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Rangel Orders Monitoring of Textile and Apparel Imports from China 10/10/2008
House Committee on Ways and Means Chairman Charles Rangel (D-NY)formally requested the U.S. International Trade Commission to initiate an investigation to monitor certain U.S. textile and apparel imports from China beginning in 2009.

Congressional Members, U.S. Textile Industry Seek Greater Monitoring of Chinese Textile Imports 10/01/2008
Cotton Belt Congressional members joined their colleagues and the U.S. cotton and textile industry in a call to broaden a key textile import monitoring program.

Senators and Representatives Urge Secretary to Minimize Unnecessary Changes in Operation of Farm Programs 09/30/2008
A bipartisan group of Cotton Belt Senators and House members, led by Senator Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) and Representatives Etheridge (D-NC) and Emerson (R-MO), has written Secretary of Agriculture Ed Schafer to stress that it is inappropriate and unnecessary for USDA to cause serious disruptions in current farming operations by proposing unwarranted changes in the way it makes actively-engaged-in-farming determinations.

NCC Statement on Collapse of Doha Negotiations 07/29/2008
The NCC is encouraged that the United States held firm to its commitments to U.S. agriculture in the Doha negotiations.

Beltwide Cotton Conferences Returning to San Antonio 07/25/2008
The NCC-coordinated 2009 Beltwide Cotton Conferences will be held Jan. 5-8 at the Marriott Rivercenter/Riverwalk hotels in San Antonio, TX. The forum will be held under a theme of “Improving Our Farm, Future and World.”

Federal Cotton Program Works, Expenditures Declining 07/10/2008
Criticisms of U.S. cotton farm programs are unwarranted. The truth: U.S. farm programs have operated as designed, supporting farmers’ incomes in times of low prices while allowing them to react to market signals.

Latest Cotton Newslines & AgDay TV's Cotton's Week

AgDay TV: October 14, 2008 10/14/08
Thirty years ago the first full scale boll weevil eradication trial began on the east coast of the cotton belt. In this report, Tran Bui will tell us about some of the programs successes.

Cotton Newsline: October 10, 2008 10/10/08
Based on interpretation of the language in the Research Title of the 2008 Farm Bill, land grant universities may have to compete for research funding.

Cotton Newsline: October 8, 2008 10/08/08
The most important step in nematode management is proper diagnosis and quantification of soil populations.

AgDay TV: October 7, 2008 10/07/08
The Texas Boll Weevil Eradication program is close to completion. In this report, Tran Bui will update us on the progress this program is making.

Cotton Newsline: October 3, 2008 10/03/08
This week Congress passed a bill to suspend the 10-acre rule for one-year.

Cotton Newsline: October 1, 2008 10/01/08
The use of gin waste as a component in erosion control products, building products, composites and laminates represents an opportunity to dramatically increase the value of cotton gin waste.