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 Agricultural Organizations Band Together In Support of Resolutions Opposing EPA’s Greenhouse Gas Regulation Plan 03/12/2010
The NCC coordinated a letter, signed by 175 agricultural organizations, to Representatives Joe Barton (R-TX) and Ike Skelton (D-MO) acknowledging support of the legislators’ actions against a greenhouse gas regulation plan.
| NCC's Statement on Brazil’s Retaliatory Trade Measures Announcement 03/08/2010
The NCC said that given world cotton market conditions and the dramatic changes that have been made in the U.S. cotton program, Brazil’s latest actions are imposing unwarranted harm on Brazilian and American interests in times of economic hardship for all.
| Input Applications Face Uncertain Future 02/23/2010
The NCC expressed concern that the Supreme Court's determination to allow a clearly incorrect lower court decision to stand would have significant negative repercussions on US agriculture.
| Jimmy Dodson to Chair American Cotton Producers in '10 02/10/2010
James F. “Jimmy” Dodson, a Robstown, TX, producer, was elected as chairman of the American Cotton Producers of the NCC for '10.
| Cotton Achievement Award Honors Jack McDonald 02/10/2010
The late Jack McDonald is the recipient of the '09 Oscar Johnston Lifetime Achievement Award.
| Cotton Service Award Honors Bill Lovelady 02/10/2010
Bill Lovelady, a Tornillo, TX, cotton producer, is the recipient of the '09 Harry S. Baker Distinguished Service Award. |
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Cotton Newsline: March 12, 2010 03/12/10
Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack announced that USDA will issue approximately $121 million in partial 2009 crop counter-cyclical payments to producers with upland cotton and peanut base acres enrolled in USDA’s Direct and Counter-cyclical Payment program.
| Cotton Newsline: March 10, 2010 03/10/10
In retaliation to an arbitration panel finding rendered in 2009, President of Economics and Policy Analysis for the National Cotton Council, Gary Adams, says that Brazil announced approximately 100 products on which they are going to impose higher tariffs.
| Cotton Newsline: March 5, 2010 03/05/10
The Joint Cotton Industry Bale Packaging Committee announced at its 43rd annual meeting that the ’09 bale packaging specifications had been modified.
| Cotton Newsline: March 3, 2010 03/03/10
This year will mark the 23rd year of the Ginner Schools.
| Cotton Newsline: February 26, 2010 02/26/10
Senator Dianne Feinstein of California has targeted the Senate jobs bill in an attempt to guarantee more water for struggling farmers in California’s San Joaquin Valley, regardless of restrictions imposed by the Endangered Species Act or ESA.
| Cotton Newsline: February 24, 2010 02/24/10
The National Cotton Council expressed concern that the Supreme Court’s determination to allow a clearly incorrect lower court decision to stand would have significant negative repercussions on US agriculture. |
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