Broadcast Newsline: January 25, 2008

90 percent of the cotton crop is classed.

This week’s Cotton Newsline is 3 cuts.  All cuts are Robbie Seals, Chief of the Grading Branch of USDA-AMS Cotton Program in Memphis, Tennessee.

Suggested introduction cut 1:
With 90 percent of the cotton crop classed, Robbie Seals, Chief of the Grading Branch for the USDA-AMS Cotton Program says this year has been a strange crop from day one.

Suggested introduction cut 2:
According to Seals, the average micronaire for the whole cotton belt caught his attention this year.

Suggested introduction cut 3:
Seals recommends growers pay close attention to the leaf trash that was seen this year.

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