The industry needs to engage in better outreach efforts, find new and industrial applications for cotton and invest in research to come out with new chemistries,…
Browsing: Plains Cotton Growers
With not much transparency in the data coming out of China, it is hard to judge the actual situation about spending revival there, informs Dr Seshadri…
United States-China trade deal (Phase-1) recently raises hopes for the cotton sector. On the day when the United States-China trade deal (Phase 1) was signed in Washington, DC, cotton growers gathered for the Plains Cotton Growers’ Board meeting, to talk about 2019 crop, trade situation and the cotton market.
Yields in the High Plains of Texas are expected to be below what was expected. “Yields are 25-30 per cent off the normal,†stated Mark Brown, director of field services for Lubbock-based Plains Cotton Growers (PCG), Inc.
China has started showing interest in buying United States’ cotton. There has been some movement in the United States’ cotton to China, which is a positive signal.
Brand sells, and it is an important marketing tool. Bruce Atherley, Executive Director of Cotton Council International has brought his successful marketing and brand experience to the United States’ cotton sector to increase the global share of US cotton.
Harvey has come and gone and the impact Irma will have on cotton is yet to be seen. Having caused havoc in the Caribbean, category-4 hurricane Irma after slamming Florida coast according to forecasts, may move upward to South Carolina and Georgia. What influence it will have on cotton in the southern cotton growing regions like Georgia is not clear.