Broadcast Newsline: October 21, 2015

Despite rain and severe flooding in the Carolinas, the U.S. cotton harvest is progressing on schedule.

Today’s Cotton Newsline is 5 cuts. All cuts are Dr. Jody Campiche, Vice President of Economics and Policy Analysis for the National Cotton Council.

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Despite rain and severe flooding in the Carolinas, the U.S. cotton harvest is progressing on schedule. Dr. Jody Campiche, Vice President of Economics and Policy Analysis for the National Cotton Council, joins us with an update across the belt.

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Despite being ahead of schedule in some states,

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The same storm system that hit the Carolinas also affected Georgia and delayed harvest.

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In Texas, harvest is progressing on schedule even though there were delays in planting earlier in the season.

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Some early reports are indicating better than expected yields. 

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