Tuesday 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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(AgWeb) USDA's crop progress report shows that for the week ended Aug. 30, the US cotton crop's overall condition is better than the '09 crop at this point in the season.

(Tucson Sentinel) GOODYEAR – Ronald Rayner has weathered many ups and downs in the four-plus decades he's grown cotton in the West Valley.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - A $1.5 billion farm aid package sought by Arkansas Sen. Blanche Lincoln as she faces a tough re-election fight may not be funded by the end of the month as the White House promised, a spokeswoman for the Senate Agriculture Committee said Monday.

(Farm Press) USDA Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Ag Services Jim Miller said the USDA is focused on building a new framework for rural America and enhancing opportunities for U.S. farms and ranches.

(Bloomberg) -- People's Bank of China Deputy Governor Hu Xiaolian said changes in the Chinese currency's exchange rate won't resolve the nation's huge trade imbalance with the U.S., the Wall Street Journal reported today.

ACCRA (GNA) - Dr George Owusu Essegbey, Director of Science and Technology Policy Research Institute, on Monday urged African countries to adopt the mechanism of biotechnology to enhance agriculture.

(fiber2fashion) Paris, Texas cotton producer Ricky Bearden was unanimously voted in as the Cotton Incorporated Board Chairman for the 2010 through 2012 term. Bearden succeeds California grower Ted Sheely, who held the post for the prior two years.