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Global cotton trade is expected to rise by 13 percent to 39.5 million bales in 2011-12, driven by record imports from China....More

The Save Our Crops Coalition (SOCC) has initiated legal action to force government regulators to analyze potential problems with proposed biotech crops tolerant of the synthetic auxin herbicides, which include 2,4-D and dicamba....More

For several decades running, a Rio Grande Valley newsletter has served as a dependable companion and guide to area farmers, bringing the latest ag news from across a region firmly rooted in crop production. Loaded with up-to-date information like insect populations, crop conditions and developing weather, subscribers anxiously anticipate each week’s new edition...More

India has cleared the way for exports of raw cotton, according to an article in the Wall Street Journal....More

Variety selection is one of the most important decisions for modern cotton farmers in the Rolling Plains of North Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas, says an Oklahoma State University agronomist....More

Dr. Jane Dever, Texas AgriLife Research cotton geneticist at Lubbock, was recently appointed to a two-year term on the National Genetic Resources Advisory Council, according to a U.S. Department of Agriculture news release....More

USDA raised cotton exports in its April 10 World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates, but also raised world cotton ending stocks to a record level....More

Registration is now open for the 32nd session of the Texas International Cotton School, scheduled for August 6 through 17, 2012, in Lubbock....More

For years, The Fabric of Our Lives song featured in Cotton Incorporated’s advertising, has connected consumers to the ways cotton is ingrained in our everyday lives. More recently, Cotton Incorporated has utilized up-and-coming celebrities to share the message that cotton is the “Fabric of My Life.”...More

Mark Lange, president and CEO, National Cotton Council, understands and appreciates the importance of agricultural commodity organizations presenting a unified front to Congress in order to get the best farm program possible....More

Monsanto Company – on behalf of Deltapine cotton – and the Plains Cotton Growers, Inc. are pleased to announce Lubbock-Cooper FFA and Randall High School in Amarillo as the winners of the Deltapine Cotton Commercial Contest...More