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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(Business Standard) The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has revised upwards the cotton production estimates for India in 2010-11 crop year by one million bales to 26 million bales, on account of higher area and expectation of better yield.

(Sify News) Pakistani spinners have finalised deals with Indian exporters for import of one million bales of cotton since cotton crop has been extensively damaged in the floods that ravaged the country.

(Cotton Grower) Cotton prices dropped from a 30- month high in New York amid signs of speculative selling.

(AgWeb) The Climate Prediction Center's (CPC) three-month outlooks (both September-November and October-December) show a tendency for warmer than usual temperatures and mostly normal or drier than normal—except for the Pacific Northwest, which has a greater chance of being wetter than normal.