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, someone asked if he had good news about the cotton market....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
The National Grain and Feed Association says forcing managed index and pension funds to “take delivery” on commodities such as wheat may be one way to solve the lack of convergence on Chicago Board of Trade futures contracts....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Talk about your no-win situations. That’s what the Bush administration found itself in the Doha Round negotiations that collapsed when China and India demanded the United States make “unacceptable” concessions on market access and farm subsidies....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
The refusal of China and India to drop a proposal that would have allowed so-called developing countries to increase tariffs on imported food has led once again to a collapse of the Doha Round WTO negotiations....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
It’s not often that the CEOs of the nation’s largest airlines and the leaders of some of the biggest cotton merchandising firms come down on the same side of an issue....
From USA Rice Federation
The House voted Thursday 224-195 to remove the requirement that the House vote on the U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement within the next 60 legislative days, as provided for under “fast track” rules. The action severely damages prospects for approval of the trade agreement with benefits to U.S. agriculture....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
After years of seemingly endless ministerial meetings, position papers and, yes, posturing by participants, the Doha Round of the World Trade Organizations seem to be taking a turn for the worse for U.S. cotton....
With the cotton market poised to begin a long, wild ride toward higher prices over the months ahead, being an informed marketer could pay off handsomely. Cotton producers can learn specific market-based strategies for how to manage price risk at the Cotton Price Management and Pricing Strategies Seminar, Wednesday, April 2, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Holiday Inn Hotel and Towers, 801 Avenue Q, Lubbock, Texas....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
National Cotton Council leaders are praising the U.S. Trade Representative Office’s filing of an appeal against the latest ruling in the WTO case brought by Brazil against the U.S. cotton program....
At the U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Outlook Forum, Secretary Ed Schafer announced that U.S. agricultural exports are forecast to reach a record $101 billion for fiscal year 2008, up $10 billion from November's forecast and an unprecedented $19 billion above 2007....
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