Broadcast Newsline: May 12, 2010

This week’s Cotton Newsline is 3 cuts.  All cuts are Dale Thompson, manager of marketing and processing technology for the National Cotton Council.

Suggested Introduction 1:
The International Textile Manufacturers Federation or ITMF does a survey every other year on cotton contamination.  Manager of Marketing and Processing Technology for the National Cotton Council, Dale Thompson, says in the biannual survey, 110 spinning mills located in 23 countries evaluated 63 different cotton growths.

Suggested Introduction2:
According to Thompson, the survey indicates the appearance of seed coat fragments in U.S. cotton has significantly declined.

Suggested Introduction 3:
Thompson says the U.S. has an aggressive program of educating the cotton industry on the importance of contamination elimination.