Tag: Texas Tech University
US-China row impacting cotton market
Excess supply and prolonging trade war with China is affecting the cotton market. Productive, albeit stressful conversations, occurred at the Lubbock-based Plains Cotton Grower (PCG), ... Read More
A COTTON OF CRISIS
All is not well on the cotton front! Fall in production and acreage, and wild fluctuations in the prices beginning late last year have dampened ... Read More
Cotton & TPP-11 Agreement
Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, popularly known as TPP-11 came into force in seven countries out of 11 participating countries. Read More
Technical textiles in leather industry
Textiles find myriad of applications in leather sector. According to Pandy Velayutham, Managing Director of Arrow Group of Companies there are many opportunities for textiles ... Read More
Sustainable oil absorbent gets recognition
Biodegradable oil absorbent mats in India have received recognition by the Indian Coast Guard. Chennai-based WellGro Tech has recently developed highly biodegradable oil absorbent pads ... Read More
Scaled-up wearable smart textiles
Scaled-up process enables the production of knitted wearable textiles. A different approach has been adopted by researchers at the Institute for Frontier Materials at Geelong, ... Read More
Pink bollworm hits cotton crop in India
Pink bollworm infestation is influencing the cotton production in India, this year (October 2017-September 2018). Since the December 2017 estimate, cotton production has been revised ... Read More
