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Cotton Newsline: March 19, 2010 The USDA numbers indicate that at the beginning of the marketing year there were approximately 62 million bales of cotton stock globally.
Cotton Newsline: March 12, 2010 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 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 The Joint Cotton Industry Bale Packaging Committee announced at its 43rd annual meeting that the ’09 bale packaging specifications had been modified.
Cotton Newsline: February 26, 2010 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 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.