Wednesday 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 Press) "Looking at these numbers on the surface, you can't deny we have at least turned the corner, and we're looking better on the demand side and that is more important than anything else."

(Cotton Grower) Cotton prices continue to climb despite acreage forecasts that do, too.

(Farm Press) Two months into the Supplemental Revenue Assistance Payments program signup period, it appears most of the program's implementation kinks are finally on their way to being ironed out by the USDA Farm Service Agency.

(Reuters) GENEVA - Most members of the World Trade Organization are years behind in providing data about farm subsidies, essential to see whether they are sticking to agreements, an internal WTO document shows.

(USDA) A naturally occurring class of plant hormones called cytokinins has been found to help increase cotton yields during drought conditions, according to Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists.