The weather pattern over California this week brought near normal conditions for the middle of August. ...
By Hembree Brandon
Farm Press Editorial Staff
“Right now, in a lab somewhere in the Far East, a worker is putting in 12-hour days, making every effort possible to find the perfect polyester fiber that will substitute for your cotton....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Are cotton producers finally seeing the light at the end of the tunnel? Or is it the light of an oncoming train?...
By Cary Blake
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Eradication of the pink bollworm from Arizona cotton fields is proceeding as planned....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
USDA’s Economic Research Service has increased its estimate of U.S. cotton exports for the 2008-09 marketing year from 14.5 million to 15 million bales due to an expected decline in world cotton production....
Arizona’s upland cotton harvested acreage is estimated at 138,000 acres, down 30,000 acres or 18 percent from a year ago, according to the Arizona office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS)....
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
U.S. cotton production could slip to about 14.1 million bales this fall, which would be the lowest production since 1998, say crop analysts from the four major cotton-producing regions of the United States....
Cotton Incorporated has launched an online survey it says may be the most important one U.S. cotton producers will ever be asked to participate in....
Arizona’s Durum wheat planted area is estimated at 150,000 acres, up 70,000 acres from 2007. ...
For the 2008-2009 crop year, USDA's July report projects a US crop of 14.00 million bales, down 500,000 bales from the June report....
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