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Cotton Market Has Largest Weekly Gain In 12 Years — Is the Bottom In? Nov 7, 2022
The cotton market hit a two-year low on Monday, Oct. 31, but then proceeded to rally in a big way, ending the week 1,494 points, or 21%, higher — the largest […]
Cotton Incorporated Honored with Cotton Pioneer Award Feb 25, 2022
Cotton Incorporated was named the 2022 A.L. Vandergriff Cotton Pioneer Award winner at last night’s Southern Cotton Ginners Association Honors Banquet. For over 50 years, the team of cotton industry […]
Sustainable Cotton Is Industry’s Future – DTN Nov 19, 2021
Jake Dodd earns a $2.50 premium for every ginned bale of cotton for acres enrolled in BASF’s e3 sustainability program. The Wilson, Arkansas, producer said the financial participation incentive is […]
Cotton Board Proposes Funding Cuts To 2021 Promo Programs Aug 12, 2020
The Cotton Board recently held its 2020 Annual Meeting. During this virtual meeting, board members serving the Cotton Research and Promotion Program reviewed, analyzed, and voted to recommend Cotton Incorporated’s […]
U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol Added to Textile Exchange’s Preferred Fibers, Materials List Apr 27, 2020
The U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol has been added to Textile Exchange’s list of preferred fibers and materials. The Trust Protocol will now be one of 36 fibers and materials that […]
Cotton: Sustainability Project Tops Million-Bale Mark In U.S. Last Year May 8, 2018
The Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) today marked the end of its fourth season of operation in the United States and announced that in 2017 more than 1 million bales of […]
Georgia Cotton: New Line of 100% Georgia Grown T-Shirts Launches Mar 21, 2018
Georgia Commissioner of Agriculture Gary W. Black presented Georgia State Governor Nathan Deal with a 100 percent Georgia Grown cotton t-shirt during a press conference held at the Georgia State […]
Seed Cotton Program Good for Georgia Agriculture Feb 15, 2018
In the wee hours of February 9, 2018, both houses of congress passed the Bi-Partisan Budget Agreement of 2018, which the President signed later that morning. Within this legislation, a […]
Texas Cotton: Bill Lyle, LEPA Irrigation Pioneer, Named to Research Hall of Fame Dec 27, 2017
Dr. Bill Lyle, a Crosby County native who helped pioneer irrigation technology through his leadership in developing the Low Energy Precision Application (LEPA) system, was one of three inductees into […]
Cotton: New Chinese Policy a Boon to U.S. Farmers Dec 19, 2017
China for years has been the final destination for the products that we as American’s recycle, much to the dismay of the Chinese environment. Apparently “enough is enough” as they […]
