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As the farm bill debates heat up, members of Congress and their staff reach out to organizations like the Agriculture and Food Policy Center at Texas A&M University for analyses. That can give the center’s economists insight as to what members might be thinking. Texas A&M’s Joe Outlaw says the signs may not be good for the Stacked Income Protection Plan or STAX offered by the National Cotton Council. He spoke at the Beltwide Cotton Conferences in San Antonio....More

Last year, the Chinese government only had a gap of 5 million bales between what the country’s farmers grew and what its textile manufacturing sector was expected to spin. Yet China imported 24.5 million bales of cotton from around the world....More

The University of Georgia’s Stanley Culpepper says Georgia growers can employ pre-emergence herbicides even if it’s dry. Culpepper also discussed the important role cover crops are beginning to play in battling herbicide resistance as the Beltwide Cotton Conferences got under way in San Antonio....More

Cotton prices seemingly have been stuck in a narrow trading range above 70 cents. But that doesn’t mean they will stay that way given the “very strong” demand for cotton outside of China....More