By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Sit back and enjoy the ride. That’s basically the advice marketing experts are giving producers now that cotton futures have risen out of the 40s and 50s and into the low 60-cent range....
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Lower expected U.S. cotton acreage for the coming year may not necessarily result in less cottonseed for dairy feeding....
By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
During a late April hearing of the International Trade Commission, Gary Adams, a National Cotton Council economist, highlighted some of India’s “increasingly trade-distorting activities: increases in internal support prices, new export subsidy programs, and a continuing governmental assistance to the textile industry.”...
Declining mill use is expected to cause another increase in world cotton stocks by the end of the 2009-2010 marketing year, the International Cotton Advisory Committee says. ...
By Peter Hull
Clemson University
The Palmetto State's freshest seafood and agricultural produce is just a mouse click away through an interactive tool now available in South Carolina....
The National Cotton Council says India’s cotton subsidies, coupled with its failure to notify the World Trade Organization of those subsidy levels, is a major impediment to cotton trade....
The soybean checkoff takes its investment of farmer checkoff dollars very seriously and as a result is continuously reviewing its own programs to ensure effectiveness and efficiency. ...
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Declining U.S. cotton acreage means the United States is doing its job to reduce cotton surpluses in the world, according to cotton market analysts speaking at the Ag Market Network’s April teleconference....
By Paul L. Hollis
Farm Press Editorial Staff
The impact of the nationwide peanut butter recall has been far reaching and could ultimately cost America’s peanut producers up to $1 billion in lost production and sales, said Don Koehler, executive director of the Georgia Peanut Commission, testifying before Congress last month....
By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
The recent loosening of several trade and travel sanctions against Cuba has not produced a consensus of opinion for the Obama administration....
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