop Up Cotton Belt During Economic Downturn
By David Mercer BusinessWeek.com The white puff of cotton blooms cover Missouri’s Bootheel at harvest, filling both tiny planter boxes…