Production Outlook / Acreage
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Chinese Cotton Buying Stirs World Market
Claudia Carpenter Bloomberg Cotton buying in China, the world’s largest purchaser, suggests the “trade” expects domestic prices to rise, according…
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Bayer Seed Brands Claim Largest Share of U.S. Acreage in 2009
Bayer CropScience cotton seed brands FiberMax and Stoneville are planted on the largest share — almost half — of U.S.…
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Pakistan Lowers Cotton Output Estimate
Pakistan farm minister Nazar Mohammed Gondal estimates that this season’s cotton crop output will be 12 million bales. That is…
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USDA: Cotton Production Down From Last Month
All cotton production is forecast at 13.0 million 480-pound bales, down 3 percent from last month but up 1 percent…
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India Approves Export of Bt Cotton Seeds to Pakistan
October 4, 2009 The Associated Press of Pakistan reports that the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC), India’s regulatory agency for…
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Slight Reduction in Projected World Cotton Production
World cotton production is projected at 106 million bales in 2009/10, 1 percent lower than in 2008/09, the International Cotton…
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Rabobank Study Shows Farm Income Down
Fewer than 5 percent of farms saw an improvement in income this year, a drastic downturn compared to the same…
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Officials Say China’s Cotton Output May Be Down 10 to 15 Percent
Reuters China’s cotton output this year is likely to fall 10 percent from last year to about 7 million tonnes…
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U.S. Rains May Keep Cotton Prices Up
September 21, 2009 Shruti Date Singh Bloomberg LINK: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=adIEm0zFYmq8 Cotton prices “may remain stronger” as rain in the Mississippi River…
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USDA: Cotton Output, Condition Up Slightly
In its latest forecast of domestic cotton production, the U.S. Department of Agriculture totals all cotton production at 13.4 million…