Thursday Cotton Enews

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(Clay County Democrat) RECTOR, AR - Arkansas cotton growers are keeping an eye on their fields to see if the plentiful rain of the last two weeks has promoted boll rot, according to Dr. Tom Barber, extension cotton agronomist with the University of Arkansas, Division of Agriculture.

(Cotton Farming) The goal is the same every year – no matter where cotton is harvested across the Belt. Somehow, defoliation must be timely, harvesting has to be efficient and ginning should protect fiber quality.

(Delta Farm Press) Matthew Turner learned at an early age that cotton is a very special crop in his family. Raised on a fifth generation cotton farm in Mer Rouge, La., his first view of a cotton field came while sharing a tractor seat with his father, Dan.

(Delta Farm Press) The grand prize winners of the Future of Delta Cotton Student Essay Contest took completely different approaches in describing their visions of tomorrow’s cotton industry. But they do share one thing — they both hail from Louisiana State University.

BANGUI (Reuters) - Rebel attacks and a protracted insurgency have scuppered Central African Republic's attempts to revive its devastated cotton industry, but this year it is trying again.

NEW DELHI (PTI) World cotton production is likely to fall by 6 per cent at 24.7 million tons in 2008-09 due to a decline in area following increased competition from alternative crops, an international cotton body has said.

(PR Inside) In 2007, China launched a series of policies, including subsidy to high quality cotton seed and policy insurance and according to the "Eleventh Five-Year Plan" (2006-2010), China plans to pick up the construction of high-quality cotton production base in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region by investing CNY750 million, all of which have greatly enhanced the enthusiasm of farmers to plant cotton.

(Textile World) The Democratic Party Platform adopted at last week’s convention covers a wide-range of economic, social and political issues including some of particular interest to US and global textile manufacturers and importers and exporters.

(Corn&Soybean Digest) Within the past couple of years, USDA released a report about the future of biotechnology in agriculture that is quite interesting.

(Cotton Farming) The recent collapse of the World Trade Organization Doha Round talks was due, in large part, to the fact that there was no guarantee of increased trade flow for U.S. agriculture.

(Farm Progress) As prices of most feedstuffs have increased dramatically, producers search for lower-cost materials. Auburn University found one in the trash at the cotton gin.

(Southwest Farm Press) Cotton producers in the Northern High Plains Boll Weevil Eradication Zone have until Sept. 9 to nominate themselves for the Texas Boll Weevil Eradication Foundation's statewide board of directors.