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Cotton International Annual 2008
With the Cotton International Annual 2008 now reaching readers around the world, we've added two new features to the web site for 2008 to bring some of the Annual's popular features to life online:
· First, visit the new Key Firms section – a searchable directory of cotton companies from around the globe and throughout the chain.
· Next, check out our 2007 Photo Gallery, which includes all of the Cotton International Annual photo coverage of the major global events of 2007.
On The Ground
ICAC's Latest Report a Mixed Bag for the Industry
Growers around the world were certainly aware of cotton prices’ sharp downturn in September. In places like the United States and China, they had already...more
Is the Wall Street Chaos Contagious?
I found it interesting today as I read that Lehman Brothers - the global investment bank that filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, marking the...more
China’s Focus on Food
Back in 1997, China welcomed Bt cotton into their agricultural industry and, like other countries to embrace biotechnology, the percentage of GM cotton acreage began...more
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Recent News
ICAC: Prices Drop Sharply in September, World Stocks to Fall: The International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC) says cotton prices fell sharply in September, affected by the crisis in the U.S. financial system. The Cotlook A Index dropped from 78 cents per pound on September 1 to 68 cents per pound on September 30....more
Indian Mills Struggle with Minimum Support Prices: While India is expecting a bumper cotton crop this year and farmers are confident about the revised minimum support price (MSP), the millers in north India find themselves in a difficult situation....more
Textile groups unite for DFQF initiative changes : In late September 23 textile groups from Africa, South America and North America urged the WTO to re-examine the assumptions under the proposed Duty-Free Quota Free (DFQF) initiative in the Doha Round and to exclude sensitive textile and apparel items from the initiative....more
BASF and Monsanto Collaboration to Produce Improved Seeds: BASF Plant Science and Monsanto began a biotechnology research and development collaboration 18 months ago, designed to ...more
BASF and Monsanto Collaboration to Produce Improved Seeds: BASF Plant Science and Monsanto began a biotechnology research and development collaboration 18 months ago, designed to ...more