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Cotton Newsline: February 6, 2010 The National Cotton Council has prepared their annual economic outlook for the 2010 US and global cotton markets.
Cotton Newsline: February 5, 2010 Each year the National Cotton Council conducts a survey of producers to determine acreage intentions for the coming season.
Cotton Newsline: February 3, 2010 The National Cotton Council joined more than 130 agriculture interest organizations in communicating their support for the Murkowski Resolution of Disapproval.
Cotton Newsline: January 29, 2010 Executive Vice President of the Agriculture Council of Arkansas, Don Alexander, expresses his appreciation to Senators Lincoln and Chambliss for cosponsoring the Murkowski Resolution of Disapproval.
Cotton Newsline: January 27, 2010 Larry McClendon, producer from Mariana, Arkansas says there has been a lot of anxiety regarding the proposal allowing the EPA to have authority over and input on Cap & Trade & Climate Change issues.
Cotton Newsline: January 22, 2010 The National Cotton Council was joined by 137 other commodity and agricultural organizations in declaring support for Senator Lisa Murkowski’s introduction of a resolution opposing EPA’s current plan to regulate carbon dioxide and other green house gases.
Cotton Newsline: January 20, 2010 Up until the late 90s there were two primary herbicides being used, gramoxone and roundup then there was a transition into almost exclusively using roundup.
Cotton Newsline: January 15, 2010 As the cotton industry heads into 2010, it appears that the worst of the economic downturn is over, says Vice President of Economics and Policy Analysis for the National Cotton Council, Gary Adams as he points out the upward trend in prices during 2009, gaining between 20 to 25 cents over the course of the year.
Cotton Newsline: January 13, 2010 Jimmy Webb, producer in Leary, Georgia has used the Environment Quality Incentives Program, or EQUIP, on his farm for the past five years.