PROCEEDINGS OF THE 1998 BELTWIDE COTTON CONFERENCES
Jan. 5-9, San Diego, CA
Editors
C. Paul Dugger & Debbie A. Richter

COTTON ECONOMICS AND MARKETING CONFERENCE
TABLE OF CONTENTS

Washington Update
Wayne Bjorlie
271
Trends in the Textile Industry: Impacts on the Cotton Sector
M. Dean Ethridge
273
Major World Cotton Producers
Ronald R. Roberson
276
Domestic Cotton Production and Price Outlook
Carl G. Anderson
277
Business Strategies in a New Cotton Market
Carl G. Anderson
280
Cost of Insect Control in Tennessee Cotton Production: Results of a 1997 Survey of Farmers
Elizabeth R. Edens, Burton C. English, James A. Larson and Roland K. Roberts
281
How Textile Manufacturers Dealt With Sticky Cotton from the 1995 Crop
Hope Floeck and Don Ethridge
284
The Potential Impact of the Food Quality Protection Act on Mid-South Cotton
John R. C. Robinson and Malcolm Broome
287
The Economics of Soil Fertility under Precision Agriculture: the Case of Phosphorus
Man Yu, Eduardo Segarra and Arthur B. Onken
289
Prospects for Expansion of Cotton Production in Southeast Turkey: (GAP Project)
Joseph Dloomy
292
The Pakistani Cotton Industry: Impacts of Policy Changes
Darren Hudson and Don Ethridge
294
Cotton Industry in Uzbekistan: Structure and Current Developments
Olga Isengildina, Cary W. Herndon and O.A. Cleveland
297
The Denim Market and Cotton Demand
M.A. Messura and D. McLaren
301
The Effect of Deficiency Payments on the Risk-return Relationship of Louisiana Cotton Farms
Gary A. Kennedy, Steven A. Henning, Lonnie R. Vandeveer and Hector O. Zapata
303
Proportions of the Retail Dollar Received by Cotton Industry Segments: Selected Consumer Goods
Jane Bondurant and Don Ethridge
306
Economic Feasibility of Mass Propagation and Distribution of the Catolaccus Grandis Wasp for Use in Boll Weevil Suppression
Jason L. Johnson, John R. Ellis, Manzoor E. Chowdhury and Ronald D. Lacewell
312
A Decision Tool to Determine The Optimal Level of Lint Cleanings for Irrigated and Dryland Cotton
Blake K. Bennett and Sukant K. Misra
318
Price Volatility in U.S. Agriculture: Implications for Cotton Producers
Michael R. Dicks
322
Relevance of Price Information to the Cotton Industry
Don Ethridge, Darren Hudson and Eduardo Segarra
325
Developing a Competitive Edge in the Global ELS Cotton Market
Matthew S. Laughlin
329
Economic and Financial Decision Support Aid for Cotton Producers
L. L. Falconer and J.L. Outlaw
330
How Much Does the Market Fear Stickiness? Evidence from the 1996 Crop Year
Kevin Hoelscher and Don Ethridge
331
NAFTA's Effect on U.S. Cotton Textile Trade: The First Four Years
Leslie A. Meyer
335
Grower Direct to Mill Cotton Sales
Jimmy Blythe
338
Managing Revenue Risk on Mississippi Cotton Farms
Steven W. Martin, John Robinson and Barry Barnett
339
Evaluation of Cost and Returns For Roundup Ready Cotton
Stephen P. Slinsky, Elizabeth R. Edens, James A. Larson and Robert M. Hayes
340
Changes in Grower Costs and Returns Associated with Producing and Marketing Cotton in Mississippi, 1985-1996
Olga Isengildina, D. W. Parvin and O. A. Cleveland
343
Comparison of Regional Cotton Production Costs
J.E. Mehlhorn, S.W. Martin and C.W. Herndon
347
Standardized Performance Analysis of Cotton Production in the Texas High Plains
April Clark, Phillip Johnson and James McGrann
348
Economic Analysis of Harvest-Aids in the Delta Region
James A. Larson, Burton C. English, Jose Velasquez and William J. Hewitt
356
Market Overview of Organically Grown Cotton
Nathan Boone
359
A Practical Plant-Based Economic Injury Level for Early-season Cotton Insect Management
Sha Mi, Diana M. Danforth, Mark J. Cochran and N. Philip Tugwell
361
A Regional Comparison of U.S. Cotton Basis Patterns
V. Frederick Seamon, Kandice H. Kahl and Charles E. Curtis, Jr.
366
Cotton Quality Price Differentials Paid by U.S. Textile Mills
Rabih H. Karaky, Don Ethridge and Hope Floeck
370
Waste Exchanges: Marketplace for the Cotton Industry's Recyclable Materials
Mina M. Dioun and Julia Kveton Apodaca
373
Economic Analysis of Genetically Engineered Bt Cotton for Tobacco Budworm and Bollworm Control
Elizabeth R. Edens, Steve Slinsky, James A. Larson, Roland K. Roberts and Gary L. Lentz
380
Some Economic Considerations for Bt Cotton Planting in the Yazoo-Mississippi Delta
Fred T. Cooke, Jr. and Thomas B. Freeland, Jr.
383
International Textile Production and Foreign Direct Investment
Stephen MacDonald
384
Economic Evaluation of Bollgard Cotton in Arkansas: 1997
Kelly J. Bryant, William C. Robertson and Gus M. Lorenz, III
388
Have Price Linkages in the World Market of Cotton Improved over the Last Decade?
John Baffes and Mohamed Ajwad
389
Texas-Oklahoma Producer Cotton Market Summary: 1996/97
Kevin Hoelscher, Darren Hudson and Don Ethridge
394
Cost/Benefit Analysis of Bur-Extractors in Cotton Ginning
Jeannie Nelson, Sukant K. Misra and Blake K. Bennett
398
Historical Descriptive Analysis of Planted Cotton Acres 1960-1996
Steven W. Martin, Joey E. Mehlhorn and C.W. Herndon
403
The Economics of Growing Cotton in The Cotton Research Verification Trials (CRVT), Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service, 1992-1996; a Five Year Review
D. E. Plunkett and K. J. Bryant
403

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