Broadcast Newsline: April 1, 2009

USDA released their 2009 Prospective Plantings Report this week.

This week’s Cotton Newsline is 3 cuts. All cuts are Dr. Gary Adams, Vice-President of Economics and Policy Analysis for the National Cotton Council.

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USDA released their 2009 Prospective Plantings Report this week. Dr. Gary Adams, Vice-President of Economics and Policy Analysis for the National Cotton Council says USDA’s projection is showing a 7% decrease in cotton acreage from 2008.

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According to Adams all regions across the cotton belt are showing a decline in acreage.

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Adams
says the USDA’s report does not show as large of a decline as the National Cotton Council’s Survey performed earlier this year.

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