Cotton Newsline: April 20, 2007

On August 31, USDA announced that beginning in January 2007 cotton warehousemen would be mandated to provide weekly reports showing the bales made available for shipment.

On August 31, USDA announced that beginning in January 2007 cotton warehousemen would be mandated to provide weekly reports showing the bales made available for shipment. According to Dale Thompson, Manger of Marketing and Processing Technology for the National Cotton Council, the Council is pleased with how well the process has worked.

Since this is mandatory reporting, Thompson says the warehouses are afforded three strikes.

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