Wednesday Cotton eNews

The Emmy-award-winning America's Heartland has been introducing non-farm viewers to the men and women who provide the food, fuel, and fiber we use and consume since 2005. The series is available in 20 of the top 25 television markets on more than 240 PBS stations covering 60 percent of the United States. Including its RFD-TV viewership, the series reaches more than 40 million viewers each season. The seventh season was underwritten by the United Soybean Board, the American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture and Farm Credit, with the latter announcing it also would underwrite the series' eighth season. The National Cotton Council is among six organizations that provide in-kind production support. Visit AmericasHeartland.org to view episodes and access educational resources and complementary video series offerings.

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(Farm Press) The Arizona Agri-Weekly report from the National Agricultural Statistics Service Field Office in Phoenix, Ariz., released May 14, 2012.

(Farm Press) No one saw this magnitude of downturn coming.

(Farm Press) The forecast for Texas cotton remains mixed, depending upon which part of the state you're talking about, said Dr. Gaylon Morgan, associate professor and Texas AgriLife Extension Service state cotton specialist, College Station.

(Farm Press) In the social sciences, they call it unintended consequences, in the military, collateral damage — good intentions gone awry.

(Agri-Pulse) WASHINGTON - Sens. Mike Johanns (R-Neb.), Max Baucus (D-Mont.), Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), and Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) today sent a letter, along with 40 of their colleagues, to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) calling for a timely and open debate on the Senate farm bill.

(Farm Press) Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack made the following statement about the US-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement, or Colombia TPA, which enters into force today.

(Cotton Grower) Selected from Cotton Council International's (CCI) "Naturally Color Your Life" mini-site, www.uscottonlife.com, 12 aspiring models participated in a fashion show in Chengdu, China, which was attended by more than 10,000 people. 

(Farm Press) It's hard for the cotton market to ignore nearly 74 million bales of supply. 

(Supply Chain Management Review) Trade Tech, a global supplier of Cloud-based services for the logistics industry, announced that it is one of the first technology providers to receive certification for U.S. Customs and Border Protection's (CBP) Automated Commercial Environment (ACE).