To educate cotton producers about options and futures contracts, and what they can do to increase their profitability potential for the 2009 crop season, Cotton Incorporated is holding a free Hedging with Cotton Options seminar in Raleigh, N.C. Jan. 20....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Cotton producers have become accustomed to having their prices whipsawed by events on the other side of the world. ...
By Don Shurley
Extension Economist
University of Georgia
In its November numbers, USDA estimates the 2008 U.S. cotton crop at 13.5 million bales — down about 200,000 bales from the October estimate. ...
By Ron Smith
Farm Press Editorial Staff
A more liberalized international trade policy likely will not be an Obama administration priority in his first year in office. ...
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative has requested consultations under the World Trade Organization dispute settlement process to try to force Chinese officials to end their government’s “Famous Brands” export subsidy programs....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
WTO Director-General Pascal Lamy has decided against holding a mid-December ministerial meeting that some said would have been aimed at trying to wrap up the Doha Round before a new U.S. administration takes office....
By Ron Smith
Farm Press Editorial Staff
As Gary Adams, vice-president of economic and policy analysis for the National Cotton Council, took the podium to address the Sourcing USA Summit recently in Austin, Texas, someone asked if he had good news about the cotton market....
By Chris Bickers
Contributing Writer
Berries produced in the United States have enjoyed unprecedented sales on the world market recently, says an executive with an international bank involved in food and agribusiness, but that growth might be slowed if the value of the U.S. dollar continues to rise....
By Larry McClendon
During my tenure as chairman of the National Cotton Council, I have represented the industry in several important meetings across the United States and around the world. ...
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Kelli Merritt, a marketing consultant with CropMark in Lamesa, Texas, was not surprised to see cotton prices decline from the near-record levels of last March. ...
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