By Elton Robinson, Farm Press Editorial Staff
Two key factors affecting U.S. cotton exports for 2009-10 are how much cotton India will have on hand to export, and how much import quota China will issue, according to Joe Nicosia, chief executive officer, Allenberg Cotton Co., speaking at the Cotton Roundtable in New York City....
By Elton Robinson, Farm Press Editorial Staff
A July run up in cotton prices that occurred even as fundamentals for cotton were decidedly bearish was likely a big reason why analysts at the Cotton Roundtable in New York City were having a tough time projecting a potential range for December 2009 futures prices....
By Don Shurley, University of Georgia
When I was a little kid (probably no more than 10 to 12 years old), work crews were laying sewer line (the big 4 foot concrete pipe kind) out our way....
By Elton Robinson, Farm Press Editorial Staff
At the halfway point of the 2009 U.S. cotton season, analysts are saying the crop is shaping up to be between 12.42 million and 12.56 million bales, which is about 750,000 bales under USDA’s July 10 estimate. ...
North Carolina Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler will lead an agricultural trade mission to China Aug. 1-8....
The U.S. Grains Council, a non-profit organization building profitability for U.S. farmers through export market development, has partnered with the USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) for nearly 50 years. ...
India is the world’s fifth largest economy, with a population of over one billion people. ...
By Forrest Laws, Farm Press Editorial Staff
Noting that other countries are showing no signs of reducing their export subsidies, USDA has announced the initial round of allocations under the Dairy Export Incentives Program for the period July 1 through June 30, 2010....
By Ray Nabors, Contributing Writer
Crop prices are beginning the annual meteorological reaction. ...
The United Soybean Board (USB), the national organization that invests soybean checkoff dollars to create greater demand for U.S. soy, recently voted to undertake a market analysis identifying effective models of international marketing. ...
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