Monday Cotton eNews

America's Heartland stands center stage in telling the story of American agriculture. As the only nationally broadcast program of its kind, America's Heartland connects consumers to America's agricultural communities.  Started in 2005, the Emmy-award winning series has become a flagship program on public television stations across the United States, and has sustained its audience each season.  It is also a primetime ratings success, airing three times a week on RFD-TV, the cable and satellite channel highlighting the rural American lifestyle.  The program has reached an important milestone:  broadcasting its 100th episode to audiences on Public Television and RFD TV. In addition to its weekly broadcasts, the America's Heartland website at www.americasheartland.org provides videos, educational materials and links to consumers who want to know more about the program and about agriculture in America.

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(Farm Progress) The National Cotton Council coordinated a letter, signed by 175 agricultural organizations, to Representatives Joe Barton, R-Texas, and Ike Skelton, D-Mo., acknowledging support of the legislators' actions against a greenhouse gas regulation plan.

(Farm Progress) The stage is set for final congressional action on Democrats' health care overhaul. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., on Friday outlined provisions of a health care "corrections" bill that she hopes the House will pass as early as this Thursday.

(AgWeek) ANAHEIM, Calif. — Farm leaders are unlikely to propose cuts to farm programs during House Agriculture Chairman Collin Peterson's upcoming hearings on the next farm bill unless there is a real threat of reconciliation, key lobbyists said during the recent Commodity Classic, a meeting of corn, soybean, wheat and sorghum producers in California.

(Farm Press) The bull market in cotton could last for at least another 18 months, given a widening foreign production deficit, concern over global acres, and the need to restock supplies of raw cotton, said Jarral Neeper, president of Calcot, and featured speaker at the Ag Market Network's March teleconference.

(Farm Progress) Senators Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., and Maria Cantwell, R-Wash., say relaxing restrictions on agricultural trade with Cuba is key to creating jobs and expanding exports from the U.S. agricultural sector.